2026: another 2 week UK trip (before departure)

This year I'll be travelling to England again. This time, I'll be travelling with a classmate. Part of the reason for our trip is the IATEFL conference in Brighton. We are absolutely stoked we'll be going there! We have mostly planned the rest of our trip as well. We know where we will be staying and how we're travelling. Some tickets have been booked here and there, but we also have some room to change plans. This afternoon we'll be on our way. This is what our itinerary looks like: 


The plan is to blog every day and to make more detailed blogs than last year. Part of the feedback I got was that I should not just mention conversations had, but elaborate more on them and draw conclusions and such. So expect longer posts this time ;). 

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