EnglishLady
Veteran Expediter
A few members have pm'd me asking for hints & suggestions on where to visit in England & all things English 
Please feel free to ask any questions about the UK and I will try my best to answer them (if I can't I know that there are a couple of EO members that may be able to help me out LOL)
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Why is England or the UK sometimes called Britain?
"England" is sometimes, wrongly, used in reference to the whole United Kingdom, the entire island of Great Britain (or simply Britain), or indeed the British Isles. This is not only incorrect but can cause offence to people from other parts of the UK.
Countries within a Country - The United Kingdom
The name United Kingdom refers to the union of what were once four separate countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The UK's full and official name is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Great Britain comprises only England, Scotland and Wales
Why is Britain sometimes refered to as Old Blighty?
It’s a relic of British India. It comes from a Hindi word bilayati, foreign, which is related to the Arabic wilayat, a kingdom or province. Sir Henry Yule and Arthur C Burnell explained in their Anglo-Indian dictionary, Hobson-Jobson, published in 1886, that the word was used in the names of several kinds of exotic foreign things, especially those that the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato (bilayati baingan) and especially to soda-water, which was commonly called bilayati pani, or foreign water.
Blighty was the inevitable British soldier’s corruption of it. But it only came into common use as a term for Britain at the beginning of the First World War in France about 1915. It turns up in popular songs There’s a ship that’s bound for Blighty, We wish we were in Blighty, and Take me back to dear old Blighty, put me on the train for London town, and in Wilfred Owen’s poems, as well as many other places.
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Sightseeing
Many people seem to stay in London and think that they have seen England, this is so wrong.
My recommendation would be to stay in London for a couple of days to see the main sites then move out of the city and see what England really has to offer.
Here are some of my favourite places.
The Roman amphitheatre in Silchester, Hampshire
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/calleva_300kW.html
The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
http://www.the-cotswolds.org/
Thame, Oxfordshire
http://www.thame.net/gallery1/FrameSet.htm
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html
Dartmoor, Devon
http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/
The English Riviera - Paignton, Torquay and Brixham in Devon
http://www.englishriviera.co.uk/
The Eden Project St. Austell, Cornwall
Dubbed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' by some, Eden is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football (soccer) pitches.
http://www.edenproject.com/?gclid=CK3Vl9DZu6YCFcfe4AodFnI3JA
I will keep adding more places to visit
Meanwhile this is the link to visit Britain
VisitBritain.com
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Devonshire Cream Tea
Cream Tea can be found really anywhere in England, but for the real deal you need to try it in Devon.
Cream Tea consists of .... Tea, Scones, Devon clotted cream and homemade jam.
Scones are very much like US biscuits.
Clotted cream is a very thick cream (apparently it would be classed as butter in the US)
Unfortunately it is very high in fat content - but as with everything, taken in moderation it is delicious
http://www.google.com/images?q=devo...tle&resnum=6&ved=0CEQQsAQwBQ&biw=1345&bih=574
Please feel free to ask any questions about the UK and I will try my best to answer them (if I can't I know that there are a couple of EO members that may be able to help me out LOL)
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England/UK/Britain/Great Britain.
Why is England or the UK sometimes called Britain?
"England" is sometimes, wrongly, used in reference to the whole United Kingdom, the entire island of Great Britain (or simply Britain), or indeed the British Isles. This is not only incorrect but can cause offence to people from other parts of the UK.
Countries within a Country - The United Kingdom
The name United Kingdom refers to the union of what were once four separate countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The UK's full and official name is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Great Britain comprises only England, Scotland and Wales
Why is Britain sometimes refered to as Old Blighty?
It’s a relic of British India. It comes from a Hindi word bilayati, foreign, which is related to the Arabic wilayat, a kingdom or province. Sir Henry Yule and Arthur C Burnell explained in their Anglo-Indian dictionary, Hobson-Jobson, published in 1886, that the word was used in the names of several kinds of exotic foreign things, especially those that the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato (bilayati baingan) and especially to soda-water, which was commonly called bilayati pani, or foreign water.
Blighty was the inevitable British soldier’s corruption of it. But it only came into common use as a term for Britain at the beginning of the First World War in France about 1915. It turns up in popular songs There’s a ship that’s bound for Blighty, We wish we were in Blighty, and Take me back to dear old Blighty, put me on the train for London town, and in Wilfred Owen’s poems, as well as many other places.
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Sightseeing
Many people seem to stay in London and think that they have seen England, this is so wrong.
My recommendation would be to stay in London for a couple of days to see the main sites then move out of the city and see what England really has to offer.
Here are some of my favourite places.
The Roman amphitheatre in Silchester, Hampshire
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/calleva_300kW.html
The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
http://www.the-cotswolds.org/
Thame, Oxfordshire
http://www.thame.net/gallery1/FrameSet.htm
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html
Dartmoor, Devon
http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/
The English Riviera - Paignton, Torquay and Brixham in Devon
http://www.englishriviera.co.uk/
The Eden Project St. Austell, Cornwall
Dubbed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' by some, Eden is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football (soccer) pitches.
http://www.edenproject.com/?gclid=CK3Vl9DZu6YCFcfe4AodFnI3JA
I will keep adding more places to visit
Meanwhile this is the link to visit Britain
VisitBritain.com
*****************************************
Devonshire Cream Tea
Cream Tea can be found really anywhere in England, but for the real deal you need to try it in Devon.
Cream Tea consists of .... Tea, Scones, Devon clotted cream and homemade jam.
Scones are very much like US biscuits.
Clotted cream is a very thick cream (apparently it would be classed as butter in the US)
Unfortunately it is very high in fat content - but as with everything, taken in moderation it is delicious
http://www.google.com/images?q=devo...tle&resnum=6&ved=0CEQQsAQwBQ&biw=1345&bih=574
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