Right after Christmas to the beginning of January I did visit Great Britain (the main Island of UK) with my daughter. In fact without any plan any hotel or ferry booking but only some „random“ emails with some Local Guides:
From Germany on the way to the ferry we did stop over in Bruxelles https://goo.gl/maps/xjSBFdZ4dqksAiC66, Gent https://goo.gl/maps/VFZwPePJ27zVrokc8 and Brugge https://goo.gl/maps/UTAU4qPp4jdm8etW7. In fact due to @JanVanHaver and his Meetup I have finally 2019 discovered Belgium like a very interesting travel destination. Here you find so many links to European history and culture and a very high standard of hospitility. So one night we where „must“ to stay in Brugge, as in the cities we took like a stop over was to much to observe.
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On the way to the ferry I booked on the way there via my smartphone, we shortly did visit Dunkerque https://goo.gl/maps/2AoTw8wJh43DnnzZ7 , because I believe that it is important, that my children have a link to European history and that they are aware, that the time of piece we live in, is no self – evidence.
Fish and Chips dinner on the ferry and than a drive to Cambridge https://goo.gl/maps/h6WhP9LXwfgZbJASA and during the night a trip to York https://g.page/york-castle-museum?share. Well it was not fully what I did expect, but we missed a hotel check in and my petrol tank was full……
After we did some hours sleeping in the car, we met the first Locals and I was attonished how friendly all people where to us. It was from start to end, that all people in the UK where really outstanding friendly to us.
We did visit as well:
Edinburgh https://goo.gl/maps/YePeAqZPDNbcjCe39
On the way to Scotland
Jedburgh https://goo.gl/maps/sAG6cwkJrBdFT75r7
Glasgow https://goo.gl/maps/YSq3hcVPK7xYNtsp7
Lancaster https://goo.gl/maps/18hFLVUxbw2kcA1H7
Manchaster https://goo.gl/maps/GLaQ9ZgpJMw8iXhX6
And the big surprise and very beautiful Liverpool !!! https://goo.gl/maps/HBHS4L8HqMuGogW79
Five days where done, about 6.000 photos (where maybe in the end 3500 will be on GoogleMaps) where taken AND around 2.500 km has been past….
And now in fact it did start…… As we spend two nights at Nuneaton https://goo.gl/maps/ZSoFuhDheczwkxyW9 in the home of @TheRealKristin . I was so surprised about the nice hospitality of our community. Together we did visit Birmingham https://goo.gl/maps/9vC9yPzkA3Z1TksSA and Coventry https://goo.gl/maps/kFuWvfVfx7VTcgVQ6 and it was a big fun, as I could take a lot of photos and my daughter was shopping with @therealkristin …. 
On the other hand we did as well visit the bombed church of Coventry https://goo.gl/maps/8F3sr8bX4GJddVrt8 and learned about the terrible history the town has survived during the Second World War.
We have had a lot of fun and a great Scones Party!!! Thank you so much for the funny time @TheRealKristin
After this two great days we drove via Oxford https://goo.gl/maps/3FZrjazqJ8R6C9uk8 to London https://goo.gl/maps/ovRZZSzLFAiMPpYm7 , did spend there time with sightseeing, New Years firework, New Years Parade, Winter Wonderland and in several shopping malls. Then we decided to go home to Germany, but the ferries where booked…. So, no other joys than to go to Stonehenge https://goo.gl/maps/1Ptf5ngwbGZqSsjN7 . Not exactly on the way, but who cares and in the afternoon we have had a fantastic meeting in the craft beer bars with @IrenaS @@and @FazZ @@ I did met first time on tnd European Meetup in Gent.
Next day Canterbury https://goo.gl/maps/xC4bG3LkKCFJyDfF6 and in the afternoon Sandwich https://goo.gl/maps/CaZ92uyoMxYdwHcy6 where I met a long year friend first time after several years. Right after midnight we did took the ferry and not sure how, I slept maybe one hour on the ferry and 2 hours on a parking on the highway, while my daughter did sleep the whole way back…. In fact I haven’t figured it out how my body was able to do this, but after every holiday I feel many years younger
Learnings:
- Do visit Belgium at least once in your life!
- When visiting the UK ensure to buy a heritage pass https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/overseas-visitors/ . It will be much more cheaper.
- The people in UK are really totally friendly. Real Gentelmans! Enjoy this!
- We have been there in winter and it did rain from time to time, but who cares. The landscape is breathtaking.
AND – The LG community is great!!!
I’m sure she will remember that trip you both took for the rest of her life! If you both head to Disneyland any time in the future and want another guest, I will go too 
Oh… and any Hello Kitty Cafes too 
