Vacation in Britain

[Drac]

You used US11K as a saving in an earlier post, Drac. Probably USD800 each isn't too far out of line. What's wrong is your attempt to see the entire island in 120 hours. It can't be done with even the most limited satisfaction. Choose: London anytime except the summer months, Argyll and Inverness anytime except the deepest of winter months. Go to one (Scotland) or the other (England) this trip, but definitely not both. If you choose London you will spend not a minute less than 72 hours there and, given that you must sleep for at least a few of those, you will feel cheated. Take in a bit of the southern part of the country and that's the extent of your holiday.

Alternatively, if you land in Glasgow and head for Inverary over 48 hours, on to Inverness over the next 48 and back to Glasgow through Stirling in the last 24 you will have done little except drive in a hurry between centres of population. Not worth it for the money if that's all the time you can afford.

So, go to London for five days, or go to Glasgow and on to Edinburgh for five days. May, June or September.

I corrected it. Meant $1100US in savings. April or May save about $800US. We have changed our thoughts toward only one or the other. I think in the way of a Texan to often about traveling.

Probably be London due to my wife's passion. When you spend 6 years of your school life studying Elizabeth I and another 20 researching on your own it becomes an inportant thing.

I'm sure we will find some areas of interest for me. If nothing else there is Stonehedge, the Temple of Mithras and some fish & chips. Should keep me happy.

Jim

[ThistleDown]

I corrected it. Meant $1100US in savings. April or May save about $800US. We have changed our thoughts toward only one or the other. I think in the way of a Texan to often about traveling.

Probably be London due to my wife's passion. When you spend 6 years of your school life studying Elizabeth I and another 20 researching on your own it becomes an inportant thing.

I'm sure we will find some areas of interest for me. If nothing else there is Stonehedge, the Temple of Mithras and some fish & chips. Should keep me happy.

Jim

I wonder what that is all about? In Britain we tend to work to live, but in America you seem to live to work. Then, because you have so little off-time to devote to a holiday you rush madly from pillar to post.

May is good and you will find much of interest to you in London without needing even to hire a car and drive across country to Salisbury and Stonehenge. Drop in on The Tower and contemplate the number of Scots done away with there -- that's worth a day in itself

[Drac]

I wonder what that is all about? In Britain we tend to work to live, but in America you seem to live to work. Then, because you have so little off-time to devote to a holiday you rush madly from pillar to post.

It is a failing of ours. Not quite as bad in Amy and me. We don't have kids so, unlike many of my co-workers, we don't rush much after work. Both of our jobs allow for leaving it at the office when the 5 o'clock whistle goes. We don't take vacations to relax, we don't have high stress lives. We take vacations to learn and see.

What makes us seem a bit rush-rush is that we aren't the tour the country side sort of people. We are city folk. Our idea of roughing it is a hotel with no Wi-Fi. Shopping is a recreational sport for us normally and combat training on sale days. So our intrests look like people trying to squeeze something into every moment but we take it slowly so that we can enjoy what we do. We don't expect to do it all in one trip. WE WILL BE BACK!!

Elizabeth I was inprisoned there, her mother was inprisoned and excuted there, Lady Jane Grey was inprisoned and executed there. The Tower isn't a good place to see it is required for Amy

Outside of the two places for me above I am looking forward to going through the markets and food stores at a leasurely pace. Food shopping and eating is one of my biggest passions.

Jim

[seanachie]

I wonder what that is all about? In Britain we tend to work to live, but in America you seem to live to work. Then, because you have so little off-time to devote to a holiday you rush madly from pillar to post.

To me it is a shortsighted policy and in the long run, hurts the business. So in that respect your guaranteed annual holiday time in Europe is a great improvement over ours. There are companies here that offer fantastic benefit packages, really good perqs and what a surprise most of the employees seem extremely dedicated and loyal.