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> OT- 2 days til my 13 month Euro trip, any last minute advice?
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post May 10 2009, 10:50 PM
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I'm leaving for the UK on Wednesday - I'll be there for 13 months.

Anyone got any last minute advice before I leave?

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post May 10 2009, 10:54 PM
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QUOTE(seanery @ May 10 2009, 09:50 PM) *

I'm leaving for the UK on Wednesday - I'll be there for 13 months.
Anyone got any last minute advice before I leave?


I hope you like Indian food. Or pizza.


Those are your two choices of eatable English food, everything else is a insult to your taste buds.
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PS: And if you are the kind of guy who likes chocolate, make sure you read the fine print before you dive into it.
The UK allows pigs blood as a substitute for real cacao ...
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post May 10 2009, 10:56 PM
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post May 11 2009, 01:38 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 11 2009, 02:54 PM) *

I hope you like Indian food. Or pizza.

Those are your two choices of eatable English food, everything else is a insult to your taste buds.
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Come on now... Bangers and Mash and Beef & Ale Pies are brilliant!

And how could anyone's taste buds be insulted if they come from a country that produces artificial spray-on butter? Or "non-dairy creamer" (what is that exactly???), or cheese that contains no milk products???

And don't get me started on Hershey Bars...
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post May 11 2009, 01:56 AM
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Sounds like you will be gone a while. I hope you have a great time. I wish I could give you some advice but I've never gone out of Washington for more than a month let alone a year. Just have as much fuin as you can since this is for work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post May 11 2009, 02:44 AM
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Visit the country !

Visit other countries (Paris is 2 hours train away)

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post May 11 2009, 04:08 AM
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Scotland is always worth the trip.

Ryanair and Easyjet are your two best friends.

Andy is right, Indian and Thai food are the best foods you can get in the UK.

If you end up spending more than a few days in Scotland PM me. I can recommend some good places to stay and places to eat.
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post May 11 2009, 04:43 AM
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"English" cuisine leaves a lot to be desired, but even I was un-prepared for the absolute crap I was served in the US. My four years spent in the States were an education in marketing above quality. Ranch Dressing WTF is that ? I was amazed at the number of times I would be served a nice crispy salad, only for it to be destroyed by Ranch dressing. Something akin to dripping Benzene on my salad. This is not say that all food was poor, but the majority was. I was fortunate to spend some time at the Culinary Institute of America courtesy of IBM, proof that good food did exist. What did concern me was things such a dairy-free ice cream, I hear half the population of Italy wanting to have words with the Gelati imposter. Spray on butter for my popcorn, and what used to crack me up the most was the sugar-free, sodium free and of course taste-free Cola, pointless. Interesting that somebody mentioned Hershey, a bitter, hard, tasteless brown substance which could contain a nuclear spill.

What you will find in the UK is a eye watering selection of food from the world, probably because English cuisine is so bad. Go to a good Indian Tandoori and explore, if you are in London go to Wong Kei in Soho, Chinese food which is great, tastes good but poor and rude service. I you require any suggestions feel free to ask. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 11 2009, 06:44 AM
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[I'm stating this having never tasted English food from the UK]

I think we can all agree that we've been raised to like food that our upbringing taught us to like. Even within the US there are people that don't like things like "dairy free" dairy products- I know because I'm one of them. I don't believe in substituting real ingredients. Same goes for "sugar free" cola.

These products are for the people in our society who are either lactose intolerant, or who want to eat like crap under the impression that they can still look good while doing so. Sad to say but yes, they do exist. And I like to give them crap about it.

Rick Eberle/Veltror- did either of you try a steak or hamburger here? And I'm not talking about some result of the end of a fast food prep line from McDonalds or Burger King. Did you go to a formal sit down restaurant and try one? I find it hard to believe that no matter where you come from, you can knock a real American steak or hamburger. A good restaurant will cook it to order and won't add anything but their own seasonings to give it the taste they want people to know them for. Of course there is no substitute for making your own, but certain restaurants can pull it off.

As for the Ranch dressing- all you've gotta do is ask for the dressing on the side. Plus, there's not very many restaurants that don't give you the choice of the dressing you want, so I'm guessing you asked for it. While I do like Ranch dressing I'm not as obsessed with it as some people, but it is a big hit here. There's a lot more uses for it than just on salads.
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post May 11 2009, 06:45 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 10 2009, 09:54 PM) *

QUOTE(seanery @ May 10 2009, 09:50 PM) *

I'm leaving for the UK on Wednesday - I'll be there for 13 months.
Anyone got any last minute advice before I leave?


I hope you like Indian food. Or pizza.


Those are your two choices of eatable English food, everything else is a insult to your taste buds.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) Andy

PS: And if you are the kind of guy who likes chocolate, make sure you read the fine print before you dive into it.
The UK allows pigs blood as a substitute for real cacao ...


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) Pigs blood? Are you kidding? Urban myth, but Cadbury's chocolate is not good, just like Hersheys, so eat the imported Swiss and German chocolates. No different than here.

I work for an English company (after twenty years working for German and French companies), and spend a LOT of time over there. If you don't go only to pubs then food can be quite good. The English are going through a food revolution just like the better restaurants in the U.S., so unless you eat only at low-end places you'll be fine. Oh, but avoid the "traditional" English breakfast. Low-end places there, beware, just like low-end places here.

As for advice, I'd say take plenty of clean underwear, an MP3 player of music you really like, and shoes with rubber soles. Everything else will take care of itself.
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post May 11 2009, 01:44 PM
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I've got peanut butter, my favorite mouthwash, soap & deodorant. I have a fixed gear bike there, but will be building a new road bike soon.
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post May 11 2009, 05:43 PM
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Rick Eberle/Veltror- did either of you try a steak or hamburger here? And I'm not talking about some result of the end of a fast food prep line from McDonalds or Burger King. Did you go to a formal sit down restaurant and try one? I find it hard to believe that no matter where you come from, you can knock a real American steak or hamburger.


You've got me on the steaks, but to quote Crocodile Dundee... "That's not a hamburger... THIS is a Hamburger!" (well it's ALMOST a direct quote!)

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I'm sorry, but I was raised to believe that a "Hamburger With The Lot" should, by law (and simple common sense!) include Egg, Beetroot, and Pineapple... anything else would simply be offensive!
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post May 11 2009, 05:51 PM
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Hey Sean,

Try all the local beers in the different towns!
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post May 11 2009, 05:58 PM
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post May 11 2009, 05:59 PM
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post May 11 2009, 07:47 PM
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I'm actually a wee bit nervous about this. I'll be riding my bicycle a lot, and I'll have to remember to ride on the left - I'm afraid it will feel wrong!
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post May 11 2009, 09:17 PM
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Brother just got back from UK, Ireland and Scotland. Seems they ate alot of Thai food.

Come to think of it I took him and his girlfirend out for thai food last night.
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