Miscellaneous
📝 London felt extremely secure and we observed there weren’t lots of homeless individuals/beggars. They weren’t practically as aggressive as some we’ve got encountered in Chicago.
📝 LOOK UP! A lot stunning element!
🙆♀️ I extremely suggest doing calf stretches each morning earlier than you ever depart your lodging.
⛔️ Don’t observe the gang when crossing streets, however watch for the stroll/don’t stroll sign. It’s the one technique to navigate the streets safely! Take note of the LOOK RIGHT/LOOK LEFT painted on the bottom at most intersections.
🚦 We observed the stoplights flip yellow proper earlier than they had been going to show inexperienced, which we actually favored.
🚶♀️ There appears to be no rhyme or purpose for which facet to stroll on, and greater than as soon as, we overheard different People touch upon it. Except standing to the appropriate when on an escalator, or a shifting walkway, it’s type of each man for himself!
✅ Carrying a transportable charger is important! In case you are an avid telephone consumer, take many pictures and use your telephone for navigation, I’d suggest at the least a 20000mAH transportable charger/energy financial institution. They don’t seem to be low cost, however they’re price each penny to get a superb one which lasts. Learn our information to what to put on and what to pack for London.
🔎 Google search the whole lot! We weren’t certain tips on how to use the washer in our unit, however there was a YouTube video that walked us via it.
🧺 Our washer was truly a washer and dryer combo which I’ve by no means seen earlier than. It was very tiny and the wash and dry cycle mixed was over 5 hours, we discovered to do one small load each night time so we didn’t fall behind.
🧺 Laundry tends to return out extraordinarily wrinkly, so plan accordingly. You most likely can’t take away one thing and put on it instantly.
💧 I carried a really small spray bottle and would fill it with water then spray the hems of capris so I might flatten them and we hung them to dry on the drying rack in our lodging.
❓ Ask questions on something you don’t perceive – nearly all of Brits we encountered had no downside answering our questions! I had a pickle and cheese sandwich and what we People think about a pickle isn’t with the British think about a pickle!
🧃 Nearly all of the straws we encountered within the UK had been paper. Contemplate travelling with a metallic or silicone straw when you don’t like paper straws.
🚽 With a few exceptions to the rule, the UK bogs are very small. Each time potential, depart your jacket, purse, luggage, and so forth., with somebody in your travelling social gathering. The bogs will not be locations you go to to clean up or brush your hair or contact up make-up… they’re practical bogs and locations to clean your fingers. We do love that the bogs provide nice privateness with no gaps of their stall doorways. We additionally actually favored that the bogs mechanically mentioned “occupied” when the door was locked much like in an aeroplane.
🚽 We solely noticed one pay toilet and it’s after we had been within the Camden space. Whereas People are used to bogs in virtually each retailer and fuel station, within the UK, they’re few and much between. (They’re plentiful in museums and ticketed points of interest and eating places.) We had been very purposeful to make use of the toilet anytime it was accessible.
💷 We might have gotten away with out bringing any money to the UK, and we ended up utilizing lower than 50 kilos over the course of two weeks… virtually all of it was further tricks to numerous individuals. We did see a couple of indicators in some smaller outlets advising of a minimal cost for a bank card… it was usually very low. (£6 – £10)
❓ We often requested the guides and volunteers, and even the beefeaters, and so forth. their favorite a part of every attraction/focal point we had been at – you will see some very enjoyable, hidden gems and lesser-known information about every location! They by no means steered us mistaken after we would ask them, “What typically will get handed by that we shouldn’t miss at [XYZ location]?”
💳 We opened a bank card with no worldwide charges particularly for our journey to the UK. We ordered one card within the identify of every traveller, however it was all tied to the identical account. As a result of every chip was totally different, we had zero points with that after we had been tapping out and in of the tube. We had a lot better luck hovering our card over the reader versus laying the cardboard on the reader.
🗣 Most individuals know this… Brits say “chips” and we are saying french fries. Brits say “crisps” and we are saying chips. Brits say “biscuit” and we are saying cookie. Brits say “elevate” and “brolly” and we are saying elevator and umbrella. We are saying “pants” and Brits suppose “underwear.”
🗣 Aubergine is an eggplant and courgettes are zucchini. Please do NOT check with your waist pack as something apart from that. “Fanny pack” isn’t acceptable because it’s a crude phrase for the feminine personal components.
✅ By preserving these variations in thoughts, you’ll be higher ready to navigate the UK’s cultural nuances and profit from your go to.
🇬🇧 ❤️ Embrace the distinctive experiences and luxuriate in your time on this fascinating nation!