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don simon - MemberPretty depressing really, I'd love to be working 9-5 under Euro rules, going home to a Villa to sip Rioja in the sun while Jnr's in bed.
Or is that not what really happens in the likes of Spain/South of France? (waits for illusions to be shattered).
It really is quite a beautiful dream, isn't it? (Try looking at it another way, the same s**t with sunshine. How much do you value sunshine?).
Its a good point. My wife's west indian so we looked to move to the carribean.
The plus points, 9-5, sun & beaches in the evening & weekend.
The minus points, a pittance of a salary, vastly reduced quality of life, and almost impossibloe to save up to return to the UK (unless you had funds to saved in the UK.
An example - average salary over there £7k per annum. House prices - same as here. Petrol - same as here. Imported Cornflakes, £6 per box.
So yes, how important is the sundshine indeed...... :0/
things i miss about UK---
- the humo[b]u[/b]r
- carpets
- beer
- bacon
- eye contact[b] (not on the tube)[/b]
- not being the random foreigner who speaks the local lingo like a toddler[b] (unless you're in Glasgow or mid-Wales)[/b]
- friendly women (if not so easy on the eye) [b]Essex, yes?[/b]
- semiskimmed milk
- good coffee
- better bus drivers
- hills and country pubs and cafes
- village centresthat's all for now
FTFY. 😉
Its a good point. My wife's west indian so we looked to move to the carribean.The plus points, 9-5, sun & beaches in the evening & weekend.
The minus points, a pittance of a salary, vastly reduced quality of life, and almost impossibloe to save up to return to the UK (unless you had funds to saved in the UK.
An example - average salary over there £7k per annum. House prices - same as here. Petrol - same as here. Imported Cornflakes, £6 per box.
So yes, how important is the sundshine indeed...... :0/
Lived overseas for three years, including the West Indies. I loved WI, but wouldn't want to live there permanently. Similarly, I loved coming home, but usually wanted to go away again within a few days. As it is, I don't see myself living in the UK for the rest of my life despite the huge amount of positives that go with it.
I left the UK for Sweden 8 years ago and have no intention to head back anytime soon. However this is more to do with changes in personal/family situation than any deep hatred for the UK.
I miss the South Downs, my memories are exactly the same as those depicted so brilliantly in the Mint Source cartoons.
I miss the idea of having a local pub, despite the fact I would hardly ever use one, however the thought of having a local is nice.
Taxi driver who know where they are and where you want to go, and how to get there.
The earning potential.
I had the opportunity to live in Oz ,which I dearly love.
Figured that I would spend all my holiday and money visiting UK.
Plus I always felt like I was staying at someone elses house. I was busting to have a good old moan about something but couldn't as I could have rightly been told," if you don't like it f..k off".
Best things about England - 200 Miles away you can be somewhere completely different, the milk,good trail network,the BBC,the weather..not too hot, not too cold and its my home.
Hi Juan! 🙂
I've not lived overseas, but I've been to enough places to know that I could never leave England (And I do mean England, not the ) forever. Maybe a year or two, yes, it would be silly not to. But I couldn't leave the country I love and only come home for holidays. That would be wrong. I couldn't live in Australia if you paid me a billion quid though.
The news and politics don't concern me, I just ignore them, but the people, the places, the food (Yes. The food) the variety, and the overall 'rightness' of England does it for me. It's my home, and for all it's faults, I love it.
Different places have different faults, I just prefer English faults to foreign ones.
There is nothing I've ever experienced anywhere like an English summers day in the countryside. Not even close. 🙂
There is nothing I've ever experienced anywhere like an English summers day in the countryside. Not even close.
What about a Welsh summers day? 😉
To be fair I'll take english and scotish summer day anytime...
No.
Lived in Oz and Canada. Never missed the uk in those 2 years. Bits I miss of Oz but the benefits of the UK outweigh the drawbacks. But if I had to live in a city it would be Sydney, Melbourne or Vancouver.