I finally made it to England a few months ago, and perhaps I was jaded by the week dollar, small hotel rooms, and too much time in trains and taxis. I found England to be a “nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” After living in Sydney for 3 years, and traveled just about everywhere else… even the most impressive parts of London seemed small in comparison to other places I’ve been. I felt like I had been their before. Definitely the highlights were the people we met and the pubs we spent time in…. but beyond that, at times I felt like I could have been in just about any other major metropolitan area.

Highlights: The Greenwich Meridian Line, sights on the Thames, pubs in Chiswick and Richmond….pub food, London Pride Beer, ladies on hens nights….

Lowlights: Restaurants, crowded trains, expensive taxis, Herrods