by RosePetal 29 Replies latest jw friends
I was there a few years ago. Primarily London, but we made a side trip to Cornwall to see first hand where my family came from.
We had a great time, Cornwall is just beautiful, we were there in May so there were billions of flowers, OMG the rhododendrons!!!, and we missed the tourist season, had some of the beaches to ourselves. Can't wait to go back.
Did not get to a KH while we were there.
1970 and 2000
Still need to get to Wales and Ireland.....
Dear RosePetal, I've been to England quite a few times (but I live in Spain, so maybe I shouldn't have posted, I don't know). It became my second country when I was a teenager. I loved it! I always stayed with brothers and sisters and got to know these families quite well: the Calderwood family in Bournemouth (she was like a mother to me), the Greenwoods and the Lanes in Sutton, Chris Hewer in Sutton too. I also went up to the Isle of Skye and stayed with the Marconi (Marcotti?) family of Italian origin who opened their door and their hearts to my brother and me (although he had grown a beard on our motorcycle trip from Bournemouth and I looked pretty unkempt too, but their door opened wide before we could finish the sentence, "We are Jehovah's Witnesses" and just made us stay for days without wanting to let us go... Beautiful memories...). I love the culture, the food (yes, the food as well) and your sweet reluctance to open up and express your feelings until we get to know you better, but then you remain friends for life. Yes, I'm very fond of you, British people.
The wife and I visited London in 2006. Did all the things tourists do. The London Eye, Picadilly Circus, Big Ben and The House of Parliament, Tower Bridge, toured Buckingham Palace, Harrods,Trafalgar Square, and The Tower of London. We hit 12 different pubs when we were there. I know some Americans don't like the food in England but I really enjoyed it! Would like to go back again to see the English countryside. While in the pubs and out and about, we found the people to be very nice.
I have never been, but am planning to visit one day.
-MF31-
I took a 2-week tour from American Express back in the early 90s - it was pretty much a round tour including Scotland. We saw all the sights of London, Stonehenge, the Lake Country, Liverpool, up to Glasgow and over to Edinburgh, and back down the East coast. Great trip.
And, have been back there 3 or 4 times on business from my present company.
It is well worth the trip, I enjoyed it greatly.
Goldensky thank you for you comments. My mother was from Gibralter as I said she was evacuated to England during the war I have relatives in spain and Gibralter. I was born in London it was very cosmopolitan and multi culteral. The congregations we attended had people from all over the world that had either settled or were visiting for a few years, I am glad you had some lovely experiences in England. I love visiting spain I will be going to Gibralter later this year.
Hi everyone thanks for your comments keep them coming it's so interesting. My mum and dad said that when they served people at the hotel they used to fight over the American visitors because they were so generous warm and friendly of all the hotel guests their tips were the highest. My hubby loves westerns and would love to visit texas and buy a huge cowboy hat and cowboy boots. I would like to visit New York .
Love RosePetal
Maybe one day I will visit London, my very wealthy boss lives there. He has two homes. One in USA and one in UK.
I definitely was not a DUB when I dodged in and out in 1973-74. My bicycle was stranded in a locker at Victoria station for several months until I got it bailed out. (I was living in Ireland at the time). I met jack-asses and some totally great people as well. But that was a long time ago. Probably that will always be the same . There was a railstrike on when I visited some friends inland and had to ride in a boxcar with a lot of other rail travelers since there were no passenger cars going. That was great! The unflappable British.
I'm glad to hear that you will get to travel. I learned sooo much getting out and finding other people were someways the same and otherways different. And trying to sort out why.
Have a great time!
Maeve
I went several years back when I still was a JW. I did not visit any halls or try and make any JW contacts though. I was on a tour of Europe and came accross the English Channel from Ostende, Belgium and landed near the White Cliffs of Dover. Went to London and stayed at the Tara Hotel accross from Hyde Park.
Went on a whirlwind Pub tour along the Tymes River and about got snockered. the Place fish and chips were excellent. Visited several of the tourist sites like Picadilly Circus, Westminister Abby, Buckingham Palace, etc., etc. and was happy to be in a country where people could at least understand what I was saying.
I got up on a soapbox in Hyde Park and tried to give my 5th student talk. Then I had to clean the tomatos off of me that people threw, ha.
I would like to go back and see if I could get Sarah Ferguson to arrange a meeting with me, so I could meet the Prince.
All and all, I liked the experience.
Outaservice
