Do our American friends strive to visit the UK?

[msteddom]

I was in London for the fist time two years ago and I just loved it! I was visiting my friend who was in law school, so while she was in class for the day I would just head out with my tube map and decide what I wanted to see for the day. I think Windsor Castle was my favorite. I happened to be there on a day that the queen was there. I didn't see her, but I did see someone walking her little dogs. You guys have a queen, that's cool. Of course we did fight a war to make sure that we would not have a queen, but it is still cool. I can't wait to go back and see more of the country!


Melissa

 

[Coastie]

I went to Manchester this past May. I thought OUR football fans were fanatics, WOW, the Manchester United (green and white?) fans put ours to shame!!

London is also not ot be missed. I was there twice this year on business... Trinity House and Deans Church. Pubs on every corner, great local food, fish and chips, nice people...

For anyone planning a trip to London in the near term, call far enough in advance to the US Embassy and make arrangements for a tour of Parliment. I also highly recommend the London Pass for any stays longer than 2... huge savings on tours and restaurants.

 

[eliza61]

Hey Steve,
Are you kidding my DH & I have our "London file". We had a trip booked Oct. 2001 for our anniversary but unfortunately because of 9/11 we had to cancel. We're planning for October 2007 How's the weather?

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

I'm from New Jersey, so Disney World is still my ideal getaway, but I love the UK! I visited London and Paris on a school trip when I was in high school and while Paris was ok, I could not stop talking about London! People were so much nicer! And I could *live* at Covent Garden. BF visited London and Brighton Beach and in college to see a Coldplay concert. Both of us loved it and would really enjoy going back to see more of the country after we're married. My cousins are in the CIA and lived just outside London for about 8 years and sent lots of photos so I know there's a ton more out there than what I saw in one week. So, yes, we'd *love* to visit you!

Hi all, not sure if this is the right place to post this, my aplogies if not.

Hoping that most of you on this particular forum are from the land of the free I have always wandered about something.

Here is the sometimes sunny UK we dream of visiting Disney World, we are going back in July 2007 for what will be our 3rd in total (and once to Paris), and although it is a year away it is something we are all looking forward to.

I think part of the appeal is that you get to go to the USA. I know nowadays that almost all of the world is pretty much accesible without any problems, but there is still something about the US.

So my question, for those of you still awake, do the Americans dream of visiting the UK in the same was we do the US, and if so, where about in the UK?

Thanks all, have a great day

Steve
Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK

 

[jpmandan]

Hello Steve!
From Beautiful (Yes, still beautiful) South Mississippi!

From the age of six to the age of 13 I lived in your fair country. My father was stationed at RAF Molesworth and RAF Alconbury, so I reaped the benefits. I consider England to be the place I grew up! I would love to take my DH and boys to see it all. Maybe one day....

 

[stevechase]

Hi everyone, thanks all very much for posting, its nice to see so many of you have been and so many still want to go.

As for fantical fans, football here is a way of life (proper football I mean not that game you play that stops every 30 seconds lol). Manchester Untied play in Red by the way, Green and White, Celtic of Glasgow.

Hope you all have a great time,

8:57 am here now, rained during the night heavily, sun is out and its going to be a beautiful day.

Have a great day.

Steve

"Gawd blimey, it's Mary Poppins"

 

[DizGeek]

I thought Budweiser was Canadian ??

David

Really? Bud is as American as it gets. Brewed and bottled in St. Louis.

 

[DizGeek]

Steve, I ended up getting a Fullers Porter (?) at that British Beer place last night.

 

[TinkerDaisy]

We would love to go on a train tour through the country side.......Someday

 

[stevechase]

Fullers is a good drink, the Porter came about from the Porters at the railway station in the early part of 1900's, I think they came up with the drink somehow, and the name stuck. I assume you didnt drink too much or you wouldnt be up this early lol. Sorry it was at Billingsgate (Fish market Porters, I stand corrected), www.fullers.co.uk

Fullers also do ESB which is about 6.8% very nice too and London Pride which is a good drink

Glad to see the good stuff is reaching you. Bloody hell is just started raining again!!

Steve

 

[6mouskateers]

When we went to the UK I fell in love with black and tans. There was a pub (of course) near the B & B where we stayed and I had to have one every day while we were there--of course DH wound up finishing them fro me, they were BIG! I also tried a shandy (sp?)--interesting! Gosh we had such a fun time-- pubs, theater, sightseeing--I wouldn't mind going back tommorrow.
I also had my first taste of food from India in London and I have been hooked ever since.

