Friday, December 11, 2015

A few fun things we've learned or noticed along the way:

There are different cars in the UK and Europe than in the US and Canada. Most of them are smaller, and there are a lot of Mini Coopers and Fiats in the UK! There are NO Suburban's there. Our Suburban looked like a beast to us when we came home to it! And there are very few pick-up trucks over there. I think I saw a total of 10 of them! (Yes, we started counting.)

Most of the homes are townhomes, duplexes or apartments, with small yards. Now we understand why our friends from England say that everything is so big, when they come over here! 
There are also a lot fewer restaurants there, fast food or dine in.

English people don't like to mix "types" of food in a meal. They want their savory food, and then after that, they're okay with sweet food. So you would never serve a fruit salad or banana bread with dinner, (which they call tea).

Some new things that we experienced:
Driving on the "wrong" side of the road.
Hanging laundry out to dry, and in Scotland having it still feel damp 2 days later! (We used the hair dryer to finally get it dry.)
Everyone in the UK greets each other with "Are you alright?", instead of "How are you?" It was a little awkward to know how to respond at first.
Playing "Careers", the board game at our Scotland apartment. The kids had never played it before.

New yummy foods: 
Shawarma
Halloumi - grilled Greek cheese w/ herbs. Thickly slice and then grill under the broiler. 
Vegetable swede. Like turnips. Can steam and then mash coarsely with steamed carrots. 
Dinner crepes
Belgian waffles - authentic ones
Kebabs

Different phrases and words:
Tea time - dinner
Jumpers - sweaters
Lorries - semi-trucks
Wellingtons - boots
To let - to rent out (as in rent out a house)
Boot of the car - trunk
Queue - line (as in "the queue begins here for entrance to the event")
Double carriage - 2 lane road
Emergency Layby - pronounced lay by, emergency pull-out on the side of the freeway
Satnav - GPS
Courgettes - zucchini
Diary - daily planner
Profiteroles - cream puffs w/chocolate topping 
Chips - fries
Crisps - potato chips

And lastly, Tyler created a family Bingo game with things that went on throughout our trip! 

Family Bingo-Da-Dingo
Each of these would be in a square on a Bingo card:
Dad says "Stupid thing." (When frustrated with something.)
Mom says "Give me your phone." (When one of the kids are in trouble.)
Josh goes "Puh."
Tyler fixes his hair.
Janae gets her phone taken away.
Dad gets on Pac Man.
Dad talks about how many steps we've taken.
Mom pretends to hit somebody.
Tyler shrugs.
Anyone references a movie.
Tyler makes a random statement.
Dad says "Piece of crap."
Someone impersonates Golem.
Josh makes random faces.
Mom/Dad talks about Josh/Janae's school.
Tyler/Josh start rough housing.
Janae starts rough housing with Josh.
Dad says "Stop" to Janae/Josh.
We get a new rental car.
Someone asks about playing their music in the car.
Someone tells Janae to use headphones.

Mom goes the wrong way, trying to follow the Sat-Nav.
Dad says we're going the wrong way.
Someone tells Josh to "Hurry up" or to "Catch up."
Janae brings up WiFi, "Is there WIFI here?" "There's free WIFI here!!".
Dad says "Sausage roll" or "Fish n Chips".
Josh plays with an umbrella.
An umbrella gets broken or lost.
Someone impersonates Uncle Mick.
Someone does an English accent.
Someone lists everywhere we've been.
Someone says "What the crap is this??"

Tyler trips up the stairs.
Someone says, "Not me!" In an English accent.
Someone yells, "Scotland!"


Oh, such good times!!!

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