u/Cellophane_Bear

Greetings, all!

I've posted here a few times already and have appreciated the plethora of advice and suggestions offered by all of you. You are truly appreciated.

My husband and I have been doing some light planning with what we want to do and see while we are there for our month-long visit. Given I will be teaching virtually 2 nights a week and seeing my own clients once a week, we've scheduled a couple activities (Operation: Mincemeat in Brighton, Oh, Mary! in London, and are thinking of two nights in Dublin). He suggested we rent a car for a period of time while we are there. My thoughts are to use public transportation as much as possible. A few places we've been thinking about checking out are the Seven Sisters White Cliffs, Arundel Castle, and possibly Canterbury. We are thinking of a day trip to Paris on the Eurostar as well.

I don't think renting a car for intermittent periods of time is cost effective when there may be other avenues to getting to places. I would appreciate your thoughts, perspectives, and suggestions.

My husband and I are flying from Boston to Gatwick in 2 weeks, with a 90 minute layover in Keflavik. Since we won’t have to worry about Shengen, I’m assuming there won’t be anything we need to worry about regarding delays of any sort with border control, correct?

We did a similar flight to Paris almost 2 decades ago for our honeymoon and all I can remember is being groggy af, trying to be nice the border person and them not having any of my niceities. I can be overly nice and it was just before sunrise, so I’m not in the least bothered by their lack of responsiveness to my niceness. Lots of folks cannot stomach cheery people in the morning, especially around sunrise.

Greetings, all,

My husband and I will be visiting you folks in a few weeks. My husband is having a milestone birthday while there. Any recommendations for a nice restaurant to celebrate? We would prefer a quiet place, no singing from anyone. Just a lovely meal and warm, friendly vibes. Thanks in advance!