And We have a bedazzler we can give you as it was recieved as a white elephant gift years ago.

Still in the packaging.

Yah.

Oh, and Cornwall. And pretty much everywhere.

I second the Camden Market thing. Very much so. If you get time, and the chance, a nightime walk down the river (London, that is, so the Thames) from London Bridge (no not that one. The real one) west and back up the other side is great at night. I, when at Uni just north of the Smoke, regularly used to drive down to there at 2 in the morning just to wander up and down the river.

Lovely, spooky shadows and it looks so lovely without all the damn people and cars and shit.

* Buy and Oyster card. This is the pre-paid Underground & Bus card that will get you around most of London (Zones 1 & 2 on the Underground, everywhere on the buses) for around 22 Pounds. It’s well worth the investment.

* The exchange rate for Dollars to Pounds sux. Seriously. $2 buys you just under £1. This means for every UK price you see you’ll have to double it in your head. Eating out gets expensive fast so consider taking bread, cheese and wine with you on your daily travels.

* The subway system is incredibly efficient and relatively fast. Buses, however, give you a much better view of the city.

* I think you’d like Camden Town market area. Well worth checking out.

* Go to the Victoria and Albert Museum if only to see “Volume,” the exhibit outside in the courtyard. Dusk was my favorite time to see it.

* Pass through the Glouchester tube station at least once to see the exhibit on the walls.

* It’s not as cold there as you may have been told it is.

* You can buy liquor even in convenience stores. Decent stuff, too.

* If you’re travelling outside of London, consider the rail system. Prices increased on Jan 3, but it’s still a good way to see parts of the country and to travel. (The UK does public transport extremely well)

* Talk to people. Lots of people. Our best adventures always involved talking with people and getting to know them, even if just a bit.

* The similarities between London and Manhattan are, in my mind, staggering. I’m convinced that the “real” England exists in the smaller towns away from London.

* Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

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the reason it works is laziness: it’s much harder to say all that, so one keeps one’s pie hole, to much relief, shut.