...and war was beginning.

Just a quick grammar Nazi point, it should be "a University", not "an University"...

Sorry this one annoys me, just because a word or acronym begin with a vowel does not mean you should use "an".

It's full of hoards of stupid American tourists :)

There's more to "Eng-er-land" than London. It's a piss-filled city and really not that nice, which is like most capital cities around the world.

I personally wouldn't take a laptop, unless you like having a ball and chain around your neck.

Take some warm clothes, and the minimum amount you need, use London as a launch pad to the rest of the UK and Europe

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned putting salad cream on their chips....

Maybe the rest of the UK is asleep, or maybe it's just my family....