The world is running out of money! All you hear about in the news these days is how much the major countries of the world are in debt. The USA is in deep debt. The UK just went £1 Trillion into debt. Most of Europe is in deep debt, Italy […]
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Many Americans who arrive in the UK for the first time can find things very confusing, not the least of which is the language difference.
While Americans speak English (after a fashion), it’s not only the spelling of many words that is different between American English and British English, it’s the use of words and phrases that will very often completely confuse the visitor.
This is the tale that recounts some of the problems that a naïve American visitor to the UK might experience. I hope you enjoy it.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Bishops Waltham is a small town in Hampshire, at the head of the River Hamble and close to the South Coast of England that dates back to Saxon times. Much of the town is unchanged, retaining the historic buildings and shops and narrow streets. Debbie and I stopped to take […]
Finally, I had a response from the Consular Information Unit to my email sent on the 13th January. I was shaking and felt my heart pumping when I found it sat waiting for me in my mail box. I quickly opened it, and here’s what it says; ‘Your application is […]
Well as some of you may know, Tony lives in Florida and I live in the UK. Over the last 18 months, I’ve done 6 trips over to Florida and Tony has made 2 to the UK. Anyway, last summer we had the opportunity to spend a year together in […]