London Souvenirs By Embankment Station in Gift Box and Blimey Britain

 From Gift Box

Suitcases in several sizes featuring tube maps and other London, England and UK themes.

Socks from Gift Box.

Tote bags from Gift Box.

The windows show all kinds of mobile dolls with rocking, shaking heads. You can also buy bracelets. 

Opposite even larger is Blimey Britain.

Thomas Calvi umbrellas in animal spot designs.

Gift Zone (London's Gift Superstore): Located on New Goulston Street (near Aldgate and Liverpool Street, this is a massive, floor-to-ceiling warehouse-style shop packed with thousands of British souvenirs, football merchandise, toys, and traditional memorabilia. They cater to both retail shoppers and wholesale/

Cool Britannia: A well-known, large dedicated souvenir retail chain with stores in central London locations offering extensive selections of Union Jack items, London apparel, and classic memorabilia.

Crest of London: Established in 1990, Crest of London is one of the market leaders and most prominent souvenir shop chains in the capital, featuring large inventories of high-end and novelty gifts.

Fancy That of London: Operating as one of London's oldest souvenir chains, they run multiple stores stocked with traditional British gifts, heritage items, and iconic London city merchandise.

You can also get smart, pricier items from Fortnum's, Harrods and other department stores.

Gemini informed me of a few more:

Gift Shops

Attractions and Landmark Gift shops

The British Museum

London Museum

The Natural History Museum

Tower Bridge Gift Shop

Transport for London

Westminster Abbey 

Useful Addresses and Websites For Gifts From London

Gift Box

Embankment Place, London WC2N 5AQ.

The Gift Box UK online shop at the same address is only online and offers a different range of personalised goods.

https://coolbritannia.com/

Tube Maps and What to see on or near the tube stations of London

I just wrote a post on what I saw near Embankment station, the London Eye, when I thought I should add which lines go to Embankment station? The answer is four lines: Bakerloo, Circle, District and Northern.

Problem
What can you show visitors which is nearby or costs nothing - especially if you live in a city, but on the outskirts, and your visitors want your unique advice?

Answer
For the benefit of my foreign visitors, I'm planning, well in advance of my next visitors, to list on a train map the place you can see on each line from the train, at a station, or when you get off at the station and walk around.

Here are the lines and stations and my findings so far:

Lines:
Bakerloo
Central
Circle
District
Hammersmith and City
Jubilee
Metropolitan
Piccadilly
Victoria
Waterloo and City
Docklands Light Railway

Eleven lines!

Highlights in the central area which most tourists visit, on the zone one travel card:
Bakerloo Line: (Baker Street to Waterloo)
Baker Street station: Sherlock Holmes statue; Madame Tussauds; Sherlock Holmes museum shop.
Charing Cross station: Trafalgar Square; Nelson's Column; National Portrait Gallery; National Gallery.
Embankment station: View London Eye from a distance, lit at night.

Central:
Ealing to Bank. Highlight St Paul's Cathedral.

Circle
District
Hammersmith and City
Jubilee
Metropolitan
Piccadilly
Victoria
Waterloo and City
Docklands Light Railway

This will take me hours. I'll come back to it.

Personal Story
I am now sorry I didn't number my posts to make it easier for me and my readers to refer back to a previous post by number. I could go back and number each post. But that would take a while. Note to self, when starting a new blog, number each post.

Tips
If you like the tube, go to the London Transport Museum.

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How to Travel Light or Be Prepared - To Switch Flights?

Travel light on short trips (less than a week) but be prepared for longer trips (e.g. 3 months over the winter in Spain or Singapore). 

How to Travel Light

The tube train map, such as London underground or your home city underground will help if you find your flight is cancelled or your passport is not accepted by the airline (happened to me going to the USA - passports had turned to new style) and you don't want to pay for a taxi home from Heathrow. 

How To Travel Fast
Track Transport
The destination city underground railway or city centre street map, and the national railway map can be helpful. For example, we wanted t travel from Warsaw to Krakov, the second city. In Europe, you could download the Berlin transport map and your hotel location.  Supposing there's an airline strike. It's handy to know the nearest airport to connect you to home. 

Cancelled Flights
I was at Heathrow airport and passengers were all waiting for a delayed flight coming in from the USA. After an hour's delay strangers who were sitting near each other got talking. An American started making phone calls on his mobile phone. He said to us, No point sitting here waiting. I'm going to re-book my flight on another airline. 

Somebody else said, "But it might arrive in another half hour or so."

"No, it won't," said the savvy American. I just rang America and that flight has not departed from New York yet, so it can't be here for several hours. Want to get a flight on a plane? Follow me."