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Here are a few things I've learned about England:
Band-aids are called plasters. Shops called "bookmakers" don't make books. Nor do they bind them, repair them, or sell them. They are bookies. The best British comedy are shows that were never played in America. My favorite so far: Black Books. Bathrooms don't have electrical sockets in them. Dramamine, or any other motion-sickness medicine, is a *must* if you are going to be driving in the countryside with an Englishman. Especially David. McDonalds doesn't sell the same stuff over there. Their chicken sandwich comes on Foccacia bread (sounds great, but it's toxic, really). Tax is already included in all the prices, so if it says it costs 5 pounds then that's all you really pay. Very clever. It's illegal to get cats declawed in England. They sell big chocolate eggs instead of big chocolate bunnies at Easter. They don't have hummingbirds or skunks in England. Oreos, quite sadly, do not live in England either, except for import shops that seem to be forever out of stock. Sigh. "Fanny" means something quite different, so be careful when and where you say it. Thereby, so does "fanny pack". Ahem.
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I am now officially an American living in England. Born and raised in Indiana, I moved around a bit through Alabama and Ohio, and ended up living in Michigan after all was said and done. Ann Arbor to be exact. Then, in an underground club, I met David - who was born and raised in England. So here I am, years after we met that night, married to the man of my dreams and living with him in the most gorgeous of lands. And this is my page about it all.
My Immigration Saga Pre-move Journal How to move to England Photographs My husband My Favorite Site |
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