Going to the town

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

How do you say that you go and come back home after walking around the town, city area (visiting, shopping) etc.?




I went downtown for a while, and then I came home.


Clive

In cities in England people say "I went to town" or "I went into town"

In small places people would say "I went into the village" or "I went to the high street" or "I went to the market"

And in very large cities, people would often be specific in which are they went to.

In london you might say, " I went to Brixton" or "I visited westminster" or "I went shopping in the w