it was very nice, as far as the sights and people go, but some of the other things were... different... lol. the english dont use spices and i ate very little meat, the italians and french eat more meat than the english, when i was gonna board the ferry to normandy from england there was a big box that said "bin your knives" and it had a plexi glass front so you could see all the lonley knives and hear their cries... it was filled with everything from butter knives to folders. uk knife laws are pretty strict.. other than that i loved it over there. but im back and ready to start up the shop again and start learning some more.