Originally Posted by on a mission (Post 5209327)

give it a few months , then you will know what you have done.

Sorry but you will question why you came back,,,,

Originally Posted by london cabbie (Post 5210852)

Fleaflyfloflum,Hope everything works out for you...good luck!

Elvira,"people say hi & thank you to bus drivers":confused: in your dreams

Originally Posted by london cabbie (Post 5210852)

Fleaflyfloflum,Hope everything works out for you...good luck!

Elvira,"people say hi & thank you to bus drivers":confused: in your dreams

Originally Posted by Tootsie Frickensprinkles (Post 5209184)

I've always found the community spirit in London too, maybe you have to have grown up here.

Originally Posted by Fleaflyfloflum (Post 5207949)

Hello all.

Been back one week. Before i left Sydney, i was quite worried about how i would feel when i got back here. I neednt have worried. As i flew over London approaching Heathrow, the tears welled up in my eyes. I had this ovewhelming sense of being home. In fact i was choked up.
When i cam through customs and saw ALL my family waiting at the barrier with balloons and flowers it set me off again!! 2 lots of tears inside an hour..lol
Enjoyed the drive back to my daughters looking at all the green fields. Yet another set of tears when we reached the street i grew up in (daughter still lives there)

I have made it my mission this week to get over all the foods i dreamt about whilst in Aus. I must have put on 2 stone in a week..lmao :eek:

good curry with all the trimmings
walkers crisps
decent pork pie
cadbury creme egg and its not easter!
english fish and chips
cumberland sausage

Gawwd i feel sick just reading it! Salads all next week for me i reckon :D

Saw my first squirrel even though my son in law nearly killed it as it sat in the middle of the road as we drove by!!

Saw the house of my dreams for sale just round the corner from my daughters house. Take a look

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetai...a_n=1&tr_t=buy

The photos dont do it justice. All i need to do is win the lottery to afford it. :lol:

One thing that i have found a big surprise is how friendly strangers have been towards me. Over the years i have managed to pck up a rahter odd accent. Being married to a kiwi and living in NZ, then moving to Aus, my accent has a bit of an identity crisis, so as soon as i open my mouth its obvious. At least 6 times over this week shopkeepers and strangers have been fabulous, wanting to know where i am from, 2 said if i need any help or get lost pop in and see them. I was totally shocked!!! Where is this nasty England i keep hearing about? It is certanly not in the Essex village my daughter lives in.
I thought about it a bit and realised it is not so much the country you live in but the type of community. I guess central London would be much the same Sydney. Too busy and not enough time for each other.

I cant tell you how happy i am to be home. Lots of baby cuddles with new granddaughters and spending far too much money spoiling them rotten, but hey! Thats what grandmas are for and i intend to keep doing it :D

Anway.. i'm off to feed the ducks with the bubs.

Hope you are all ok.

Originally Posted by Elvira (Post 5208364)

And you know what? Just a few miles from Central London, away from the hordes of tourists and commuters rushing to/from work, there are some really nice communities too.

I'm currently back in Putney for my annual 'sabbatical', and I simply do not recognise the Britain described by some people on these boards. Wherever I go, people look cheerful, the pubs and restaurants are full of people laughing and chatting, and shop assistants and the like are polite and helpful. And if you can believe this, some people even say 'hi' and 'thanks' to the bus drivers!

:)

Originally Posted by london cabbie (Post 5211411)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007380532,00.html

But they still say thank you to bus drivers though...bless em!!!

Originally Posted by TruBrit (Post 5211442)

this forum is for the folks moving back to the uk and if you are not doing so then perhaps you could post in some of the many other threads as you don't seem to have anything constructive to offer.

Oh ok then..it's wonderful here,everything youv'e ever dreamed of:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by london cabbie (Post 5211411)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007380532,00.html

But they still say thank you to bus drivers though...bless em!!!

Originally Posted by london cabbie (Post 5211472)

no it's not wonderful all the time and it certainly aint paradise however it's home to some peeps esp the OP and so why rain on their parade?

Originally Posted by TruBrit (Post 5211442)

this forum is for the folks moving back to the uk and if you are not doing so then perhaps you could post in some of the many other threads as you don't seem to have anything constructive to offer.

Oh ok then..it's wonderful here,everything youv'e ever dreamed of:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by TruBrit (Post 5211480)

i live here.