You’re lucky to be in a very nice city for your situation. Having no energy is hard, and this is not a season in which London sparkles, but if you can muster any energy:
Do the bus tour. You can sit on that for hours, and it takes little energy.
It’s Sunday, so this won’t help today, but when Thursday rolls around, take public transport (or a taxi) to Borough Market. It’s walking around, but it’s a very compact market and absolutely worth seeing. And then, about a block from there is a pub on the corner to London Bridge (not Tower Bridge, but the one right next to the market). Rest your weary bones in there, drink some pints and have a meat pie or whatever off the menu.
Go do the wheel. Once you get on, it takes about an hour to go all the way around, and you can sit the whole time.
Close to Tower Bridge is a series of cafes, restaurants, and a little public square with shops. You can sit in a pub, have a drink and a bite, and watch the Thames and the people.
Across the Thames, on the N side and West a ways, is Churchill’s museum; it’s in the old underground headquarters, and it’s a moving experience. That’s a bit of activity, though.
There are also boat tours! Not expensive, and you can sit the whole time!
If you don’t mind buying a pint or a bite here or there, There’s quite a lot packed between Borough Market and The Shard along the Thames - about, what, 5 blocks, maybe? Lots to do seated, although admittedly involving eating, but still, nice sights.
The Wheel is a good walk down, though, so you might want to catch the Underground or a taxi if you have trouble walking far.
Do you have money? Have a taxi take you to Saville Row. 5 or so blocks of high-end, mostly men’s, clothing. There’s a little indoor mall along there, too. That’s mostly walking, and the wares are pricey, but it’s a good place to go if you need shoes or suits.
Go to the Victoria and Albert museum. Lots of places in there to sit and look at art.
Go to Fortnum & Mason, go up to the 4th(?) floor and have tea (with cakes and everything). Then, if you have energy enough, walk 3 blocks to Green Park, through that, and see Buckingham Palace. If the weather isn’t horrible, sitting in the park is lovely, too.
When you have your daughter back, hop on the Underground and get to the train station, and take a train out to Bath. Even if all you can manager is to walk to the cathedral and sit in the square, it’s worth it; even moreso if you have the energy to get over to the bridge. Absolutely save room for tea at Sally Lunn’s; it’s an obscenely tourist thing to do, but damned if it isn’t worth it. And I think it’s only a block from the Cathedral. There isn’t a lot of walking necessary, and you can easily pass a day in Bath without expending a lot of energy.
London is best if you can walk, and winter isn’t it’s best season, but it’s still a great season for seeing all of the indoor stuff you wouldn’t want to waste nice weather on, and much of it offers plenty of opportunity for sitting. Heck, we’re not religious, but just sitting in a pew of any of the cathedrals and admiring the architecture and stained glass is one of our favorite sedentary activities when we visit Europe.
Taxis are plentiful in London, and the Underground makes everything very accessible, although it does involved more walking.
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Please spend some quality time with your family, you don’t need to try to fill Lemmy this hard.
My family is my daughter, who is out exploring the city in her new country, and my wife, who is still in the U.S.
I am also suffering from two chronic illnesses which give me very little energy.
I am in a city in the UK where I know no one.
But you not being okay communicating with other humans is noted.
You’re lucky to be in a very nice city for your situation. Having no energy is hard, and this is not a season in which London sparkles, but if you can muster any energy:
If you don’t mind buying a pint or a bite here or there, There’s quite a lot packed between Borough Market and The Shard along the Thames - about, what, 5 blocks, maybe? Lots to do seated, although admittedly involving eating, but still, nice sights.
The Wheel is a good walk down, though, so you might want to catch the Underground or a taxi if you have trouble walking far.
Do you have money? Have a taxi take you to Saville Row. 5 or so blocks of high-end, mostly men’s, clothing. There’s a little indoor mall along there, too. That’s mostly walking, and the wares are pricey, but it’s a good place to go if you need shoes or suits.
Go to the Victoria and Albert museum. Lots of places in there to sit and look at art.
Go to Fortnum & Mason, go up to the 4th(?) floor and have tea (with cakes and everything). Then, if you have energy enough, walk 3 blocks to Green Park, through that, and see Buckingham Palace. If the weather isn’t horrible, sitting in the park is lovely, too.
When you have your daughter back, hop on the Underground and get to the train station, and take a train out to Bath. Even if all you can manager is to walk to the cathedral and sit in the square, it’s worth it; even moreso if you have the energy to get over to the bridge. Absolutely save room for tea at Sally Lunn’s; it’s an obscenely tourist thing to do, but damned if it isn’t worth it. And I think it’s only a block from the Cathedral. There isn’t a lot of walking necessary, and you can easily pass a day in Bath without expending a lot of energy.
London is best if you can walk, and winter isn’t it’s best season, but it’s still a great season for seeing all of the indoor stuff you wouldn’t want to waste nice weather on, and much of it offers plenty of opportunity for sitting. Heck, we’re not religious, but just sitting in a pew of any of the cathedrals and admiring the architecture and stained glass is one of our favorite sedentary activities when we visit Europe.
Taxis are plentiful in London, and the Underground makes everything very accessible, although it does involved more walking.
I’m in Blackburn, so all of that would be difficult, but I appreciate it.