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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: November 2005
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Sunday, November 13, 2005. Take away the chips. It's true that many US folk know English folk call French fries chips. Now I'm here to tell you that isn't quite true. The English call French fries, get this, French fries. Maybe occasionally they're called pommes frites. What the English call chips is what Americans call steak fries. In a Chinese fish and chip shop? But back to chips, so the question is, what are chips here? Are there salted ones that aren't ready?
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: October 2005
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Monday, October 10, 2005. Drive on the left. The title is taken from the statement my husband always makes when he first gets in the rental car at Heathrow after 11 hours of flying (overnight), a few more hours in the airports, and not having driven in the UK for 6-12 months. It is not a reassuring statement. But that's not where the difficulty lies. After all, in Sweden they switched from driving on the left to the right all at once. And then there are the pedestrian...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: September 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Thursday, September 14, 2006. Cap'n, there be Wales here. And the Second Severn Crossing. The Welsh being the brunt of English jokes (a bit like Aggies in Texas), the irony is that there is only a toll going into. Wales ( 5 for cars). Look too bad in a town called Harlech. Right on the sea. Our hotel was a pub bed and breakfast sitting in the shadow of Harlech Castle. Harlech itself is on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Now that you're oriented (or orientated.
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: September 2005
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Wednesday, September 21, 2005. You may think that this blog is about the differences in measuring systems between the UK and the US. And in fact, I plan to include that later in the blog. But the title comes from something else entirely. So what about my report? Posted by I18n G.A.L. @ 2:13 PM. Links to this post. Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Organic Food Festival in Bristol. And there were several companies selling organic ice cream (although remarkably I only bought...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: August 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Wednesday, August 09, 2006. Home is where the gazumping isn't - part the first. I gather from the lack of comments or responses in any form that no-one read to the bottom of my last blog. Perhaps it was too long, too dull, too detailed, all of the above; in any case, I'll take that as a sign that I shouldn't add any portion of it to the one day in history project. Starting with the search for a house. Were it not for Rightmove.co.uk. Now, let's compare to the English ...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: August 2005
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Sunday, August 21, 2005. Scents and sensitivity, and the weather? And when it comes to the laundry, there's the added freshening aspect of hanging the laundry out to dry. It gets blown around(about) so thoroughly, most of the scent of a detergent is gone by the time you get the clothes in from the line. Maybe that's why the scents are so heavy, so there's still some left after hanging outside. Much to the chagrin of the surrounding nations. Links to this post. This co...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: May 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Wednesday, May 10, 2006. My MIL* has an egg piercer fridge magnet. It's been on her fridge for as long as I've been visiting, which is over 13 years. What the heck is that for? The size of 2 chicken eggs, easily. I am not overly fond of duck eggs - the yolk is too rich and the white is too rubbery. But goose eggs, now there's a treat, with whites even nicer than a chicken egg. Sort of fluffy. Yolks a deep yellow, full of flavor. Yummy. Links to this post. This photo h...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: February 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Saturday, February 18, 2006. But it's a sporting event? What's worse is that only the events that US athletes compete in (and have a ghost of a chance of getting in the top ten in) are covered. So all this time spent on these profiles means that you don't get to see many events at all. My husband had such trouble watching this schlock that I would do my best to record what I could so we could fast forward to the actual event. Actually when the Frenchman won the men's ...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: January 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Wednesday, January 18, 2006. No, I am not talking about New Year's resolutions (although I have cut back to shed the extra holiday pounds, it's true). I'm talking about resources, or at least I think I am. I have to use twice as much to make sure the item is completely covered. So why, I ask myself and anyone else who's listening, is every single greeting card, from the most elaborate handmade 3D piece of art to the nastiest, tackiest piece of mush I wouldn't send to,...
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England: July 2006
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Exploits of a U.S. Expat in England. Saturday, July 29, 2006. I'm certainly not talking about the English people in my title. In fact, I find them quite friendly. In comparison with Texas, Connecticut, and California, I would put them just a little less friendly than Texans, more friendly than (Northern) Californians, and lots more friendly than Nutmeggers (Connecticuttites? For this blog I'll stick to the more food-oriented ones. Perhaps later I'll be inspired to list some of the non-food ones. I though...
