These are some questions and answers about my experience traveling in England.1. What parts of England are worth visiting?
2. What parts of England have you been to?
3. How much time should we spend in England?
4. Is there anything to see outside of the big towns?
5. How do you get around?
6. Is it expensive in England? Is it expensive in London?
7. What should I bring?
8. What should I watch out for?
9. When is the best time to go?
10. What guidebook do you recommend?1. What parts of England are worth visiting?
8. What should we look out for.7. What should I bring?
There are several parts of England and Scotland worth visiting. (According to the Scottish they are a different country under the tyranny of the British system.) Here is a brief overview:
- London: Great artwork (pilfered during the British Empire), the Third Largest (neo) Gothic style cathedral, terrific plays, Westminster Abby.
- Bath/Stone Henge. Can do a day trip to both via a bus from London. Bath is well worth a night.
- Canterbury. The archbishop of the English (Anglican) church gives mass here. The cathedral is beautiful and the town is picturesque. The abbey of St. Augustine is also here.
- Cambridge. College town, nice day trip from London.
- Cots Villages of Central London. More traditional towns.
- Wales. Very beautiful. They may want a new prince though.
- York/Durham Major towns of the north.
- Hadrian's Wall. Built by the Emperor to keep out the Scottish barbarians.
- Edinburgh Capital city of Scotland. Great festival in the late summer, nice town to visit.
2. What parts of England have you been to?
3. How much time should spend in England?
I spent a week in London and New Castle (in the north) I spent most of that week seeing the sights of London and the northern delights of "England". I got to Canterbury ad was going to Stone Henge but got bad directions about where to get a bus there. Many of those places I mentioned above I was planning on going to in 2003 on a trip that I canceled.
England is expensive. I would suggest a week to keep with in budget. You can do what I suggested above in 3 but, at 70-100 a day plus transport that can get very expensive.
4. Is there anything to see outside of the big towns?
5. How do you get around?
See places I mentioned above. Most are outside of large towns. Whales and Scotland are also very beautiful.
6. Is it expensive in England? Is it expensive in London?
I got around via the underground and by train. They are quick, clean and expensive. The most expensive train rides per mile in Europe. The buses are cheaper but take longer. You need a car to see the Cots villages and "Shakespeare" hometown. It also lets you drive around Wales and the cliffs of Dover.
England is very expensive. When I was there C.D. would sell for fourteen pounds and one pound was equal to two dollars. Hostels are about 15 pounds night (around 25 dollars). Hotel rooms start around 60 pounds a night. Bet on 70 dollars a day travel budget. London is of course more expensive than other regions since it is the capital.
- Guide Book and maps.
- Rain gear. You never know.
- Toiletries.
- 2 changes of clothes. GO with long pants.
- Money Belt
- Good walking shoes.
- Backup plans.
- Atm card w/4 digit pin card.
- 400 speed film. It is grainer but you cannot be assured sun plus you will spend a lot of time indoors.
- A good attitude
- An American English to British English dictionary is available.
- A day pack to carry stuff around in.
9. When should we visit England.
- Thieves. Especially on the underground.
- Large crowds. The hit and run trick is in every country.
- Moneychanger rates.
- Bars in the seeder side of London.
June and July. There is less rain then and most of the British are on the Costa del Sol, the French Rivera or the Greeks islands.
10. What guide books do you recommend?I’ve listed suggested guide books available form Amazon.com in my guide book section. This link will take you there.
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