Hi everyone!
My exams are finally over! I haven’t been watching dramas much lately, but I’ve been reading! (I’ve borrowed Anna Karenina from the library, let’s see if I finish it! 🙈)

The real question here: On Tuesday I’m going to the UK for a week-long vacation and I was wondering if you had any tips or ideas about places to visit or things to do.
I’ll be also visiting London for two days. What would you recommend seeing or doing there? I’m a poor student, so I’m on budget, but share anything with me!

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    Congratulations on finishing exams! I tried to read anna karenina, I couldn’t finish it. I didn’t even make it a third into the story!

    What other places are you visiting in the UK?

    If you download the app todaytix you can buy cheap theatre tickets for London west end. Try the official london tickets website too. Visit the globe theatre, I think you can buy 5 pound standing tickets for a Shakespeare play.
    There are some really cool vintage/records stores in shoreditch/brick lane or Camden.
    Piccadilly circus is fun too, you can walk down to Chinatown and explore soho.
    If you like shopping you could go Oxford street or Westfields Stratford/white city.
    All the Art galleries & museums are free to enter; National portrait gallery, tate modern,the British museum, natural history museum.
    I quite like walking along the southbank or in the royal parks.

    It might be worth getting an oyster card so you can use the buses &the tube. If you make 2 bus journeys within an hour , you are only charged for the first journey-£1.50.

    I’d avoid traveling on the tube during rush hour because it is crowded & more expensive to travel. You can use tfl website to plan what you want to go. Avoid trains from 7am-9:30am, 4pm-7pm..

    Hope you have a great trip! 😊

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      Thank you! I wouldn’t start Anna Karenina on my own, but my sister has read it and said it was really well-written.

      I’ll be staying in Corby, my aunt was living there for a time and she has friends there. We might also visit Peak District and possibly Bath, but I’m not really sure yet.

      Thank you for all the tips! The tfl website is really helpful. I’ll have to cut my stay in London short to just one day after all, so I won’t get to see or do much, but I’m planning to visit London again and I’m saving this for future reference!

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        Wow that sounds lovely, I’m hoping to go the peak district one day!
        Bath is a beautiful town if you get to visit, lovely architecture.
        Honestly I just like walking around London, there is always something to see and do!
        Have a great trip!

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          Thank you!
          I’m afraid the day travelcard wouldn’t pay off for us as we’ll have just around six hours 🙁 . I think we’ll just walk through the centre.
          But thank you for all your advice!

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        If you are only staying in London for one day , I would just get a day travelcard not an oyster card, it will cover you for buses and trains

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    Ooh let me know how you like Anna Karenina…I have watched the movie version so I’ll probably never read the book…but I do need to read more Russian literature as I haven’t really read any of their novels other than short stories

    And yay UK vacation travel 😀 hope you have a fun time and safe flights! I’m a foodie and I highly recommend Nando’s chicken which seems to only be available in UK/Ireland within Europe. We actually have locations in a couple of US states so I have tried it and it is so good 😀

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      Sure! When I finish it… I kinda have a thing for Russian literature. At least some of it. (Eugene Onegin has a special place in my heart. I think it’s just Pushkin’s writing.)

      Thank you! I’ve enjoyed my time and the flight was really fun (my first time flying). I saw a few Nando’s, but didn’t get around to eating there. But at least I have something to return for. 😀

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