Tag: England
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Windsor Castle, Bath, and Stonehenge: The Tourist Trifecta
When you’ve got limited time but want to capture as much quintessential Britishness as possible, one of the most popular day trips is Windsor Castle, Bath, and Stonehenge. In a single day, it’s a both sprint and a marathon at once, but absolutely doable. Perhaps I’m biased, but I appreciated the order my tour took…
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Exit, Pursued by a Dalek
The Dr. Who Shop and Museum is outside what you would call Central London, but worth the trek. I left from Trafalgar Square, where a festival for St. George and the Dragon was underway, and it took me about 50 minutes by tube on the District Line. Okay, so I actually got out early so…
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Having a Fun Time with British Architecture
Despite my chosen residence, smack in the middle of New York City, I’ve always been more of a fan of naturally wild landscapes than ones constructed by humans. Yet I had so much fun interacting and posing with British architecture, I was willing to forgive the monochromatic gardens. Trafalgar Square Lions At the base of…
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Abbey Road: Watch for Cars!
Any Beatles fan knows the infamous Abbey Road. The image has been replicated and parodied so many times in so many different places, chances are you recognize it even if it doesn’t make you think of an English rock band. Fans from all over seek out specific zebra crossing (that’s “crosswalk” in American) where John,…
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221B Baker Street: The Case of the Missing Detective
The detective himself may never have lived there, having never lived outside the imagination at all. But even though he’s missing, the infamous address of Sherlock Holmes is real! You heard right. It’s real, it exists, and you can absolutely go there. Okay, so you won’t go there to solve crime. But you can still…
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Platform 9 3/4 is Not Where You Think
Having grown up reading Harry Potter, and having jealously admired the online photos of British fans engaging in all sorts of promotional activities overseas; when I finally had a ticket to go to London, my starving artist self immediately put Platform 9 3/4 on my list. It’s one of the few fan locations you can…
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