#wants to travel to England

[acespacedweller]

has anyone a) seen What A Girl Wants (2003) starring Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth and b) would like to discuss a spirk au

#spirk #i am absolutely vibrating with ideas #ITS SO PERFECT ALSJDNDJDJD. #instead of going to england like daphne does in the movie their daughter goes to vulcan #the whole mom likes traveling the world concept #duty vs love #IT WRITES ITSELF #space husbands #spock #s'chn t'gai spock #james t kirk #what a girl wants #star trek

[travelbinge]

By Theurbanteller

Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England

#curators on tumblr #england #europe #travel #united kingdom #wiltshire #uk #great britain #northwestern europe #castle combe #want to go #theurbanteller

[lyregay]

bamburgh castle, northumberland 🕰🪞📜🤎

#dark academia #light academia #mine #dark academia aesthetic #aesthetic #photography #travel #england #northumberland #places i want to live #interior #castle

[sassmill]

“If a lot of men get killed at one go, does it make the killing of one man less of a crime? I don’t know, Andy, I don’t know. I’m only twenty and they say today the world is ours, but Pa was twenty once and felt the world was his, and long, long ago Mad was twenty too, laughing at applauding audiences, smiling from picture postcards, and when I am as old as she is nothing will have changed…”

Daphne du Maurier, Rule Britannia (1972)

#think about the context of this woman writing this right #she was born in 1907 #so by the time she was 20 she had lived through one world war with the next right on the horizon #as well as at this point witnessing the effects of so many other 20th century conflicts #she’s 65 at this point and this is what she sees ahead for future generations #which I’ve no doubt others saw coming as well but just like everyone for USUK in the book is acting #I’m sure plenty read this and thought but that could never happen not now not here not to us #but look where we are today #look at the genocide being enacted in Palestine #I want people to read this book in 2024 and think hard about it #because the events of the book are happening to white people in England right #I’m not at all trying to say she described anything on the level of the real world atrocities currently happening #but the slowly building anxiety of ‘but what could really happen they won’t do that’ #then overnight all these new restrictions and retaliation #phones cut power cut water cut travel ban #just because it’s happening to people far away from your life #doesn’t mean it could never happen #you wouldn’t see it coming or think it was all that bad until suddenly it was too late #obviously I am reaching to apply this book to today but I think it could make certain people reexamine their mindset #daphne du maurier #rule britannia #quote #this book is making me think so much about imperialism and occupation and military states and civilian cruelty #through such an interesting lens considering what I know of Daphne du mauriers life up to the point she wrote this #this was her last novel #and it’s so different from her other novels #like this to me is her equivalent of a Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur’s court #except it’s just the ending where everything becomes terrible so fast

[hella1975]

americans bragging about europe is also funny bc of the fundamental family drama that comes with being european. those are my rotten soldiers my final girls my silly rabbits but im going to be a bitch about them of course. an american would brag like 'i visited [insert european country]' and id be like 'oh ew'

#'when i was in spain-' NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LMFAO #or they'd make some innocent observation and id be like 'yeah italians are just like that' and theyd be like 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT' #HELP LMFAO. like it's okay! but of course if an american tried to slag off anywhere in europe id be furious. that's my little brother #you know it's fucked when even the other europeans defend ENGLAND just bc an american said some shit #like we are the lowest of the low over here even before we decided to blow up the family dinner with brexit #even the IRISH will defend us against them. insanity #you'll have me wanting to defend FRANCE over america do you know how insane that is? in this cocksucking holefucking lifetime? #me: we have had fifteen wars with them. i think their people are animals. i hate them #an american: yes when i was travelling i also found that- #me pulling out a knife: im gonna stop you right there

[incomingalbatross]

I'm EXCITED.

#24 hours from now i will be flying over the atlantic! #going to england for ten days! #gonna be in oxford does anyone want anything?? #it keeps leveling up in how Real it is and i keep getting more excited :D #have i flown before? yes #have i flown out of the country before? no #have i been to ENGLAND? NO #on a group trip that knows what it's doing and is all about the catholic and intellectual history!! #travel guide included a blurb about addison's walk which is where tolkien and lewis argued about Myth #but even just getting to fly there and get there is so cool in anticipation! SO excited

[recitedemise]

He exits the bookstore, a little hole in the wall like some well-kept secret. It's dark already, the season trudging slow through the claws of winter, and Gale's every mind to scurry to his humble home. He eyes the stars, however—then there, a single man.

