And now for some undeniable glamour…
A tourist is unlikely to end up in Hatfield, just outside London, unless to visit Hatfield House, where Queen Elizabeth I grew up. Since it´s closed until spring (and with it the only park of any size in Hatfield) I can´t comment on that, but the following tourist options exist:
1. Stay home and read. A good option…
2. Go to the local swim club and reason that you´re counterracting all the heavy, fattening British food you´re likely to eat.
3. Afterwards, go to Asda, conveniently located across the street, to buy said heavy, fattening British food
4. Go to the Galleria, the third largest shopping centre in Britain apparently, and an outlet mall. Possibly the best option for Christmas shopping in one of the most expensive countries in the world.
5. Watch the trains whipping by to and from London. Wish you had the 19 pounds for a return fare. Nineteen POUNDS!!!!
6. Make friends with someone from the T Mobile headquarters, and get them to get you a refillable meal card. Then you can eat enormous and frankly really nice lunches for about 5 pounds. Nae bad…
7. Walk around Old Hatfield, which seems to consist of about three streets, excluding Hatfield House, but including a ramshackle church and graveyard and an old pub which was joint inspiration for a pub in Dickens´Oliver Twist. Beware of startlingly unfriendly staff!
8. If all else fails, go home and read, or check the Ryanair website for cheap fares to… Barcelona say….