what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
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what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
hi
i have this huge list that i am so looking forward to about going back home for good. mainly tesco's and M&S lol. but there are loads and i mean loads of other things as well. on the other hand the only reason i would stay here in france is the price of property and the health service (and not in that order lol). but you do pay hugly for the health service (no probs as far as i'm concerned as you get value for money here).
just wondered what everyone else was looking forward to going home for (i don't mean family freinds etc, the more material things
susi
i have this huge list that i am so looking forward to about going back home for good. mainly tesco's and M&S lol. but there are loads and i mean loads of other things as well. on the other hand the only reason i would stay here in france is the price of property and the health service (and not in that order lol). but you do pay hugly for the health service (no probs as far as i'm concerned as you get value for money here).
just wondered what everyone else was looking forward to going home for (i don't mean family freinds etc, the more material things
susi
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Good question!
I never thought I would say this but the Health service is definately on my list. Had a very bad experience here and it makes the NHS look like the best thing since sliced bread!
I'm definately looking forward to M&S ready meals - the crap I have to cook here is unedible - lol
Shopping for clothes at cheap prices
Just lots and lots of fun really.
I never thought I would say this but the Health service is definately on my list. Had a very bad experience here and it makes the NHS look like the best thing since sliced bread!
I'm definately looking forward to M&S ready meals - the crap I have to cook here is unedible - lol
Shopping for clothes at cheap prices
Just lots and lots of fun really.
Originally Posted by susiq
hi
i have this huge list that i am so looking forward to about going back home for good. mainly tesco's and M&S lol. but there are loads and i mean loads of other things as well. on the other hand the only reason i would stay here in france is the price of property and the health service (and not in that order lol). but you do pay hugly for the health service (no probs as far as i'm concerned as you get value for money here).
just wondered what everyone else was looking forward to going home for (i don't mean family freinds etc, the more material things
susi
i have this huge list that i am so looking forward to about going back home for good. mainly tesco's and M&S lol. but there are loads and i mean loads of other things as well. on the other hand the only reason i would stay here in france is the price of property and the health service (and not in that order lol). but you do pay hugly for the health service (no probs as far as i'm concerned as you get value for money here).
just wondered what everyone else was looking forward to going home for (i don't mean family freinds etc, the more material things
susi
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Another vote for M&S ready meals here! Also Tesco, WHSmith, Boots, Topman, River Island, Next... I could go on but you get the picture. Real town centres (as opposed to a mall called a town centre) goes along with that. Also, flat road surfaces, TV (Freeview!), castles and other history, Monster Munch, cream cakes... so many other random things! Of course, these are all secondary to the non-material reasons to return.
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Great thread- I have some serious some lighthearted...
controversial conversations (politics, religion sex et al) , Pubs (now that they are smoke free I'm in heaven!!) Tesco finest range, British sense of humour (even by random people- I have a memory of standing in line at a football match and a policeman said 'get in the far queue' instantly someone piped up- 'well f**k you too mate.' would NEVER happen in the US- and I can't even explain to anyone here how I find something so scandalous funny!!)
the music (loads of guitar bands) roundabouts (and people who know how to use them) softer grass that doesn't need sprinklers, 50p pieces, strongbow, pickled onions, better education system, less consumerism, less judgement, more diversity, not having to own a car and great trains, people who walk, not having to be perfect, school uniforms, accents all around me,
alcopops, penny sweets, realism on TV, magazines, day trips, Ryan air to Europe, drizzle, not having to live in a climate controlled bubble, greengrocers, Yorkshire pudding, silly headlines in the mirror, football matches, chip butties, not needing to have a personal relationship with wait staff, not offending anyone, living in a house that is reasonably sized instead of 'needing' 2 bathrooms and a playroom for the kids, council tax instead of property tax, no water/sewage/garbage, thatched cottages,
4 weeks holiday at work, christmas, people having access to beta blockers, people saying sorry for no reason at all, sheep in the fields and lambing season, Yorkshire tea, foxes buscuits, organic baby foods (loads of choice) egg and chips, Ribena, swans, the British seaside (English breakfasts made of rock!) joke shops, JD Wetherspoons, fireworks night (Hello- If you have this in Nov it gets dark enough to see the bloody things!!) hedgehogs, cheese and pickle sarnies..
OOH I could go on and on but I won't bore you all!
controversial conversations (politics, religion sex et al) , Pubs (now that they are smoke free I'm in heaven!!) Tesco finest range, British sense of humour (even by random people- I have a memory of standing in line at a football match and a policeman said 'get in the far queue' instantly someone piped up- 'well f**k you too mate.' would NEVER happen in the US- and I can't even explain to anyone here how I find something so scandalous funny!!)
