Why don't you consider the possibility of traveling to Europe this year? The rates have never been better and as the pound is losing importance to dollar, then you may also take full advantage of England for the best prices of the last decades! In fact, if you ever consider doing so, then you should read the msnbc.com article below so that you can know what is there to be visited:
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By Rick Steves
While updating my guidebooks for 2009, I found plenty of changes, starting with London’s museums. Fortunately, one of my favorite offbeat sights — the Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum — will reopen later this year. It had closed following the death of its founder, Edward Bramah. He believed that the tea bag, invented in the 1950s to let Brits brew tea during a TV commercial, spelled the death of a good “cuppa.” Aficionados of tea or coffee will find this small, quirky museum fascinating.
The Monument, central London's 202-foot column designed by Sir Christopher Wren to mark the spot where the Great Fire of 1666 began, should reopen this spring after a complete makeover. Its 311 steps lead to a city view.
Somerset House, near Covent Garden, used to house three fine arts museums, but the Hermitage Rooms and Gilbert Collection have closed, and only the Courtauld Gallery of European paintings remains open. And this year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson, who produced the first Dictionary of the English Language. You can expect frenzied mobs of editors, proofreaders, and lexicographers descending upon Dr. Johnson’s House throughout 2009.
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