Just imagine a young nature loving Aussie bloke was travelling overseas to Europe for the first time in a few weeks time but had not organised his flights or itinerary, or anything really, nor done any research, etc, what would you suggest he could do that fill up about five days or so?

So far all that I know that has been organised is a flight to London to visit the Kew Botanic Gardens and the Natural History Museum. Then somehow he is to make his way to Switzerland to see his friend and a dipper. Then do something else before flying out to Singapore, a destination for which he hasn’t even booked a flight!

Is this the way of grown men with little travel experience? Anyway, any suggestions for must sees? Plants and wildlife being the key attraction. Let’s not mention the crappy exchange rate. I’ve suggested he take a suitcase of protein bars and chocolate.

Thoughts?

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  1. First I suggest he make his reservations for the Eurostar asap if he plans takng the train. A great information website is “The Man in Seat 61” lots of good advice about train and ferry travel in the UK and Europe. There are lots of good walkng trails in the UK too if he likes that sort of thing. Yorkshire, The Peak District or closer to London he might try visiting the south coast.
    I will be in London next month and plan to explore the canals. Regents Canal runs through the city and there is a Canal Museum near Kings Cross Station. Tell him to try to book tickets for things he wants to do on.ine. Days are already filling up.

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  2. I know. I started booking things a couple of months ahead and even then some were unavailable on the days I wanted. Still there are probably always no shows so some places where you can just walk in.

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  3. Just my thoughts Tracy. He’s young, resourceful, and may not know what he’s looking for. But, in the back of his mind, and he may not admit it, he still has mom and dad. He will be fine, but keep your credit card handy!

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  4. He needs to start saving his pennies as Kew is expensive! Without knowing how long he’s spending in the UK, it’s hard to make suggestions. Taswegian has good suggestions. Actually if the natural world is his thing, a capital city of almost 9 million people may not be the place to start. Happy to throw ideas into the pot if he wants, before he sets forth.

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    1. Yep. I’ve done that too. But I went for six months when I did my one and only overseas trip. He’s only going for three weeks, one of which involves sitting on planes. Also apparently over-crowding is a huge problem now.

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