My travel schedule

October 1  Leave San Diego
October 2 Arrive in London
October 3 London Pass: Charles Dickens Museum, Big Ben and Old Globe Theatre L50.40 = $81.88
October 4 London Pass: Cartoon Museum and Thames River Cruise
October 5 London Pass: London Zoo and Pollocks Toy Museum
October 6 Buckingham Palace
October 7 Train day 1: London to Glasgow Scotland
October 8 Glasgow: Double decker bus tour for 2 days: L12 = $19.49
October 9 Glasgow: Ghoulish Glasgow Spooks Tour (perfect for Halloween since I'm going in the month of October)
October 10 Train day 2: To Edinburgh
October 11 Bus to Loch Ness L35= $56.86 and boat trip L7.20=$11.70
October 12 Edinburgh
October 13 Train day 3 from Edinburgh to Holyhead
October 14 Ferry from Holyhead to Dublin
October 15 Arrive in Dublin
October 16 See Old Library and Book of Kells
October 17 National Museum and Dublin's Viking Adventure
October 18 Tour Dublin Castle and see a play or concert
October 19 Dublin to Killarney by Irish Rail Train L63.10 = $102.52
October 20 Kallarney National Park hiking
October 21 Go hear Celtic music
October 22 See the Blennerville Windmill
October 23 Return from Killarney to Dublin to catch the ferry.
October 24 Return from Dublin to Holyhead
October 25 Train day 4 Exploring towns
October 26 Train day 5 to Exeter and English countryside
October 27 Exeter
October 28 Exeter
October 29 Exeter and Back to London
October 30 Last day in London
October 31 Fly home from London to San Diego

Sight Seeing in the U.K. in October

London

Here's what I'd like to see. I am going to buy a 2 day London pass for 49 pounds or $79.60 as I can see lots of things and get in free.

1. Charles Dickens Museum
I want to go here because of his novel A Christmas Carol featuring Ebenezer Scrooge and four spirits. It is in central London and has 100,000 items, including his books, artwork and manuscripts. It really was his home from 1837 to 1839. 

Mr. Scrooge later meets the jolly Ghost of Christmas Present.

2. Big Ben

It's the most famous monument in London and has been featured in many movies such as Peter Pan, Cars 2, Mary Poppins, as well as Harry Potter. The name Big Ben describes the tower, the clock and the bell. The Elizabeth Tower is at the north end of the Houses of Parliament. It's like our Washington D.C.

Peter, Wendy, John and Michael land on Big Ben.

Everyone has seen Big Ben, though not all in the same way.

3. Shakespeare's Old Globe Theater.
I love Shakespeare's stories such as A Midsummer Nights Dream or Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. He was also an actor and managed the theater. I would like to see one of his plays there.

Millions of Pixies inside the tree.

Old Globe Theater.

4. Cartoon Museum
Because I LOVE cartoons and animation. I would really love to go to this museum in London.

CRAZY CARTOON!

The sign at the Cartoon Museum

5. Thames River Cruise
It's absolutely FUN to ride aboard a boat. I will purchase a London Pass, so this trip is free and I can see the sights on this map.

Look out! London Bridge is falling down!

Map along the Thames River.

6. London Zoo
I live near the San Diego Zoo, so I'm curious of what animals they have there. Perhaps it's the zoo Harry Potter visits in the first adventure.

A stallion made of twigs

Lion and lioness celebrating Halloween

Map of the zoo

7. Pollocks Toy Museum
Down in our other town in San Miguel de Allende is a toy museum on San Francisco Street. I'm curious to see what toys they have in London.

Here is Pollock's Toy Museum

8. Buckingham Palace
I've always been interested in Buckingham Palace ever since I was 11 years old. It feel nice to touch to black, tall, fuzzy hats of the guards or wear at Halloween. Super fancy buildings have been attracting me and I especially like the music for Buckingham Palace.

Guard on duty

Wouldn't you like to live here?

My Passport is Ready to Go!

My lucky charm

When you travel to another country you need a passport. I've already got one so I don't need to spend money getting a new one!

UK Culture

Shakespeare is me superhero!

U.K. Culture

Hello laddies! Me names Santiago. Join me on me amazing adventure. 

London

First, we will visit London England. We could visit Buckingham, Nottingham, Big Ben, famous plays by William Shakespeare such as Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night's Dream, and more!

Scotland

Aha! Welcome to me land. There, people where skirts with checkmarks called kilts, and play a special instrument called a bagpipe. Oh, and one more thing, "Beware the Loch Ness Monster!"

Dance to the bagpipes

Ireland

Last but not least, lets sail to Killarney in Ireland where the leprechauns live. They are dwarf-sized people dressed in green, and they love pots of gold hidden in shamrock fields on one end of rainbows. On our annual St. Patrick's Day, their shamrocks represent luck!

Happy leprechauns are ever so lucky to tap dance

Buying my Plane Ticket

Best deal was on Travelocity

I went to website where you can compare prices on different airlines and picked this flight. I will leave San Diego on October 1st, 2014 at 8:30pm and sleep on the plane all night. The next day I will arrive in London at 2:55pm. This is a direct flight so I can rest and wake up ready for my adventure. The total price of my plane ticket will be $1,193.60. I only have $6,000 - $1,193.60 leaves me with $4806.40 for the rest of my trip.

To get around England and Scotland, I'm going to buy a BritRail train pass.

The cost is $209

The cost of my pass is $209 which leaves $4597.40 for the rest of my trip. I've almost got my transportation down but I have to get to Ireland. The cost is L 60.00 which is $97.83.
This leaves me with $4499.57 spending money. After my transportation I will have about $160.00 per day for expenses as I want to go for a month.

Leavin' on a Jet Plane for the UK

I have $6000 to spend on a dream trip to the U.K., and I want to go to these countries: Scotland, England, and Ireland. As a first task, I must define "WANDERLUST". Wanderlust is a strong innate desire to rove or travel about. This definition is pretty new to me. Mum (I'm practicing my British accent) and Dad have wanderlust, but not me. In truth, I'm a very good traveler, because twice a year, as many of you laddies (I'm also getting ready for Scotland) know, a travel to Central Mexico. We have a second home in San Miguel de Allende. In my own words, wanderlust is a absolute strong wish to journey around the world. Maybe I'll even get lucky and find a shamrock.

I will be traveling as a backpacker on a tight budget and need to make my cash last. In England, I will need British pounds for England and Scotland. In Ireland I will need Euros.

The British pound

In Scotland they use pounds, but print Scottish bank notes too.

In Ireland I'll need Euros

I found out when you travel to another country you have to convert your money to another currency. I only have $6,000 for my trip and so I thought I would start out by seeing what that equals in British sterling and Euros.