SimpleGal, Good to hear about your pleasant trip to my neck of the woods.. so you're into Brit literary stuff - there is something to talk about then! Yes, the Globe is an amazing place, with its decor still reminiscent of the Bard's days. Did you go to a play there? You must have if you didn't. Strafford Upon Avon - the Bard's birth place - can also be a cracking starter for any literary enthusiasts - Shakespeare or otherwise. I have been to an RSC production of Mid Summer Night's Dream there some years back - summer of 98 I think. So that is another place you might want to visit next time you're over for a visit. Bath is a lovely town - very very English. Oh, I take it that you didn't go to the Jane Austen House in Alton, Hampshire, near Winchester in the south of England. A must. Austen is buried in the Winchester Cathedral - another one if you want to meet the author in person! :-)) Of all places in England, the Lakeland in Cumbria, head and shoulders, rank top in my list. This is where the Romantic luminary lived and died having 'wondered lonely in the cloud'! :)) His cottage (Rydal Mount) is lovely, and its gardens too. Oh, then the Ruskin house - the Victorian wit. So many places to see there - I love the tranquil surroundings and the lakes. Again, worth a try. Went on a camping trip there this summer. Darcy mania eh! Blimey. You must have watched the BBC adaption of Pride and Prejudice then. With Colin Firth... You lot like the pond scene, don't you? :)) Very very - to borrow the more apt, contemporary term, HOT eh! Oh, I have yet to watch the recent film. Yes, Dickens's London is one I couldn't have done without - it's the most vibrant of all cities culturally. The West End theatres, classical concerts, art galleries - you name it. Saw Nicholas Nickleby btw, on tele the other day. Lovely. Have a good one.