I’m home! I flew back from Washington yesterday after 2 weeks of being in various parts of America and Canada and i hadn’t realised how much there was to love about England. I’m sick of hearing about American history (i was made to visit some places that were, in my opinion, just a little over the top) andeverything I’ve eaten since i got home has been covered in vinegar. mmm, vinegar.
Somethings i missed -
Blackcurrent skittles. I had a nasty shock when i ate a vile grape one.
English accents. I was beginning to get sick of hearing American accents and odd phrases
Real chocholate - Hersheys is bland and tastes a bit like mud, although the cookies and cream one was ok
Chips. As in fish and chips, only without the fish. Fries just aren’t the same, especially without my beloved vinegar. Also chip cobs.
British weather, although it was much hotter over here while i was away.
My best friend (who just signed into msn and is screaming with joy)
warm toast
A room to myself
Sizing i understand in shops
Money that looks like money with coins that jangle at the right pitch
Please. If an American went to England and left it saying they were sick of hearing about English history they would be roasted. People would ask what they expected, going to another country, and what was so difficult about learning something about another country for once. For God’s sake it was only for two weeks (less than that, even, since she was in Canada for awhile).
This is precisely the sort of behaviour that would get an American tourist called an “ugly American”. It’s no less ugly when someone of another nationality engages in it.
Personally, when I come back from the US I realize how much I’ve missed having clean streets (they wash them here obsessivly.) Also well-mowed highway medians. A little silly huh?
However I always horribly miss the un-sweetened iced tea you get south of the border once I get back to Canada. :mad:
Being an American that has spent a good deal of time in England, the thing I always miss when I’m home in the US is the traditional English breakfast. There is nothing better for a hangover then that.
Um… where was it that you were being exposed to so much American history? I can’t say it’s something I encounter very often in my everyday life… even as someone who’s fascinated with the topic.
Blackcurrent skittles. I had a nasty shock when i ate a vile grape one.
Blackcurrent? Is that like licorice? If so, I have to get me some British Skittles. I hate grape variety too, by the way.
English accents. I was beginning to get sick of hearing American accents and odd phrases
Uh, well… why travel here then?
British weather, although it was much hotter over here while i was away.
Isn’t British weather a bit on the cold, rainy, and dreary side?
warm toast
Uh… what’s cold toast?
Money that looks like money with coins that jangle at the right pitch
I spent two weeks in England (near Oxford) and I miss:
baguette sandwiches
gyro food stands
wearing scarves
public transportation
that nice man I met at the bus stop
men in suits riding bicycles to work
old buildings
window boxes
English doors
While I was there I missed:
cheap gas
squigees at gas stations
cowboys in tight jeans (not my type, but they make nice eye candy)
showers (the place i stayed had a tub with a hose/shower head attached and no water pressure)
24 hr stores
restaraunts that stayed open late
refills
Tex-Mex
Dawne, was this a business trip or a holiday? Does your OP reflect a general feeling of non-enjoyment for the whole thing, or is it just the filtered 1% of dislikes, the remainder of stuff being generally satisfactory?
Uh… what’s cold toast?
