Saturday, January 10, 2009

20 Things I Miss About England...

1. Gaining one hour upon my arrival


2. The BBC, keeping up with Eastenders

3. Pub lunches and ales

4. Savoury pies (Sweeny Todd's in Reading)

5. Mr. Cod


6. Stone churches




7. Overly polite strangers


8. Tea with scones, clotted cream, and jam



9. Thames walking paths





10. London and it's Eye





11. The atrium pub where Christmas exploded and where Maggie and I had wine


12. Pub names like "Pavlov's Dog," "Great Expectations," and "the Hobgoblin"


13. Speaking English


14. Seeing James Bond in English at the cinema


15. Restaurants of all ethnicities


16. Cozy fireplaces, cushy chairs, and hot drinks after a long walk




17. Green grass during winter


18. Tiny English robins



19. The Globe Theatre



20. And above all, my friends there...

5 comments:

jeremy said...

baratokom.

:-)

Anonymous said...

Is the Hobgoblin in Oxford?

Anonymous said...

What about all our glorious sunshine and cute accents?

Elaine Saunders
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Kat said...

The Hobgoblin that I'm referring to was in Reading, but it's very likely that there'd be more than one :-) It sounds like somewhere those Harry Potter kids would go for butter beer...

Kat said...

The accents and vocabulary are wonderful :-) Those would be 21 and 22...