<p>My DD is spending the month in June taking a course in London and she asked me to find out what people recommend she bring with her, specifically clothes and personal items. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Some kind of nice raincoat or the equivalent, and layers to go under it. It rains a lot in England, although it is usually a nice, soft rain, not a pounding downpour with thunder and lightning. Depending on what part of the US your D is accustomed to, it may be significantly cooler and wetter than she is accustomed to. June can be a lovely month in England, and it stays light very late, due to the northern latitude.</p>
<p>Of course, it is also possible that this may be the June with a drought/heat wave. :)</p>
<p>Two wallets. One to keep her US money and one for local use. A small satchel or some such so she can do overnight trips without the big suitcase. If there are a few local home items to bring for hostess gifts, that’s a nice thing to include. If she has favorite cosmetics, she should bring a supply with her. A month is pretty short. You should be able to bring most of the stuff you need, depending on the living arrangements.</p>
<p>I am guessing what you mean by “personal items” as this is different for everyone. What part of your baggage is not personal?</p>
<p>I would recommend NOT bringing small electrical items like hairdryers. Buying a convertor and plug adapter will cost more than buying a hairdryer and the like new in the UK (and they might blow up any way - nearly all US study abroad students seem to manage this!). </p>
<p>Bring any prescription medicines along with the prescriptions. Any non-prescription medicines needed, I would either bring those too (in case they are prescription medicines in the UK and unavailable without seeing a doctor) or at least find out what they are called in the UK, as many over the counter medicines have completely different names here. </p>
<p>Feel free to wear whatever you want to. There are 7 million people in London, so no-one will care what you look like and it is very unlikely you will stand out. A few weeks ago I sat on the tube opposite “Captain Jack” (don’t think it was the real Johnny Depp unfortunately) and in the very British way, everyone ignored him!</p>
<p>As above, it depends what you are used to whether you will find London particularly cold or wet. That London is very wet is something of a myth. It just rains in small amounts often. I believe the yearly rainfall is much less than NYC for example (Officially we have a drought right now, but it rained pretty much every day in April so the problem may be solved. Still banned from using hosepipes though). Weather is very unpredictable though. It might be sunny everyday, or it might not.</p>
<p>nice link on rain fall.</p>
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