For all you Brits

[lowend73]

Going to London next summer and need some recommendations.

No scummy shit please, Ill just google to double check.

Taking my daughter for her HS graduation. Are most places Tourist traps, or does it depend on the time of year?

Where to stay away from, is the summer the best time to go? Stuff like that....

 

[Patrick O'Neal]

Drop by McGowen's gaff.

 

[Chapel]

British Museum.
If you own a gun I’ll look up the boroughs with the highest muslim population and you can go on safari

 

[Chapel]

Oh yeah, don’t forget your stab vest

 

[guest]

Drop by McGowen's gaff.

Please. What a vulgar looking place. Looks like Bishops Avenue, or some other Saudi/Russian hotspot. Count Wopula's dream house.

 

[UnPRePared]

Please. What a vulgar looking place. Looks like Bishops Avenue, or some other Saudi/Russian hotspot. Count Wopula's dream house.

There's no dinosaur, and I bet not one copy of Call of Duty anywhere on the grounds.

3/10. 1/10 if there's no gaudy pillars.

 

[Dog Eater]

Please. What a vulgar looking place. Looks like Bishops Avenue, or some other Saudi/Russian hotspot. Count Wopula's dream house.

That brickwork looks disgusting.

 

[guest]

If you don’t mind a good walk, the best way to see central London is with a walk through the Royal parks. I'd recommend starting in Kensington Gardens - Peter Pan's statue etc - through to Hyde Park, Green Park then St James'. You'll end up at Buckingham Palace. Then you're a stone's throw from Big Ben/Parliament etc. Walk up Whitehall and you'll be in Trafalgar Square. It's pretty grim around Leicester Square, but you've got Oxford/Regents Street and the shops - I'm sure your daughter will like that.

If you want to get off the beaten path a bit, I'd recommend Hampstead Village and Kenwood. PM me if you want to know more closer to the time

 

[lowend73]

If you don’t mind a good walk, the best way to see central London is with a walk through the Royal parks. I'd recommend starting in Kensington Gardens - Peter Pan's statue etc - through to Hyde Park, Green Park then St James'. You'll end up at Buckingham Palace. Then you're a stone's throw from Big Ben/Parliament etc. Walk up Whitehall and you'll be in Trafalgar Square. It's pretty grim around Leicester Square, but you've got Oxford/Regents Street and the shops - I'm sure your daughter will like that.

If you want to get off the beaten path a bit, I'd recommend Hampstead Village and Kenwood. PM me if you want to know more closer to the time

Is riding the subway (tube?) easy to navigate?

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

Appreciate all the advice for sure...

 

[guest]

Is riding the subway (tube?) easy to navigate?

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

Appreciate all the advice for sure...

The tube is dirty as fuck, but pretty straightforward and probably the fastest way round.

Scottish Highlands are beautiful. Ireland I don't really know. There's lots of beautiful countryside in England too (Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, New Forest, Dartmoor etc) and much more of a "homogeneous" English experience too, once you get out of the cities

 

[The Shah of Iran]

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

If your coming to Scotland, Edinburgh is your safest bet if you want to do touristy shit (Castle, Royal Mile, Dungeons, Arthurs Seat, cannae go wrong). However if you want to get drunk and fight people you can come through here to Glasgow too. They are the 2 places that anyone from the states would call a city. The rest is mountains and towns that want to be cities but it would take more time to pass through a small US town than any of them. If you're a hiker then boy are you in for a treat.

 

[Chive Turkey]

Is riding the subway (tube?) easy to navigate?

It's been ages since I went on it but it operates on an intersecting hub basis with colored lines and shit, it's pretty straight forward. It might be packed depending on the place and time of day though.

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

It's like a full days drive from London to Edinburgh but that place is definitely worth it. Beautiful city with a lot of historical buildings and a great landscape, filled with cozy tea shops and pubs that cater to tourists. Lots of students and hipsters so there's a bunch of tiny novelty stores and markets. The kind of shit a teen girl would eat up.

