A family holiday in England is as much about Big Ben, double-decker buses and afternoon tea as it is about standing stones, rights of way and royalty. Start a trip in London, England's cosmopolitan capital, and let the kids plan the visit. Photograph the great clock known as Big Ben. Journey round the world at the British Museum. Take an open-top bus tour. Ride the London Eye. See the Changing of the Guard. Eat curry and fish and chips. Enjoy afternoon tea. Travel beyond the big city and explore the country poetically known as Albion. Visit Windsor Castle. Reward tolerant tots with a day at Legoland. See the cathedral town of Canterbury. Stroll the streets of Oxford. Experience offbeat Brighton. Take to the trail in the Cotswolds or West Country - Devon, Summerset and Cornwall. Track time from Stonehenge to Bath. Traveling with literary teens? Chart the Hardy Trail from Dorchester to Weymouth. Immerse yourself in Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. Read Wordsworth out loud in the Lake District. Follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. Discover Dickens' London and the London of Oscar Wilde.
Planning a family vacation is lots of fun. I'm helping my __________________ plan our trip to _______________________________ . I can't wait to go! I suggested we visit _______________________________________ and _______________________________________ because _________________________________________________________________________. I agreed to skip _____________________________________. I'm looking forward to _________________________________ the most. I've plotted our route and mapped all the things we plan to see and do. It will take us ___________________ to reach our destination and _____________________ to get from ____________________________ to _______________________. To get there we'll take the ____________________, we'll take the ________________ to get around. I've printed a map as well as the _________________________ schedule. I looked up opening hours on the internet. _________________________________ is closed on ______________________. _________________________________ is open from ___________________ to ___________________. Knowing this will help us decide what to see when. I researched the weather online. It's supposed to be _______________________________ so I'll need to pack __________________________________________. I've decided to leave ___________________________________ home. ____________________________ will keep me busy on the way there and back and when we travel around.
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