And yes, Steve, if you have never been to New York, you really need to go. I grew up an hour away and of course hardly ever went. And here, we live 15 minutes from the beach and never go. Just goes to show we need to make some time to look around us at home and abroad.

 

[stevechase]

Shandy eh? Beer and Lemonade, not for the die hard drinkers but very refreshing.

Seems to be a trend here of US visitors coming over here for fish and chips and beer!!!

Have a great day.

Rain stopped and the sun is out............again!

Steve

 

[6mouskateers]

Hey Steve, please send us some your rain! We are something like 16-20 inches below normal. My lawn is sad...

Anyhow, YES! We (well DH) were there for the BEER! Now I am not much of a beer drinker, although I do appreciate and enjoy a good one now and then.
DH on the other hand does love beer. He is also a bit picky --nothing wrong with that. He (and his cohorts) call Coors "Rocky Montain pi$$ water." Snubs Bud unless of course there is nothing else to drink and he doesn't want to be impolite.

I have a feeling he used a trick coin in our UK vs Germany coin toss because he may have a hankering for German beer this time...

I also think he wants some German food...

 

[stevechase]

The Germans do know how to brew a fair pint, although tends to be what we call lager such as your bud and coors.

Some of the Aussie stuff is ok on a hot day.

All said and done, its the real ale you need to be necking back.

Marstons Owd Rodger, 8+% old dark barley wine line beer. 5 pints and I was as ill as I dont know what

Steve

 

[JeanfromBNA]

Dear Steve:
My dear grandparents were from the U.K., and as a little girl, I thought that the President and the Queen ran the coutry (Grandpa went back for the coronation before I was born and often spoke about it). Only spent two days in London, and would love to see the countryside. Love Jane Austen's works, and re-read them almost as often as the DIS boards. DH and I are both Harry Potter fans, and DH has occasionally asked me for a translation of JK Rowling's terms that are uniquely English. Don't the Harry Potter books have fabulous potential for rides and attractions?

 

[BeckWhy]

I know quite a few people who wanted to or have visited the UK.

But I personally have no interest in visiting the UK. I would love to visit Germany, rent a RUF and drive on the Autoban (sp), visit Greece and Russia.

 

[penguin087]

Interesting post Steve. I am glad to hear you enjoy the US so much. I am in the monority I know but I really have no desire to leave the country even to vacation. I truly feel we have it all here and I don't feel like I am missing anything.

 

[IndestructibleMushu]

Hey Stevechase,

Well I am from San Diego and I have been to the U.K. more aften than WDW! 4 times in fact. Now that my kids are 7 and 9 we were wanting to get there this summer but the cost just kept skyrocketing.

Here's what I want to show my kids in my U.K. dreaming:

Cheddar Gorge (The caves)
Stratford
Stone Henge and Avebury
York and the Viking Center (Love that place)
The Caves in the Hill Country (Yes we love caves)
London of Course
English countryside
Lake District
Blackpool of course

I am a major Anglophile and my first trip was when I was 13 and I spent two weeks biking around the countryside and one week driving...well riding. Some Day I hope to make it to Ireland as well as my great grandparents were from Sligo and Galway (I know not the U.K. but it's close geographically).

We are planning a Cosmo tour for next year since we can do Europe 40% cheaper through an escorted tour.

I dream most about the sweet shops! Fruit Pastels and Minstrels! American chocolate has a long way to go to beat British Chocolate.

 

[chamonix]

Steve, most folks I know would love to go to the UK whether or not they have been there before or have not been yet.

I visited once in my teens (I'm 40 now, yikes) and I loved it. Yes, fish and chips were a highlight, LOL! I also enjoyed the roman ruins (not sure where!) the Tower of London, and the British Museum. I'm not a beer drinker, but I would love to tip a few Tanqueray and tonics while I am there the next time. I would like to see more of the "countryside" and less of London next time. I'm just not a big city kind of person. (for example, I am not dying to see NYC)

We will probably be back to the UK sometime in the next 5 years. My dd is almost 10yo now, and she loves to travel too. TBH, I don't know that much about your country, in school they only teach us things in London, or basically things royalty related, the "big" tourist traps, etc.

What would YOU suggest a tourist to your fair isle do or see or experience? I am enjoying this thread as some of the places mentioned I had never heard of and will now want to see!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

the UK is on my list of "places i want to visit" it's #1. it just seems like it's so much history and information and i just would love to soak it all up. of course, i might not want to come back home.