"If you don't my saying so, you've the look of wanderlust to you. A beautiful word, that. It may be the sentiments of the hour, but I'd always believed it carried a flavor of nostalgia. An incessant desire to brave those roads untrodden—for what else is a man if not a creature of adventure? Or more importantly still, thrilling discovery?" Huh. Well, for such an unbidden comment, surely, perhaps this stranger minds quite a lot. Goodness. Gale blinks, catching himself after his peculiar spiel. He could fluster for it, blame his gracelessness for that year in solitude, but it'd hardly do now to begin whinging, would it? Almost timidly, he grins and musters a laugh. "But that's merely an observation," he scrabbles together with all the charm of an awkward boy. "There are far better places to gaze onto our cosmos than Dagenham, I can confirm—no offense, of course, though I'd be remiss not to share it all the same." / @cragsnow ♡'d.

#CRAGSNOW #MODERN VERSE. #I thought it'd be fun to touch on adventure #since Felix in his canon sounds very keen on traveling and seeing new worlds. #Maybe even having a sense of restlessness in a way? #(Perhaps as a consequence of wanting to flee from his past??? I am digging into Felix's mind...I am curious about him) #and wouldn't it be fun if I added a sprinkle of this sense of...reincarnation even. like this innate need and feel to see and experience #comes from a lifetime where Felix always had (in his canon)? #And I'm just faffing with the idea that Gale and Felix meeting in canon make them meeting here destined. Just like how Gale #still has Tara here or is friends with Jen (Shadowheart) or was with Mystra... Not that he's cognisant of course but just an idea. :)) #Sorry am I rambling... oops... Also for ease! #Let's jusf say Gale teaches in England here and NOT Berkeley.

[holdoncallfailed]

3 days until england btw. i simply cannot believe it

#i bought travel sized shampoo today and i wanted to yell at everyone in target I'M GOING TO ENGLAND IN 3 DAYS!!!! TO SEE A BAND!!!! #but i didn't. #text

[brb-on-a-quest]

if you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn't matter, let's get to know the person behind the blog !

A wizard is never late answering her asks, nor is she early, but she answers precisely when she means to.

I rolled relatively low on my constitution stat, and now most of my friends question how I'm still alive after (almost) 22 years of existence. (Am functioning well and in a good spot, don't worry).

I am decent on my intelligence stats as I study psychology and Spanish at my university. I even get to tutor a bit through one of the school programs that I'm heavily involved with (mainly spend a lot of time making memes and procrastinating doing my homework).

When I'm not working on my academic main quests (sigh), my sidequests (hobbies) often include journaling, hanging out in one of the rooms on campus with people, or reading (currently working my way through The Aeneid for school and also 1984 cuz free amazon book and I'm enjoying it so far.) I'd like to be able to crochet but only to the point where I can make those little stuffed animals I see everywhere to add to my growing collection of things that keep me happy (I kind of have many magpie tendencies)

#I also like DnD #and fandoms #really just fandoms #this is the 3rd time ive been half tempted to make myself a joke dnd 5e character sheet for the memes #thank you all besties #also i like traveling and actual adventuring! mainly that means exploring my town/cool restaurants/meet new people #bc i can't really drive without a car on campus #but i like doing things #farthest place i ever got to go is England. I want to do Spanish speaking country but things cost money and i am in college #brb-asks

[slivil]

“we will be lost and found a thousand times along this cobbled road ahead of us” ~Atticus ☕️🤎🕰️

#i love london #i want to go back and live there #london #england #bucket list #dark academia #europe #travel #harry potter #greenwich concours #big ben #tower bridge

[kaleigh-color]

Finland was fantastic ft drunk bathroom selfies and a very lucky turtle

#me #my face #Finland #selfie #travel #I was doing some hot girl shit #the snow was pretty #which was sooooo good after the no snow in New England #and I forgot that I wore my bathing suit to the sauna so that was a fun walk back #I also got stupid drunk at a karaoke bar because the bartender wanted me #mans was wild #the entire trip was an adventure #cute #hot

