I’ve just written an account of our trip, at enough length that I’m not going to repost it here. You can read it here, instead.
I haven’t decided where to put it, but I need to write another entry soon about all the ways (other than the obvious language one) in which England is more like the US than the Netherlands are. It’s mostly about food, but there are a few more things. It was just so nice to be able to get things like baked potatoes and big glasses of water. And ale!
One thing we always notice is that they frown on giving ice with cold beverages in England. Can’t think why, but we just go with the flow, and drink everything room temperature.