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I should just apologise right up front: from now until our end-of-the-year trip to London, I plan to annoy my British and well-traveled friends with holiday questions.
Sorry. *blush*
My first visit to London was easy to plan: I was stalking Alan. See? Easy. This time, since hubby isn't really interested in sitting all day sipping smoothies at Planet Organic, I need to be a bit more creative with my itinerary.
Here are the first of, what promises to be, a long list of query posts!
We are thinking of spending a few days outside of London. I'm looking for suggestions. If you were going to spend 2-3 days out of the city, where would it be? Keep in mind that I'd like to avoid anything that reminds me of Indiana: no flat farmland, please! And the only cows must be shaggy and 'moo' with a British accent. I'd be interested in the coastline, or rolling hills, rocky craigs, etc.
Has anyone seen the film, The Queen, with Helen Mirren? In the hunting scenes, what area is that? Those huge, rolling hills are absolutely breathtaking!
My hubby is an old navy man and I think he might enjoy exploring by water. I've been googling, but am having trouble understanding the variety of options: narrowboats, barges, sailing barges on canals or rivers or coast. There seems to be everything from boats you steer yourself (NO!) to mega-expensive yachts (NO!). Does anyone know anything about this sort of thing?
Has anyone ever been to Ipswich? I'm curious about a charter sailing barge that leaves from there.
When Americans think of England, we have a tendency to automatically think of "the white cliffs of Dover". It looks like there is a lot of things to see in that area. Any opinions?
To those who have made it this far in my questioning: you have my sincere thanks!! *hug*
Sorry. *blush*
My first visit to London was easy to plan: I was stalking Alan. See? Easy. This time, since hubby isn't really interested in sitting all day sipping smoothies at Planet Organic, I need to be a bit more creative with my itinerary.
Here are the first of, what promises to be, a long list of query posts!
We are thinking of spending a few days outside of London. I'm looking for suggestions. If you were going to spend 2-3 days out of the city, where would it be? Keep in mind that I'd like to avoid anything that reminds me of Indiana: no flat farmland, please! And the only cows must be shaggy and 'moo' with a British accent. I'd be interested in the coastline, or rolling hills, rocky craigs, etc.
Has anyone seen the film, The Queen, with Helen Mirren? In the hunting scenes, what area is that? Those huge, rolling hills are absolutely breathtaking!
My hubby is an old navy man and I think he might enjoy exploring by water. I've been googling, but am having trouble understanding the variety of options: narrowboats, barges, sailing barges on canals or rivers or coast. There seems to be everything from boats you steer yourself (NO!) to mega-expensive yachts (NO!). Does anyone know anything about this sort of thing?
Has anyone ever been to Ipswich? I'm curious about a charter sailing barge that leaves from there.
When Americans think of England, we have a tendency to automatically think of "the white cliffs of Dover". It looks like there is a lot of things to see in that area. Any opinions?
To those who have made it this far in my questioning: you have my sincere thanks!! *hug*
