Fousesquawk Travel Destinations- England

Welcome to Fousesquawk Travel Destinations, the first in what will hopefully be a long list of travelogues by your favorite world traveler-me. First up is England.

Getting there


Getting to England is a snap. Pakistan Airlines has daily direct flights from New York and most Third World hell-holes non-stop to Karachi. From there bus connections to London and other destinations are easy. They leave every 5 minutes from curbside at Karachi Airport.

Dining





London has a wide variety of dining choices. You can either have breakfast 3 times a day or eat all your meals in one of the plethora of Indian restaurants. If you are more adventuresome and prefer to try some of the indigenous dishes, there is bangers and mash, boiled beef and cabbage, fish and chips, boiled potatoes, corned beef, baked beans and gravy over a delicious slice of white bread, and my personal favorite, Thames River trout.

If you are a drinker, England is famous for its stouts and ales. My favorite is McShaunessy's Stale Pale Ale. (Just ask the bartender for an SPA.)

Sports


For you sports enthusiasts, England has an, ahem, interesting variety of sports; soccer, cricket, and rugby, also known as bangers and mash.



(Think what Barry Sanders could have done.)


Cricket will remind you of baseball except the pitcher, for some strange reason, never can seem to reach the plate. And if you think baseball drags on forever, a cricket game-or is it-match? drags on for 3 days or so. Soccer is not exactly my cup of tea (no pun intended), but the half-time shows are not to be missed.

Things to do


If you want to rent a car and drive out into the countryside, it might be worth your while to see some of the Aborigines, a vanishing breed, which will probably become extinct in the next few decades. Or you can just stay in London and enjoy the cosmopolitan ambiance.

Did I mention Buckingham Palace? Someone was suggesting they burn it down last year, but it is still there. There is even a royal family living inside including an aging queen, who is said to be related to the old Hawaiin queen Honolulululu (or was it Hilo Hattie)? There is even a dowager prince, who occasionally leaves the palace grounds with his consort to drive through the city streets and greet his loyal subjects.





Entertainment

Movies, plays, the media, comedy, the famous British humor; it's all here for you to enjoy. Benny Hill may be gone, but comedian George Galloway is still around to tickle your funny bone.

I was lucky enough to catch one of his performances Stateside when he came to Irvine-for free! Oh, they did pass around a collection plate-for charity, you know-but I played the role of tightwad.

And England is also the home of famed actress Dame Yvonne Ridley, nicknamed ,"the Bombshell".


                                                                                       


Here she is in one of her most famous roles as a 1958 Cadillac.

So if you're thinking of your next travel destination, why not come to Merry Olde England....

while it's still there.