{"id":2189,"date":"2013-06-23T02:15:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T08:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2013-12-12T14:52:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T21:52:23","slug":"friends-versus-family-how-to-vacation-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2013\/06\/23\/friends-versus-family-how-to-vacation-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends versus Family: How to Vacation in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been to London twice in the past six months. The first time I went with my family and absolutely abhorred the experience. After visiting every single possible tourist location in all of England, we rented a car and drove four hours to the \u2018Dr. Who Experience\u2019\u2014which is some sort of strange hybrid museum\/amusement ride that really wishes it were in a better place than a fishing port in Cardiff. Once we finished our \u201cinteractive journey\u201d through the museum, it was another four hour drive back to the hotel. The good news is that I saved the world from vacuum cleaners. (I think fans of the television show prefer the term \u2018daleks.\u2019)<\/p>\n

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\nThis time around, I\u2019m here with a college class. I\u2019m not saying that things are great\u2014approximately four-fifths of our waking hours are devoted to studying Shakespeare\u2014but London is definitely easier to appreciate when you\u2019re with people your own age. For instance, a few of us went to a high-end club yesterday where I somehow managed to trick two girls into dancing with me! Then again, both of them stopped after suffering about fifteen seconds of my pitifully awkward \u2018moves.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\nNow, coming with my parents did have its advantages: free meals, free lodging, free souvenirs, etc. But even though I love my family very, very much, there\u2019s something strange about vacationing with them. It\u2019s less of a trip and more of a guided tour. Oh, and not that I\u2019ve been drinking (because I haven\u2019t been drinking), but if I had been drinking, what I would say is that beer tastes disgusting.<\/p>\n

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My mother and I join the ranks of the evil dolls at the Dr. Who Experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been to London twice in the past six months. The first time I went with my family and absolutely abhorred the experience. After visiting every single possible tourist location in all of England, we rented a car and drove four hours to the \u2018Dr. Who Experience\u2019\u2014which is some sort of strange hybrid museum\/amusement ride … <\/p>\n

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