Debbie and I returned home at the weekend from our Christmas trip to Florida to see my daughters, and I consider us to be very lucky, since the northern part of the UK  had already been hit by sub-zero temperatures and record amounts of snow. It didn’t take long however for Old Man Winter to [...]

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I have to admit that moving back to the UK after having lived in the USA for the last fifteen years is a bit of a reverse culture shock for me in many ways.   Fifteen years is long enough to get past most of the pangs of missing things from where you came and also [...]

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Last night Debbie and I went up to Elstree Studios north of London to see the Big Brother eviction. I’m not such a big fan, but Debbie loves the show, and it turned out to be quite an interesting night.   But where to begin… I guess the story begins 2 weeks ago, when Debbie’s daughter [...]

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Finally I am back in the UK and with my Debbie after more than 3 months apart, way too long for both of us. After many evenings of packing that frequently went beyond midnight, I finished packing about 1am on Wednesday, with the alarm set for 3:45am to give me enough time to get out [...]

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The cultural differences between the UK and the USA go far beyond driving on different sides of the road and using different voltages. It’s almost as if someone in the USA said “we have to be different to the rest of the world”. Read on and discover some of these differences for yourself.

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