[martianbugsbunny]

Few books make me want to take them out in into the yard, yell "Get the hell out of here" and dropkick them into the next yard over so they can be the neighbor's problem for a while but boy howdy The Voices of Morebath sure does

#I want to hurt every person who existed in Morebath during the Tudor era for contributing to that book #I want to time travel and kick them all #also want to kick the author a few times tbh #the passages in original Tudor spelling make me wish my head would explode just so I wouldn't have to be reading them anymore #and it's one of the driest most boring texts I've ever seen #whilst also being nearly indecipherable and incredibly overcomplicated #*growling* #*gnawing on the book* #TAKE THAT BOOK! #the voices of morebath #Tudor England #martianbugsbunny opines #martianbugsbunny grumbles

[quinnallerton]

Looking for advice and recommendations for places in Liverpool where the locals hang out. I’ll be there in June. As much as I look forward to seeing Beatles related sites, I’ll be alone and want to meet some fun people.

I can’t imagine locals hang out at The Grapes or The Cavern on a typical Tuesday night.

All suggestions appreciated:)

#liverpool #travel #uk #england #june 2023 #suggestions please #local fun #the beatles fandom #anyone want to meet up?

[crowley1990]

Kinda want to move to London after I graduate and it’s that weird world of the UK is clearly worse than Ireland in many ways at the moment but London is still better than anything we have in this country.

#jb #just. institutionally. england is a fuck show rn #I keep coming back to train fares. do I want to live in a country where I can barely afford to travel around it without a car or flying??

[waugh-bao]

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#I’m a stupid stupid stupid person #last week when I went to Southampton (all curses be upon that place and its horrid uni) I saw in the papers of the amateur historian I was #looking at that he had the exact dates for the opening and closing of one my merchant figure’s account at the Bank of England #the BofE Archives have a really primitive search mechanism #so you have to contact one of the archivists to actually see if they have the material #and because I’m an antisocial nocturnal cave creature (ie a historian) I’d rather die than have to interact with another human #thus I put off emailing them until today when I was in the BL waiting for a request to be fulfilled #and they got back to me a few hours later to say that they do have what I want #and that there are open spots to work there from the 18th of July #which would be great #if I weren’t in Taiwan from the 13th #so I wrote back and explained that I’m traveling/researching/working for the rest of the summer and going back to my PhD program in Sept #the absolute angel of an archivist who I will love for all time told me that there was a cancellation for the 3rd-4th he would give me #and that he would ‘flex’ the 15 documents per day rule so I could look at everything #the 3rd is going to be a mess because I’m coming back from Bulgaria late that morning #but I will somehow get myself from Gatwick to Central London and make it work #(just praying they allow photography) #I guess the life lesson of this extremely long and boring story is that procrastination pays ??? #me stuff #not the stones

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#oh god. i found a lab i want desperately to join #i mean. it prob wont happen bc it feels like she must have some clout. or maybe im just extremely dazzled by her work lol. but like #hhhhhh i wanna join so bad. it looks so perfect. except its in the uk. and i kinda want to get my phd in the us #bc ive experienced the uk uni system and they do not do it like the americans lmao #American colleges try to absolutely crush the life out of u and thats the kinda pressure i crave... bc i have issues #but oh god i would love to go back to England and be in the lab. and be in the lab. and be in the lab!!!! #im gonna have to read all her papers and send her an unhinged email. oh god. please please please make it a perfect fit! #but if i go back to the uk id be even further from home than i already am. like im 10hrs travel away now and its abt 24hrs travel to get #back and forth to English. but whatever its prob not gonna happens so why think abt it now #hhhh but i really wanna go back to England. i could use the trains and actually visit places. not like last time. im a little better now #at least compared to then. for what thats worth #ugh. tomorrow ill read all her papers and then email her. and i wont jinx it. dont jinx it. #logically u know u can't actually jinx things but like my brain doesn't quite believe that. so ill pretend to be casual abt it while trying #to will the univse to let me have this. pls #ugh i need to sleep #unrelated