London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Basle, Bern and Strasbourg without a single airplane ride? Yes, it’s true! Not just true but practical, and penny saving. All kinds of options await you once you have arrived in Europe. Trains, ferries, cycling, walking and busses provide plentiful options for you

To visit England, without making a pilgrimage to Shakespeare’s birthplace should be unthinkable. For almost five centuries, the works of the bard have made us laugh, cry and even learn history in an entertaining fashion. The playwright is justified his due homage with a trip to his home at Stratfo

The UK is like one giant history lesson, waiting to be explored. Can you think of a better way to painlessly absorb some history than following in the path of some of King Henry VIII”S wives?

Using London as your base you can day trip to almost everything that is quintessentially English, from the seaside at Brighton, to Shakespeare’s Stratford-on-Thames, to punting on the Cam.

If you are a crafter, a knitter, a sewer, a scapbooker or an artist of any medium London will be a delightful destination in which to pursue your passion.

Think about Switzerland and what springs to mind? Chocolate. Heidi. Chocolate. Fondue. Chocolate. The Matterhorn.