We're going to England!

[lizvogel]

Tried again the next day, with different computer, different browser, different internet connection, and different credit card -- and it worked fine!

(Have still submitted tart feedback-survey reply to BA about their creepy, invasive data-mined "security" not even working, because really, it should not be that hard to give them money. But, we have tickets!)

So. The Trip is really happening. In early October, so we've still got plenty of time to sort out eleventy-billion additional things that need to be sorted. But we have passports and plane tickets, so we will at least get as far as Heathrow. ;-)

Comments

[halotolerant]

Hooray! \o/ Where are you planning to visit?

[lizvogel]

Mainly London - all the usual tourist destinations, British Museum, that sort of thing - with day-trips to Battle/Hastings and anywhere else that catches our fancy. And, because what fun would it be if we didn't over-complicate things, a double-day trip to Zurich & Paris in the middle of it.

Any suggestions for things that we absolutely shouldn't miss while we're there?

[halotolerant]

Ooooh wow! Well there's a ton of the Good Stuff *g* If you want to see Battle then the Tower of London makes a nice accompaniment (it is however an expensive ticket compared to most museums in London which are free to enter unless you want to see a special exhibit). There are a lot of lesser known museums too, like the exhibit of random surgical stuff preserved in jars at the Royal College of Surgeons, or the operating theatre museum near the London Aquarium, or the Dickens House museum, the Sherlock Holmes museum on Baker St, the Freud museum in Highgate, the museum of Brands and Packaging (which I love) in Kensington, the Design Museum in Holland Park and the Wellcome museum of medicine.

I think visiting the South Bank, the secondhand book stalls under Waterloo bridge and the street food there is an unmissable - plus you can see some Pros backgrounds! *g*

[lizvogel]

The Tower is on the housemate's must-see list; she's been reading about the Ravenmaster, and is keen to see the Ceremony of the Keys. And if the Sherlock Holmes museum isn't on her list, it should be.

I think visiting the South Bank, the secondhand book stalls under Waterloo bridge and the street food there is an unmissable - plus you can see some Pros backgrounds! *g*

Ooh! It happens that I plan to do a lot of secondhand book shopping, and I adore street food. This definitely goes on the list!

Many thanks for the tips!