Fair enough, but you're not going to drive around with an Australian flag on your car or anything sill like that?

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What was definitely frowned on was over patronage of some of the Expat pubs..there were people who lived there with permanent ruddy faces ...who could not mix with people from all over Europe.[/quote]

Now *that's* an expat

The East End crims living out of bars on the Spanish Riviera are *real* expats. The rest of us are immigrants.

Rest assured...I don't think I have ever heard of any Expat or migrant who has ever done that. It might pique your interest to know that I feel more Australian amongst the people I have found common ground with - that's the key - than any Fish or Chip Pom; all depends on your outlook.

lol. But I think that thousands of other arrivals in these places are doing well in those stakes and pushing to be counted...!

I always remember the blokes who got digs above the bar and treated the joint as if it was their 'front' room. Hate to think what their liver function was like....