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Things you miss when you are abroad

thai malaysia addick
thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,392
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I'm returning from a three week tour of Asia on business. Two things I have missed badly: a pint of bitter and a proper sausage sarnie.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,634
    Home
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,591
    When I got back from travelling Europe and Asia, the first thing I wanted was a decent cup of tea and a bacon sandwich.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Your own kharsi
  • CAFCdamo
    CAFCdamo Posts: 1,692
    Living and working abroad I really miss Tesco and Sainsburys meal deals. Just so convenient and such a wide variety.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,857
    I live abroad. The things I miss the most are an English pint and sitting in an English pub drinking it, a good old English fry up and good fish and chips.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,177
    When I first moved out here, I would have said, the BBC, M&S food, decent English ale such as Bishops Finger. To my continuing amazement they are all here in my house now.

    I still miss the way British people smile when encountering a stranger to put them at ease. I miss the shy friendliness of people working in British shops and other services. And the humour; it's what draws me to CL, to get a fix of it.
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,401
    I would say the humour. Bermuda carries little British TV and I can't be doing with ex-pat TV and the constant buffering. So certain TV progs, although you can download almost anything.

    Other than that - mates, family, the pub, and Charlton. Although being 4,000 miles away does have it's bonuses!
  • jamescafc
    jamescafc Posts: 1,832
    No one has said British women
  • ChiAddick
    ChiAddick Posts: 1,781
    When I lived in Spain I couldn't find a decent consistent curry house anywhere.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,634
    My last job involved spending circa 10 days a month abroad. My new job is UK based and is so nice knowing I'll be home pretty much every night. When I switched, my daughter said to me "daddy, I'm glad you won't be going away all the time but it does mean I won't get as many presents when you get home"

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  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,058
    Gotta be a decent cup of tea. I spent a few months in south America... All those cows and the milk was all uht, it was all lipton yellow label... And in brazil they put sugar in everything without asking you. When I had a cuppa in new Zealand (which is basically England in the 80s) with fresh milk... Pg tips... I actually groaned.
  • stevec
    stevec Posts: 1,144
    Been living in France or 10 years so.... HP sauce, Jacobs cream crackers and Crunchie bars.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    edited March 2016
    A decent cuppa & a crap on your own bog.
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    No one said the weather yet?
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,206
    Twiglets.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Going to a cash machine and being able to withdraw money without the bank skimming some of my money for themselves.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,015
    Proper vegetables. Nobody does veg like us.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,983
    English pubs and ale

    The joy a sunny day creates here, nowhere else in the world has that communal feeling of happiness that the first warm(ish) day of the year can deliver here!
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    CAFCdamo said:

    Living and working abroad I really miss Tesco and Sainsburys meal deals. Just so convenient and such a wide variety.

    The £7.50 meal deal at the Valley.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,377
    Marmite on crumpets or decent cheese on crumpets or just plain crumpets with butter.

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  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Watching British football at a decent hour....
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,426
    My dogs, although the kennels post updates while we are away on FB.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Southeastern Trains.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,449
    Public Realm. Foreign streets are always dirty, have shite pavements and limited street lighting. Cafes put seats out in the street, drains are exposed and there is generally little interest in making streets look nice.

    We're great at that in the UK - even in places that are not important.

  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    People speaking proper English.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,591
    smudge7946 said:

    People speaking proper English.

    Unfortunately I miss this in England a lot as well these days.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    I just miss it all to be honest, its home. I've tried adopting an Aussie team here but its not the same and after 5 years here I've given up. I hate the falseness and hype of mundane shit we get here, they are the kings of making something ordinary sound extraordinary. The upside is the weather and having a great Mrs and a beautiful home.....but ask me if Id come home tomorrow.....
  • addick2000
    addick2000 Posts: 346
    Fish and chips
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,967
    HP.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Vicki McClure.

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