The Website for People Who Love Britain - Anglophiles
This is the trip that we founded Anglotopia for. It had been far too long since we’d been to the UK and this was the first trip that Anglotopia was able to make happen. We won the British Airways Face to Face Contest and had a whirlwind 5 day trip in Britain that took us to London, Salisbury and Dorset before heading home.
Jonathan and I have been happily married since 2006. We took a trip to England shortly after we were married, before I legally changed my last name to Jon's last name. My American driver's license was still in my maiden name to match my passport. I did not have any problems going through customs in England or the United States. When we got … [Read more...]
Editor's Note - In case you missed any of the posts about our recent trip to England, here's an aggregated list of all the posts so you can check out what you didn't have a chance to read. Enjoy! Trip to England 2009 - Day One - The British Airways Face to Face Events - In case you're new to the blog I thought I should give a brief explanation … [Read more...]
Luggage is the worst part of traveling. Driving on the left just feels right. If you think you're good at starting a fire - you probably aren't. Sometimes, it just makes more sense to take a cab everywhere. You don't have enough time to do everything you want to do, even if you think you do. The British were the most friendly they've ever been … [Read more...]
While we stayed in Updown Cottage, I took the chance to use my iPhone to take a video tour of Updown Cottage in Shaftesbury, Dorset, so that you guys could get an idea of just how lovely the place really is. If you're looking to get away from it all and stay in your own Self Catering Accommodation in Dorset, then Updown Cottage is a MUST. The … [Read more...]
My Final Shot of Gold Hill - and England Editor's Note: This is the fifth part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England two weeks ago. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. This will be a rather short post and will be the hardest to write. I woke up again ridiculously early to photograph the … [Read more...]
Editor's Note: This is the fifth part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England two weeks ago. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. On Saturday I awoke in our warm, soft and comfortable bed in Updown Cottage. I woke up as the sun was coming up. I didn't want to miss a beautiful Dorset sunrise … [Read more...]
Salisbury Catheral - Hiding Behind a Tree Editor's Note: This is the Fourth part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England last week. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. Even though we'd had an exhausting day touring the sites in London the day before - I still woke up around 5am. I … [Read more...]
The 7-7 Memorial in Hyde Park Editor's Note: This is the third part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England last week. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. Due to the shortness of our trip to England - we were only going to have one full day in London and we wanted to make the most of it. … [Read more...]
The View Across South London from our Hotel Editor's Note: This is the second part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England last week. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. Every time I've landed in London, I've always had to get off the plane on the tarmac, pile into a bus and drive to the … [Read more...]
The View from our Room in the Park Lake Hilton Editor's Note: This is the first part in a week long series about our fantastic trip to England last week. If you'd like to see the rest of the posts about our journey, click here. Preface In case you're new to the blog I thought I should give a brief explanation as to how we got to go on the … [Read more...]
It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I was in England this time last week. It's been a whirlwind week as I got back to work, jet lagged and sad that our time in Britain was over. I've just now had the time to start going through the 600+ pictures that I took on the trip and now I'd love to share the best ones with everyone. I've put … [Read more...]
We lost the power cable to our video camera on our last trip to England and never got around to replacing it, so that tape sat in the camcorder for nearly three years. We finally got a new charger and loe and behold we found the video footage of our last trip to Blighty. I edited it together and have posted it to YouTube for anyone that may enjoy … [Read more...]
When this post is published, there will be 19 days until our trip to Britain. Our Plans are progressing nicely. I thought this would be a good time to share our plans with everyone who may be curious as to what we'll be up to. First off, we had originally planned a 10 day European odyssey when we won the British Airways Face to Face contest. … [Read more...]
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Anglotopia was founded by Jonathan and Jackie Thomas in 2007 in a closet in Chicago. Anglotopia is for people who love Britain - whether it's British TV, Culture, History or Travel - we cover it all. Anglotopia is now our full time jobs and we spend our time working on the site and planning our yearly trips to Britain. Join us as we explore Britain and everything it has to offer!
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