From Sheep to Alligators

25/11/2016

Hmm...

A while back we wrote a post on what foreigners are surprised by when they visit America. Here’s the flip side: what Americans are surprised by when they visit Europe. Any time you travel to a foreign country, there are bound to be some notable and subtle differences between home and away. That’s pa...

07/11/2016

Living in Florida, considered a "battleground" state in the upcoming elections does present certain advantages. There are opportunities to meet lots of major politicians, as both the parties send their bigwigs here to squeeze out the vote. My girlfriend and I met Bill Clinton at the weekend.

07/10/2016

No work today. Waiting for Hurricane Matthew to hit. If it continues to skirt up the coast and doesn't come inland, it will just be experienced as a severe storm here in Gainesville.

(re-upload tanjadoor) facts & lyrics below: Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog withou...

17/09/2016

Very true.

David Mitchell talks about asking inappropriate questions. LIKE David Mitchell on Facebook @ http://on.fb.me/davidmitchellsoapbox David Mitchell's Soapbox DV...

17/08/2016

Hehe!

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11/07/2016

Haha!

You need to watch this clip. So Prime Minister David Cameron does his press conference saying he’s handing over to Theresa May on Wednesday, walks off and forgets he has his mic on and does a delightful little “doo doo doo” tune to himself. David Cameron: "Thank you very much……………………doo, doo, doo, d...

30/05/2016

How do you know if a Brit likes you? :D

22/05/2016

Boomerang poms!

Thousands of Britons head for a new life in Australia every year, but it is often not the one-way trip they anticipated.

22/04/2016

The prez hits the UK!

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have begun a three-day visit to the UK by attending a private lunch with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. Mr Obama then met with Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of a dinner at Kensington Palace with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Har…

22/02/2016

It's tough for some Brits with non-EU partners/family!

Earnings threshold of £18,600 to be allowed to bring over a non-EU spouse is for many people completely unachievable, supreme court hears

19/02/2016

My blog, chronicling my travels in England and Germany in January.

01/02/2016

Actually true, not made up!

As a nation we love to break! KITKAT have travelled across the country on a mission to investigate some of the quirkier ways you spend your down-time. A spot of cheese rolling, bog snorkelling or M...

13/01/2016

Land of tea drinkers!

05/01/2016

Fry! :)

To showcase the unique, eclectic culture of modern Britain, we’ve teamed up with British Icon, Stephen Fry, to welcome arriving passengers to the UK! We’re n...

04/01/2016

The "11 nations" of the USA!

17/12/2015

My blog. The festivities are largely the same, but there are some differences between how Xmas is celebrated on each side of the pond.

12/12/2015

Pretty much true.

Some of the biggest sexual WTFs Europeans have about America.

10/12/2015

True.

Now seemed like a good time to share this.

09/12/2015

My blog. I'm back in battered and bruised Kendal.

08/12/2015

I am back in the UK for a few months. Currently in Kendal, the epicentre of all the recent flooding. Luckily my mother lives on a hill.

More than 42,000 homes in Lancashire and Cumbria are without electricity after power stations were knocked out by the floods - with more rain expected later this week.

08/12/2015

Handy translation guide for Americans! ;)

A translation guide for Americans visiting the UK, by

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/12/07/translation-guide-americans-visiting-uk/

24/11/2015

Americans living abroad.

After fifteen months of travel, I returned to the United States ready to give American life another try. Within months, I had changed my mind.

16/11/2015

"Bit damp in 'ere isn't it?"
"Aye."
"Fancy another one?"
"Aye."

Owners of Kirkstall Bridge Inn in Leeds, John Kelly and Steve Holt, enjoyed a pint waist-high in water in their flooded pub garden yesterday - and a picture of them on Twitter has gone viral.

11/11/2015

My observation for today. Americans are very polite and considerate in many spheres of life, especially down in the South, but driving isn't one of them. You encounter some of the most aggressive, rude and selfish behaviour imaginable out on the roads. I'm not saying all Americans are like that, but a sizable minority definitely are. ;)

11/11/2015

'This is the 104th school he has visited in Britain, talking to some 10,000 sixth-formers (high-school seniors), “and at almost every school I’ve been to,” he said, “guns comes up first.”'

Matthew Barzun, the American ambassador to Britain, has talked with some 10,000 teenagers at schools across the country to learn what they really think about the United States.

10/11/2015

Drink!

From bar furniture to noise levels, modern pubs push consumption to the max – and these design and marketing tricks have affected one generation more than most.

09/11/2015

Haha! I got British!

Which country would your manners be most at home in?

24/10/2015

Bryson reflects on the twenty years of the UK since Notes From a Small Island was published.

The travel writer on how the country has changed in the last 20 years, since Notes from a Small Island came out

23/10/2015

:)

19/10/2015

Americans, Your Presidential Election Is Nuts!

As a Brit, I came, I saw and I’m befuddled.