Ireland I wouldn't bother with unless you're doing a cross-country tour, most of the cities just aren't that interesting. The main draw of Dublin is its nightlife and the fact that every other pub has regular live musical performances, but that might not be father-daughter stuff, more for a group of youngsters to have fun with.

 

[DMbA]

Ever heard of the Big Ben?

 

[Dog Eater]

Go to Glasgow and yell that you hate celts, rangers, heroin and bucky.

 

[JoeBrotheChildSpitGuzzler]

If you don’t mind a good walk, the best way to see central London is with a walk through the Royal parks. I'd recommend starting in Kensington Gardens - Peter Pan's statue etc - through to Hyde Park, Green Park then St James'. You'll end up at Buckingham Palace. Then you're a stone's throw from Big Ben/Parliament etc. Walk up Whitehall and you'll be in Trafalgar Square. It's pretty grim around Leicester Square, but you've got Oxford/Regents Street and the shops - I'm sure your daughter will like that.

If you want to get off the beaten path a bit, I'd recommend Hampstead Village and Kenwood. PM me if you want to know more closer to the time

Kids, Big Ben, Parliament, again.

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[AntSucks]

Go to Liverpool and say that The Sun is a quality publication and more shops should stock it. You particularly enjoy their sporting coverage.

 

[Chapel]

Is riding the subway (tube?) easy to navigate?

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

Appreciate all the advice for sure...

Scotland, Glen Coe in the Highlands, Wallaces Monument in Stirling, Edinburgh castle.
Undiscovered scotland dot com is a good place to look up shit to see. John Paul Jones house is here and north of England you have Vindalanda, Roman excavation and I’d recommend Lindisfarne but plan that fucker or you’ll be stranded with the tide.
If you go up North be careful of the teaucters

 

[Hamburger Jones]

Go to Liverpool and say that The Sun is a quality publication and more shops should stock it. You particularly enjoy their sporting coverage.

'You'll Never Walk Alone' but it's coz you get trampled to death at a Liverpool game.

 

[Billy Hollywood]

Is riding the subway (tube?) easy to navigate?

How about Scotland and Ireland? Will have about 10 days.

Appreciate all the advice for sure...

In London, make sure to stay at a chain hotel, don't trust bookings.com reviews and photos. There's a metro line just below Heatrhow, once in Euston Station you can buy a day rider bus ticket that covers the whole city for around £6 per person.

Other places to visit:

Chester, a pleasant city with Tudor architecture near Liverpool where you can walk on top of a medieval wall that surrounds the center, there's a fast direct train London-Chester that gets you there in 2 hours.

Liverpool, maybe you like the Beatles... Chester and Liverpool are on the same rail network, for about £6 you can ride all the bus/train/metro/ferry.

Dublin, maybe you like Guinness? A Ryanair round trip ticket from Liverpool is about £20. Beware that Dublin is even more expensive than London.

Bowness-on-Windermere, city in the Lake District, preserved thanks to Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit, in there you can ride a steamboat and a steam locomotive (short rides), also rent and ride a slow motor boat or a row boat in the lake:

Edinburgh is also a good choice, with the best castle to visit (wherever possible, buy the "skip the line" tickets).

From there you can go to Fort William and ride The Jacobite, the steam locomotive used in the Harry Potter films:

In London, Liverpool, Dublin and Edinburgh, there's the option to buy a "city pass", that allows you to use a hop-on hop-off tourist bus and gives you free access to many touristic attractions, sometimes with "skip the line" included, it varies from city to city.

Keep in mind that flights to Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands and many other European destinations are very cheap and quick. They do tend to have a much harsher summer though, if you decide to expand your trip, I would recommend travelling during spring, even in London you may get temps above 86F/30C in the summer, on "the continent" it easily goes above 95F/35C.

 

[lowend73]

Great advice Brothermen, thanks again...