Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
If you're bringing a
mobile device,
download any apps you might want to use on the
road, such as maps and transit schedules. Check out
Rick Steves Audio Europe,
featur-
ing audio tours of London's major sights, hours of travel interviews on Great Britain, and
more (for details, see the sidebar).
Check the
Rick Steves guidebook updates
page for any recent changes to this topic
You won't want to drive in London because of the traffic and congestion charge
(covered on
here
), but if you'll be
renting a car
for touring Britain, you'll need your
driver's license.
If you'll be taking the
Eurostar train,
consider buying your ticket in advance; for de-
Check the
Rick Steves guidebook updates
page for any recent changes to this topic
Because
airline carry-on restrictions
are always changing, visit the Transportation
Security Administration's website (
www.tsa.gov
)
for a list of what you can bring on
the plane and for the latest security measures (including screening of electronic devices,
which you may be asked to power up).
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We travel all the way to Europe to enjoy differences—to become temporary locals. You'll
experience frustrations. Certain truths that we find “God-given” or “self-evident,” such as
cold beer, ice in drinks, bottomless cups of coffee, hot showers, and bigger being better,
are suddenly not so true. One of the benefits of travel is the eye-opening realization that
there are logical, civil, and even better alternatives. A willingness to go local ensures that
you'll enjoy a full dose of British hospitality.
Europeans generally like Americans. But if there is a negative aspect to the image
the British have of Americans, it's that we are loud, wasteful, ethnocentric, too informal
(which can seem disrespectful), and a bit naive.
