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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I've lived in different European countries for more than 10 years, and yeah, it is very difficult to adjust to a new country sometimes. And yes, I agree with your assessments of UK. The thing that has always eased my adjustment period to a new country in Europe is taking advantage of the opportunities that being an expat allows: take a cheap flight to another European capital for a weekend. Do it once a month, to a new city/country each month. I love this aspect of expat living, and it does help: it gives you something to look forward to, and makes your everyday experience in your new "new" country feel more like a temporary holiday that has that specialness to what would otherwise be annoyances. And in UK, take a weekend trip up into the Highlands. Stay somewhere rustic with one of those big old fireplaces that were made (and used) to roast a whole deer/ox hundreds of years ago. Hike the moors or crags or see the lochs. Take a weekend jaunt to Liverpool. People in the North are warm and friendly compared to the South, but Liverpool is a perfect weekend jaunt because its city center is so tiny, and you can also go see the Cavern Club one night and dance to a Beatles cover band that looks just like them (sounds cheesy, but isn't). Bronte country! Again, up North, so nice people, but if you are a reader, then reread Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, and then their parsonage, which is now a museum. Walk the heath-splashed moors. Spend time in the village. Oxford! If you have kids, take them there and do the Alice tours. Go to Alice's Shoppe, which is Wonderland themed and great, and apparently used to be the sweet shop where the real Alice would have gone for her lemon drops. And Oxford town is so lovely and quaint, and you can walk around for a weekend. Do a river tour while you're there. And then take a day trip to Stratford from Oxford, visit the Globe, and see a Shakespeare performance. Shopping in London! Herrods! John Lewis! Debenhams! But of course there are department stores everywhere, so be sure to check out the purely British perfumery shop Penhaligon's, which is a lovely Victorian-looking shop that still stocks Princess Diana's fave, Bluebell. (I prefer Malabah, but you ca spend the day in there sampling their scents, many of which have not changed since the Victorian recipes). And go to the Alex Monroe jewelry shop i London: so charming, and yes, the golden bumblebee necklace is "naff", but I love mine and wear it anyway. But for weekends away, it is soooo easy to do so many other European capitals, and you will never have that chance/experience again when/if you move "home" from Europe. If I knew you, we could exchange emails and I would invite you for a meetup in another random Euro capital with some of my other expat friends: we plan and enjoy these together frequently. [/quote]
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