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On July 22nd, my family will be taking a 3 week vacation to Britain. We will have a railpass that will allow us to travel throughout the country by train. We should also be able to take a ferry and see Dublin while we are there too. Do any British Apolytoners or Apolytoners who have toured Britain before have any suggestions on what is worth seeing?
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Maybe Heathrow as soon as possible?Hi, I'm RAH and I'm a Benaholic.-rahComment
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You're traveling across the UK by train? Brave man.
Let's see. I hear Edinburgh is nice. Glasgowegianese are hard and famous for their kisses. Those places are in Scotland, a place where the locals love to be reminded they sold their country for a hundred pounds and became England's biatch. Nothing in the north of England is remotely interesting and they all talk funny. Birmingham is the most westernly part of South Asia. Avoid East Anglia, where I live, at all costs. We're known for Cambridge, farming, and incest. London is the big sprawl that starts somewhere near Reading and ends somewhere near Paris. It's got good shopping, a crumbling infrastructure, and the entire nation is fixated with it. West of London, you find Wales. That's about all there is to be said about Wales.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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So basically, refer to my post above then?Originally posted by Starchild
You're traveling across the UK by train? Brave man.
Let's see. I hear Edinburgh is nice. Glasgowegianese are hard and famous for their kisses. Those places are in Scotland, a place where the locals love to be reminded they sold their country for a hundred pounds and became England's biatch. Nothing in the north of England is remotely interesting and they all talk funny. Birmingham is the most westernly part of South Asia. Avoid East Anglia, where I live, at all costs. We're known for Cambridge, farming, and incest. London is the big sprawl that starts somewhere near Reading and ends somewhere near Paris. It's got good shopping, a crumbling infrastructure, and the entire nation is fixated with it. West of London, you find Wales. That's about all there is to be said about Wales.
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Grandpa TrollHi, I'm RAH and I'm a Benaholic.-rahComment
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Depends on your family and your interests but;
Split your time London/day trips from London/other places
Within London
London Eye
Buckingham Place
British Museum
Tower of London
Greenwich
Day trips from London:
Brighton
Canterbury
Cambridge
York
Bath
Salisbury
All nice easy train trips and towns suitable for walking
Dublin should use up 2-3 days minimum with travelling"An Outside Context Problem was the sort of thing most civilisations encountered just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop" - ExcessionComment
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Honestly, I would love to visit castles and estates.
When I was stationed in Deutchland, I was privy to see many their, I just figure must be plenty in England too
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Grandpa TrollHi, I'm RAH and I'm a Benaholic.-rahComment
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There are two places you must avoid:
1. Hull
2. Exeter
The rest is fine."Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
Eyewerks - you know you want to visit. No really, you do. Go on, click me.Comment
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go for a booze up in the west-end!eimi men anthropos pollon logon, mikras de sophiasComment
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If you're looking for castley type history then York is the only place worth seeing in Northern England.
If you do go to York, visit the Jorvik centre - I can't even begin to explain how good it is (the first time you go)Comment
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In fact, just avoid anywhere that has been touched by the hand of Paul Hanson and you won't go far wrong.Originally posted by Paul Hanson
There are two places you must avoid:
1. Hull
2. Exeter
The rest is fine.
If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.Comment
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Quiet, you.
Actually, I retract my previous statement, in part. Avoid Hull by all means, but do go to Exeter. If you happen to bump into a 21 year old lad called Richard with an attractive 19 year old girl called Sarah hanging around with him. beat ten shades of **** into him. This small act would please me greatly.
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
Eyewerks - you know you want to visit. No really, you do. Go on, click me.Comment
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Seriously though, putting aside the fact that I'd like you to do my dirty work for me, there are several places you may want to visit:
London, of course. Plenty to see and do, and all the museums are now free of charge to visit. Expect to pay through the nose for pretty much everything else though.
York is also a nice place. The Jorvik Centre, telling the tale of how York became the city it is today, is a very well-done and presented place, and the rest of the city is very pretty, especially on a nice day.
Edinburgh is also a nice place, but it's been a while since I've been there so someone else will have to fill you in on the details.
Norwich is quite pleasant; like most cities with any kind of heritage or culture in the UK, there are bus tours which give you a nice tour of the city whilst telling you a lot of the history of the place as well.
I've never been, but I'm informed that Exeter is a very nice place, my own personal feelings about the place aside. Maybe someone else can tell you a few things to see and do there."Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
Eyewerks - you know you want to visit. No really, you do. Go on, click me.Comment
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I haven't been their in years, but it reminded me of the Epcot dome ride.Originally posted by Paul Hanson
York is also a nice place. The Jorvik Centre, telling the tale of how York became the city it is today, is a very well-done and presented place, and the rest of the city is very pretty, especially on a nice day..One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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