[LargeFormat] Prague/London travel tips&

[rstein]

Dear Karl,

     Welllll... at the risk of causing major havoc in the Wolz family...go
North, young man.

     England has a unique social structure. It has Home Counties that are
home to everyone the English have rendered homeless for the last 400 years.
This is fine if you wish to experience a microcoosm of macropests. If you
want English, go out of the London circle and head North.

     As you go North the beer will get better. The people will become
friendlier. They will be largely unintelligible, mind, but that is bound to
happen after 4 hours in the pub anyway and you can always say " Ee, Bah
Goom. " and it will serve.

    Do not expect the food to get better. English food does not get better.
It goes from directly from uncooked to congealed to discarded You are not
expected to eat British Rail sandwiches. Try to eat enough in America to
last until you can get home.

    Do not go too far North. The friendliness will disappear and the natives
will become hairier. The beer quality will deteriorate and the souvenir
shops will become ever more pressing. There are only so many Rob Roy dolls a
man can take.

    Do not go too far West. Once you pass the Severn the animals become
vicious.

    Finally - DO NOT TRAVEL BY ROAD. Buy a Britrail pass or the equivalent
and roam the rails. Travel 1st class. Your fellow travellers ( And isn't
THAT a hint....) will not be any friendlier but they will smell less.

    Uncle Dick