the music (loads of guitar bands) roundabouts (and people who know how to use them) softer grass that doesn't need sprinklers, 50p pieces, strongbow, pickled onions, better education system, less consumerism, less judgement, more diversity, not having to own a car and great trains, people who walk, not having to be perfect, school uniforms, accents all around me,
alcopops, penny sweets, realism on TV, magazines, day trips, Ryan air to Europe, drizzle, not having to live in a climate controlled bubble, greengrocers, Yorkshire pudding, silly headlines in the mirror, football matches, chip butties, not needing to have a personal relationship with wait staff, not offending anyone, living in a house that is reasonably sized instead of 'needing' 2 bathrooms and a playroom for the kids, council tax instead of property tax, no water/sewage/garbage, thatched cottages,
4 weeks holiday at work, christmas, people having access to beta blockers, people saying sorry for no reason at all, sheep in the fields and lambing season, Yorkshire tea, foxes buscuits, organic baby foods (loads of choice) egg and chips, Ribena, swans, the British seaside (English breakfasts made of rock!) joke shops, JD Wetherspoons, fireworks night (Hello- If you have this in Nov it gets dark enough to see the bloody things!!) hedgehogs, cheese and pickle sarnies..
OOH I could go on and on but I won't bore you all!
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Sheer and utter bliss of going clothes shopping, us Girl's love it so dose the OH come to that, but here is a nightmare, I've never had so less to choose from in my closet
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Originally Posted by britvic
Sheer and utter bliss of going clothes shopping, us Girl's love it so dose the OH come to that, but here is a nightmare, I've never had so less to choose from in my closet
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Originally Posted by Hayley
Most definitely- went on www.next.co.uk and they have their sale on- sigh!
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Originally Posted by britvic
Just dont look, it's too painful
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Originally Posted by Hayley
Great thread- I have some serious some lighthearted...
controversial conversations (politics, religion sex et al) , Pubs (now that they are smoke free I'm in heaven!!) Tesco finest range, British sense of humour (even by random people- I have a memory of standing in line at a football match and a policeman said 'get in the far queue' instantly someone piped up- 'well f**k you too mate.' would NEVER happen in the US- and I can't even explain to anyone here how I find something so scandalous funny!!)
the music (loads of guitar bands) roundabouts (and people who know how to use them) softer grass that doesn't need sprinklers, 50p pieces, strongbow, pickled onions, better education system, less consumerism, less judgement, more diversity, not having to own a car and great trains, people who walk, not having to be perfect, school uniforms, accents all around me,
alcopops, penny sweets, realism on TV, magazines, day trips, Ryan air to Europe, drizzle, not having to live in a climate controlled bubble, greengrocers, Yorkshire pudding, silly headlines in the mirror, football matches, chip butties, not needing to have a personal relationship with wait staff, not offending anyone, living in a house that is reasonably sized instead of 'needing' 2 bathrooms and a playroom for the kids, council tax instead of property tax, no water/sewage/garbage, thatched cottages,
4 weeks holiday at work, christmas, people having access to beta blockers, people saying sorry for no reason at all, sheep in the fields and lambing season, Yorkshire tea, foxes buscuits, organic baby foods (loads of choice) egg and chips, Ribena, swans, the British seaside (English breakfasts made of rock!) joke shops, JD Wetherspoons, fireworks night (Hello- If you have this in Nov it gets dark enough to see the bloody things!!) hedgehogs, cheese and pickle sarnies..
OOH I could go on and on but I won't bore you all!
controversial conversations (politics, religion sex et al) , Pubs (now that they are smoke free I'm in heaven!!) Tesco finest range, British sense of humour (even by random people- I have a memory of standing in line at a football match and a policeman said 'get in the far queue' instantly someone piped up- 'well f**k you too mate.' would NEVER happen in the US- and I can't even explain to anyone here how I find something so scandalous funny!!)
the music (loads of guitar bands) roundabouts (and people who know how to use them) softer grass that doesn't need sprinklers, 50p pieces, strongbow, pickled onions, better education system, less consumerism, less judgement, more diversity, not having to own a car and great trains, people who walk, not having to be perfect, school uniforms, accents all around me,
alcopops, penny sweets, realism on TV, magazines, day trips, Ryan air to Europe, drizzle, not having to live in a climate controlled bubble, greengrocers, Yorkshire pudding, silly headlines in the mirror, football matches, chip butties, not needing to have a personal relationship with wait staff, not offending anyone, living in a house that is reasonably sized instead of 'needing' 2 bathrooms and a playroom for the kids, council tax instead of property tax, no water/sewage/garbage, thatched cottages,
4 weeks holiday at work, christmas, people having access to beta blockers, people saying sorry for no reason at all, sheep in the fields and lambing season, Yorkshire tea, foxes buscuits, organic baby foods (loads of choice) egg and chips, Ribena, swans, the British seaside (English breakfasts made of rock!) joke shops, JD Wetherspoons, fireworks night (Hello- If you have this in Nov it gets dark enough to see the bloody things!!) hedgehogs, cheese and pickle sarnies..
OOH I could go on and on but I won't bore you all!
I'm so very homesick... If anyone's got Bill Bryson's 'Notes From A Small Island', read the part where he is on the overcliff in Bournemouth, looking out over the nightime lights twinkling down in town and reflecting in the bay... it's quite beautiful and it's my home and what I miss (well that and a million other things).
