MAA 19 Days - Not all who wanders are lost.
There is a Chinese proverb I've read that says, "A man with one watch always knows the time. A man with two watches is never sure." What does that says about me and maps?
Hmmm. Maybe something to the effect of, "A tourist with one map can always find her way around. A tourist with more than one map has no idea where the hell she is."
Get the AZ London map! It's the map Londoners use! Don't go to London without it. OK, OK! I purchased the small version to fit in my purse. Received it in the mail, opened it up, and saw this:
Oh-kaaaaay. Are you blind yet? Have your eyes crossed and frozen that way? No? There are a hundred ways this map addles my Libra-balance-and-beauty mind. I haven't even landed and already I'm lost! Thank you, Mrs. Pearsall! However, it will probably come along with me, superstitious being that I am.
The Not For Tourists Guidebook/Maps is a little better. Small maps, less cluttered.
Did you see what I did there? It's a map of Canary Wharf. Did you get that? No? Ah. OK.
Every guidebook I have has a map of the London Tube. NFT has that plus a bus map.
Here is the NFT bus route map. It's enough to make me want to stay home and knit.
And really, what's the harm in one moreTube map?
And another?
Oh what the heck, one more for good luck. AZ London's Tube map. Gosh, it looked a lot smaller in person.
I like this map because it has both sides of the Thames on one side of the map. It's from Frommer's London day by day 16 Smart Ways to See the City. It's not too cluttered and relatively easy to read.
My favorite maps are the ones with the little pictures of the buildings. Yeah, yeah. HA. HA, very funny. NO, I am not twelve.
MapEasy's Guidemap to London pictures (I like the font on this map, too.):
Collins Discovering London pictures
The Collins map also has a number of mini-maps. This one is of Covent Garden:
This is an old map our travelplanner-friend gave to me, Streetwise London. I put dots on the map of places I thought I'd like to see. I was looking to see if anything 'grouped together'. It's very plain and straightforward.
My last map is way cool - it folds out like a pop-up book. London Inside-out. I have one of NYC too. It's actually a pretty decent map as well.
Now my problem is which map to take with me? Of course I can't take them all, but they each have something to recommend itself.