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[chezp]

What about day trips outside of London? - WINDSOR



Windsor is less than an hour’s train ride from Windsor and is home to the famous Windsor Castle, where you can watch the changing of the guard. It’s also well worth browsing through the shops here or taking a bus tour around the area to see the nearby Eton College.



Images of Windsor





The Round Tower at Windsor Castle.





St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.







The Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle.





Down by the side of the River Thames, which runs through the town.

[Fortissimo]

Hmmm...I think I want to go to London now! Thanks for all the incredible info, Cheryl!

I have a silly question for you - what should be wear while enjoying the sites of your country? Are shorts or jeans acceptable, or slacks and skirts preferred?

[chezp]

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I have a silly question for you - what should be wear while enjoying the sites of your country? Are shorts or jeans acceptable, or slacks and skirts preferred?

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Shorts and jeans are perfectly acceptable, it's what the vast majority of the British public wear when they're not at work. In London, you will see a lot of people in slacks, skirts and suits, but that's simply because they're at work. Anyone in jeans or shorts (if it's hot enough!) won't feel out of place.

[goofy4goofy]

Cheryl, this is incredible!!! Thank you so much for all your hard work!!!!! I can't wait to travel to London one day..it's my dream vacation!

Kelly

[loobyoxlip]

Let me just say if I ever get to London, I want to hire you as my personal chauffeur, OK, Cheryl?!? My goodness, this thread is incredible. Thank you so much

[Shell_of_the_South]

Wow Cheryl, you have really outdone yourself with all this great info on London! Thanks so much for improving the Globetrotting forum with this information!

And BTW, I love your new signature photo with everyone's favorite donkey!

[GreenAppleSea]

Hi - 1st post here!

I just returned last Tuesday from my 3rd trip to London. I can't say enough good things about the Original London Walks ... they are fabulous. Very informative and fun, and they have day trips out of the city as well. Definitely pick up a brochure or check out their website

[chezp]

Hi and welcome to the boards GreenAppleSea!

I hope you had a great time in London and if you've got any further advice, I know it'd be of great help to everyone on the boards who's hoping or planning to travel to London at some point!

[AmyJune]

My husband and I went over to England last year to help the Civil War Roundtable of the UK celebrate their 25th anniversary. This is a group that studies the American Civil War. We stayed 3 days in London (at the Royal Horseguards which is down near the Embankment tube station - Great Hotel!). We went everywhere either on the Tube or walked. A couple of places that no one mentioned is the Imperial War Museum, which has an enormous amount of stuff in it. We also enjoyed walking in the Charing Cross area looking at all of the bookstore.

[chezp]

What about day trips outside of London? - YORK

York is about two hours from London on the train, although if you were to drive up there, it would take considerably longer. In the past, on a good day, it has taken me more than three hours to get to York. The main attraction here is York Minster, which was started in 1220 and took two and a half centuries to complete. It is the biggest mediaeval building of any kind in the country. The glass at the east end of the Minster forms the largest sheet of mediaeval glazing in England.

The city walls form part of the defences put in place in mediaeval times to protect York. To walk all the way around them takes over two hours. Other popular places to visits in the city include the remains of York Castle, the York Castle Museum next door which is a museum of everyday life over the last couple of centuries, the Jorvik Viking Centre (essentially an audio animatronics trip back in time to the days of the Vikings) and the Shambles, York's most famous street. It dates back to at least the 11th century and has not changed much in that time. Elsewhere, you can visit to the National Railway Museum, which looks at train travel over the past 150 years. One of the trains on display is the Mallard, which in 1938, created a world record for steam locomotives of 126 miles an hour.

Images of York




York Minster


The area around the Minster


The remains of York Castle


The Castle Museum





The National Railway Museum

[Bert & Sully]

Yoohoo Cheryl they aren't all coming in.

[Lilyian]

Thank you for posting those pictures! What wonderful memories it brings back. I just adore London and its surrounding areas!

[DopeyGirl]

Wow . . . it took me forever to look at this post but I am so glad I found it!!!



That does it Cheryl, I am headed to London!!! Don't know when, but I am definitely coming that way eventually!!!



My dream trip would be to do a whole UK tour - London, Wales, Dublin and Edinburgh. I am very intrigued by London and it has always been my dream to see the city . . . as well as Ireland (I desperately want to kiss the Blarney Stone!!!) My cousin was born in Edinburgh when my uncle was in the US Navy and was stationed there for a while . . . they say all of Scotland is just beautiful . . . plus I have some Scottish blood on my father's side of the family!!!



As for Wales, I have been able to trace my mother's side of the family back to the 1200's to Llywelyn (the last) ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd, the last native Prince of Wales (or something like that) so I think it would be interesting to see where my family stemmed from centuries ago!!!

[Chelledun17]

Hello! I just wanted to say that I printed out much of this information before I left to spend six weeks in London and it was very helpful, especially the list of free attractions. I'm heading home in two days and have gotten to see a lot of fabulous things during my time here.

I wrote an article about spending time in London on a student budget, do you think that would be helpful to anyone? If so I'll post it here or if there is another place it would be better let me know. Thanks so much for all your work compiling this London information!

[AzureHaven]

My DS would love to read your article as he is returning to London in November. Although he graduated from college in January he is still on a "student budget" until he gets his student loans paid off. Looking forward to hearing about your 6 weeks in London as well.