Besides the history, the authors, the architects, the beautiful countryside, the schools and colleges, might I laud the typical English manners? People queue, rather than mill. Even the city pace is slower, and people look each other in the eye. Above all, no matter what, people there basically really care about other people. They might mutter about immigration, but are the first to respond to the new immigrant family with blankets, casseroles, tea and sympathy. The old story about the British family who were solidly ready to kill Hitler and any invading Germans, finding a wounded German soldier on their land, and instead taking him in, treating him like a son, and saving his life, is representative in a nutshell of the British character–and his exemplification of “love thy neighbor as thyself”.
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