I'm looking forward to an opportunity to visit and see it all and sample all the things Hayley noted.
Sorry for the moan... not a good day
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
criky, so many things the same lol.
for me its not just m&s and tesco's its the whole food idea. being able to go to any restaurant and able to choose from at least 2 options what i want to eat (i'm vegie), heer in france i may if i ask get a goats cheese salad, then i usually have to pick the bacon off. even though you state very clearly that you dpon't eat meat.
the arrogense of the french. i'm sure there are nice french people, i just have only met 1 family (they live down the road fromme and are lovley, but they love everything about the english the food the people etc, so are angified lol)
for me the others are decent vets. the health system is fab here so can't fault that (mind you you do pay for it).
people that can actually drive and not go out looking to crash their cars. they scare the hell outa me. i have given in riding my horses because its so dangerous here.
just being able to talk to people and understand them without having to think. my french is OK,i can get by and try very hard to mlearn more.
far to many to list
oh, how the next 2 year can't go quickly enough
susi
for me its not just m&s and tesco's its the whole food idea. being able to go to any restaurant and able to choose from at least 2 options what i want to eat (i'm vegie), heer in france i may if i ask get a goats cheese salad, then i usually have to pick the bacon off. even though you state very clearly that you dpon't eat meat.
the arrogense of the french. i'm sure there are nice french people, i just have only met 1 family (they live down the road fromme and are lovley, but they love everything about the english the food the people etc, so are angified lol)
for me the others are decent vets. the health system is fab here so can't fault that (mind you you do pay for it).
people that can actually drive and not go out looking to crash their cars. they scare the hell outa me. i have given in riding my horses because its so dangerous here.
just being able to talk to people and understand them without having to think. my french is OK,i can get by and try very hard to mlearn more.
far to many to list
oh, how the next 2 year can't go quickly enough
susi
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Originally Posted by jonthelad
What a staggeringly good post.
I'm so very homesick... If anyone's got Bill Bryson's 'Notes From A Small Island', read the part where he is on the overcliff in Bournemouth, looking out over the nightime lights twinkling down in town and reflecting in the bay... it's quite beautiful and it's my home and what I miss (well that and a million other things).
I'm looking forward to an opportunity to visit and see it all and sample all the things Hayley noted.
Sorry for the moan... not a good day
I'm so very homesick... If anyone's got Bill Bryson's 'Notes From A Small Island', read the part where he is on the overcliff in Bournemouth, looking out over the nightime lights twinkling down in town and reflecting in the bay... it's quite beautiful and it's my home and what I miss (well that and a million other things).
I'm looking forward to an opportunity to visit and see it all and sample all the things Hayley noted.
Sorry for the moan... not a good day
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
I love BB's books - 'I'm a stranger here myself' is flipping hilarious. I think he actually moved back to Norfolk, some huge pile in the country. Good for him.
And I'm most looking forward to (decent) coffees/drinks with my friends and just loads of people all around me. Lots of friends for my kids and meeting their parents rather than having this drop and run thing that parents here do when they deposit their kids at our house. After 4.5 years of strip mall shopping I'm also looking forward to getting off my fat derriere and doing some walking.
And I'm most looking forward to (decent) coffees/drinks with my friends and just loads of people all around me. Lots of friends for my kids and meeting their parents rather than having this drop and run thing that parents here do when they deposit their kids at our house. After 4.5 years of strip mall shopping I'm also looking forward to getting off my fat derriere and doing some walking.
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Re: what are you looking forward to most about moving back home?
Wensleydale cheese (you can get this in Aus - David Jones sell it - but you pay through the nose).
Finnan haddock.
Chip shop chips, smothered in chip shop curry.
Needing to look out of the window to decide what the weather's going to be doing that day - and deciding to take a brolly in any case, even if it is sunny.
Being able to make homemade mincemeat and pickle onions in autumn, when it's getting cold and dark, knowing that in a few months I'll by enjoying them whilst listening to a howling gale and I'm inside, cosy and warm.
Lock-ins at the pub near my in-laws' place.
Being in Yorkshire - and so close to the Peak District.
Being able to decide to head to Newcastle upon Tyne for a day, on a whim.
(Shopping doesn't really figure in it for me. I'm tall and I find clothes that fit more easily in Aus than I do in the UK. That's one thing I will miss about Aus - amongst many.)
Finnan haddock.
Chip shop chips, smothered in chip shop curry.
Needing to look out of the window to decide what the weather's going to be doing that day - and deciding to take a brolly in any case, even if it is sunny.
Being able to make homemade mincemeat and pickle onions in autumn, when it's getting cold and dark, knowing that in a few months I'll by enjoying them whilst listening to a howling gale and I'm inside, cosy and warm.
Lock-ins at the pub near my in-laws' place.
Being in Yorkshire - and so close to the Peak District.
Being able to decide to head to Newcastle upon Tyne for a day, on a whim.
(Shopping doesn't really figure in it for me. I'm tall and I find clothes that fit more easily in Aus than I do in the UK. That's one thing I will miss about Aus - amongst many.)