Welcome. My suggestion would be to start with the country and culture that interest you the most. I would also start with adventures not too far from home...Enjoy and happy travels!
If you truly meant England, then go to Edinburg and Dublin and Cardiff. The concentric circle approach espoused by SlowTravels means your second trip might include Inverness, Galway and Cardigan. Gotta get my tongue out of my cheek now.
Another vote for Italy (or France) - they aren't popular for no reason and both countries know how to accomodate travelers and the locals are polite, friendly and easy going by and large.
Posts: 452 | Location: New Hampshire | Registered: 12 September 2006
At 23 you still have plenty of time to see the world. My late Grandmother made her first international trip in her mid 70s - from the South of England to Johannesburg. When she got to Heathrow for her outbound flight, it was already the furthest distance she had ever been from her home town (about 80 miles).
Recommendations are entirely dependent on your indiviaul likes, dislikes and interests, but don't go to Italy first; Once you fall in love with the country you may find you are reluctant to go anywhere else :-).
TimW
Posts: 802 | Location: Hampshire, UK | Registered: 28 March 2005
Once you fall in love with the country you may find you are reluctant to go anywhere else :-).
Tim, this must be why people go on the "same" vacation year after year... Nothing wrong with that... but my daughter tells me "there are other places to enjoy besides Paris, Mom".
My thoughts are that if I did not go to the one place that interests me the most, and possibly end up loving, I may not have other opportunities to go.
I love the sense of adventure that your late grandmother had to go to Johannesburg in her mid 70s and as her 1st inernational flight... on the the Heathrow statement about it being her furthest distance at that point in ther travels... It is never too late to start life's adventures.