We didn’t do much on our last day in Bologna as we had a midday flight and Chris’s parents wanted to get to the airport nice and early. We just had breakfast and went out for one more coffee as…
Minor Differences: EU Flags in Italy
A telling minor difference between the UK and Italy is that virtually every time we saw an Italian flag, an EU flag was next to it and flown at the same height. In the five years I lived in England,…
Fish ‘n’ Chips
As most people know, fish ‘n’ chips are popular in the UK. Chris has only tried them in the US on a few occasions, but found it to be quite dissimilar. His parents’ neighborhood happens to have an excellent chip…
England via New York
For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…
Minor Differences: Bread and Cheese
A common complaint of the British when visiting the US is that the bread and the cheese are terrible. British people I have spoken to often seem to think most American cheese is that really processed rubbery stuff or at…
Flight to Phoenix
We have made it Arizona and our flights were actually better than expected. We have flown with Delta before (usually at Christmas) and had only previously had horrible flights with them, but both were fine, despite one of our two flights being the…
A Proper British Curry
Chris’s sister gave us some vouchers for one of the best curry houses in the Slough area, the Akash, so it gave us an excuse to go out for one more curry before we left. They do especially nice…
A HiJenx New Year
Due to the immense amount of socializing we did in Brighton, we were quite happy to stay in on New Year’s Eve. I also must admit, we don’t have much of a record of going out on New Year’s Eve…
Holiday in Brighton, England: Part 3
We woke up to weak sunlight, but some sun in England in December is always good. This is one of Brighton’s two piers, the one that burned down in 2003, but as it’s in the middle of the water, they just…
A HiJenx Christmas
We have done all of our Christmases now. We did one in Wisconsin before we left with my parents, sister and brother-in-law, which was similar to part of what we did the other years we went to the US. We…