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What do I do when I visit the Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales? |
Travel Info It is a dream of my husband's and I to visit the UK. Really, we want to be from there, not just visit the same old touristy places. We especially want to be a part of the literary history (including U2 and other modern bards). Beyond that, we want to be "from" the UK for a week or two. What would be the best way to do this? How much time and money should I have available? How do I prepare educationally? We have at least a year, maybe 5 before we go. Travel Tips To experience the UK as a local within one or two weeks will be very hard - especially if you're planning on going to Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. Sounds like a busy couple of weeks. A few things you could do which aren't to touristy are: 1) Go camping in Devon. Pack a tent and drive down to the Devon coast where you can hang out with wannabe surfers waiting for that illusive wave (which never comes). If the weather's good you can't beat sunning yourself on the Devon beaches and spending time eating and drinking the afternoon away outside of the many pubs. Camping might not be very glamourous but for a few days, in good weather, is a great way to meet and mix with real brits at their most relaxed. 2) Go to see a band. Most major cities will have quite popular bands playing most nights, especially London. London gigs tend to be hosted in mid-size venues usch as converted theatres, not the sports stadiums you'll see people at in the US. In towns outside London the venue you'll see bands in is likely to be smaller and more initmate. 3) Visit some other UK towns - apart from the main tourist centres like London, Edinburgh, and Dublin try visiting Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Cardiff and seaside resorts like Brighton. 4) When using the escalators on the tube in London, stand on the right and walk on the left. Londoners pet peeve is tourists who stand on the left hand side of the escalator, thus stopping the harrassed and busy commuter from shaving seconds off his daily commute. 5) Stratford-upon-avon is obviously a very touristy destination for the literary minded, but at the same time is a very nice town. Try to avoid some of the more crass touristy aspects (any shop names with shakespearean puns are a no-no), instead enjoy the walks along the canal, eating in one of the restaurants on sheep street (i can recommend Georgetown and the Coconut Lagoon) and try and find which pub the gaggle of shakespearean luvvies from the RSC are hanging out. 6) In Scotland Edinburgh and Glasgow are both very nice - the Edinburgh fringe festival, whilst a tourist hotspot, is also great fun and will enable you to see brits at their most diverse. You don't need to do much to prepare educationally - just remember that british people almost universally dislike President Bush, so just make a joke about him and you'll get people on your side. I know I haven't answered all you question, but hopefully this will give you some guidance on things to do. Source(s): Born and raised in the UK Other Travel Tips picture taking I think that a week isn't long enough to travell around the UK, I've been in England for 11 days and just got to see a very small part of the south (London, Bath, Salsbury, Windsor, Winchester, Oxford, Stonehenge). That's all the help I can give you. Modified 1 year ago |
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