Isn't this MY trip to England?

Going abroad gets closer and closer everyday. I'm absolutely thrilled about going and I can't stop thinking of all the places I want to go. There are so many cool places in London and cities in England that I would die happy to visit. Like getting to go to Oxford and Cheshire to visit all the places where Lewis Carroll got his imaginings from and where he worked. I mean, I've wanted to visit England since I learned about it and so I have a ton of plans I would love to go through with.

People also seem unable to STOP telling me where to go. I understand that they know of "really cool" places for me to go but this is -my- trip and I'd like to make it the best as possible for me...not to rehash someone else's trip. I was appreciative at first, I really was, and I love hearing stories from other people's adventures.

You do learn from people's mistakes but I'd love to be able to make my own. I don't want to be kidnapped or anything like that but I want to look at a pub, think it's a great place to eat, and find out it's bad. I want to think a small town would be great to visit and then find out it's a tourist trap. I want to go to Scotland for a visit and get caught in the rain. It's all a part of being young and traveling; learning for yourself.

I was talking the other day with my best friend, Nekol, who will be going with me. She has the same feeling as I do about the whole entire thing. It was nice to hear stories and adventures from other people but we're tired of being told, "You have to go here, here, and here! Oh DON'T go here, here, and here." Our trip shouldn't be black and white. Go here and not here. We would like to go wherever we please.

However, if someone wants to tell me a story about how they thought they bought tickets for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and took some of their class mates to the show and it turned out to be a Burlesque show then by all means tell me. Leave the rest to me.

<3,

Dre