[OldPossum]

Yep, I last visited Great Britain on vacation in 2000 and everything I've read of that country since has reinforced my determination to never ever go there again. The inmates are firmly in charge of the asylum.

It's a shame too. My wife and I spent our honeymoon there and went several times after that. It's a fascinating and beautiful country, but it ain't worth my life.

[pickrell]

"...It's a shame too. My wife and I spent our honeymoon there and went several times after that. It's a fascinating and beautiful country, but it ain't worth my life..."

What the author doesn't apparently realize is that, since effective gun-banning is in place in England- all violence has now stopped.

Therefore, if you suffer an accident at the hands of a mob, you need to realize that it was love that hurt you.

[RepoGirl]

Your comments hit home. I was a student in London in 1990, during the final days of Thatcher. It was a wonderful time, one of those personal "golden eras".

I visited the UK several times throughout the later 90s, and spent my final visit in July of 2001. Each time, I watched the city deteriorate until it was unrecognizable. The 'spirit' that was so tangible in '90 had disappeared.

My husband and I will celebrate our fifth anniversary this year (good gravy!) and since we didn't have a honeymoon, we were thinking about different cities to go to. London was suggested, and nostalgia made me consider it--but the place is so different. Just a shell of what it was.