England as Part of UK

Knearsborough at golden hour

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Having married a Brit, but living in the Middle East for 10 years (which seems like forever…), many people ask me if I have been to UK. To many who are ignorant and maybe have never been abroad or less exposed to the ‘outside’ world, or don’t understand geography, whenever they ask my husband where he is from or what was his origin, normally he would answer: “I am British!” and surprisingly the reply from that person would be “….Aah, you are from London….”

Yes, he’s British, and from England, where London is, and England is not only about London, England is so much bigger than London. For an occasional tourist and first timer to UK, tour agency normally will suggest to go to only London; I agree with that as to explore London only, one can not stay in London for only a day you will only see bits of it. But if you are visiting UK or England for the second time, its worth seeing other cities as well as the country side, as England is famous for its “Pretty English Villages”.

But then some people also confuse what is the difference between England and UK or even more confusing Great Britain. See the map below to explain it. The slide show above are pictures of places I have visited in England several times between 2009 to 2013.

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Ketika saya mengatakan bahwa saya mungkin akan pindah ke UK (baca: yu key) sepupu saya itu langsung berbinar-binar dan mengasumsikan bahwa saya akan menetap di London. Padahal saya tidak pernah mengatakan bahwa saya tidak akan pindah ke London; memang saya mungkin akan pindah ke Inggris, tapi bukan ke London. Kenyataannya London hanyalah sebagian kecil dari Inggris. Slideshow di atas menggambarkan sebagian ‘kecil’ dari masih banyak lagi tempat-tempat di Inggris yang cantik dan layak di kunjungi di luar London.

Foto-foto dibawah adalah diambil di tempat-tempat yang saya kunjungi sejak tahun 2009 sampai dengan 2013

Sekedar tambahan informasi dan perlu di perjelas yang dimaksud oleh saya disini adalah England (saya kurang tau terjemahan bahasa Indonesia yang tepat apa), dan tidak termasuk Skotlandia. Memang keduanya negara yang termasuk bagian dari United Kingdom, sayang nya yang ini saya juga kurang tau terjemahan tepatnya dalam bahasa Indonesia (termasuk dalam United Kingdom adalah: England, Scotland, Wales dan Irlandia Utara). Lalu apa itu Great Britain? atau terjemahannya mungkin Britania Raya (atau Inggris Raya)? – ini adalah pulau terbesar yang terletak di Lautan Atlantik Utara dan terbesar dari kepulauan Britania (British Isles)

One should not only know London, as 49 miles from London, there are lots of other things to see

Knearsborough at golden hour

The road to Blenheim Palace

A place to stay in the middle of nowhere…

One of Bristol’s famous Banksy grafity

You could stay in places like this…

Spinaker Tower in Portsmouth

Hiking somewhere in North Yorkshire

The Ribblehead Viaduct

Everybody knows where this picture was taken… the ever so popular London and the London Eye….

In some places of England, when time stood still to the locals…

If you are lucky you get to see this on the streets outside London

I love this picture

One of the many pretty villages in England

Inside the walled city of York

The ruins in York

The colour of Autumn

Do what the locals do, canal cruising across England with this long canal boat

5 star accommodation doesn’t mean high rise buildings….

The people can’t forget the good ‘old days’

Old shoes…

The people also love to dress up

The infamous full wack of English Breakfast

 

Explanation of the difference between UK and Great Britain:

England (Inggris?)

Great Britain / British Island(Britania Raya)

United Kingdom, which include England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Island

British Isles

 More information of the difference between the UK & Great Britain, click here.