England

I’m in London, England for business this week.
This is my first trip to Great Britain and here are my initial thoughts.

  • You don’t use Euros in England, you need pounds.
  • There aren’t many TV channels.
  • What is called a Milky Way here is really a Three Musketeers.

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    14 thoughts on “England”

    1. Good for you, Mike.
      Here is an essential part of understanding the English psyche:
      1. Go to a market and buy a roll of McVitties Plain Chocolate Digestive Biscuits. They don’t cost much (about 99 p for a huge tube-shaped packet). Plain Chocolate means bittersweet. They also come in Milk Chocolate, but the Plain taste better, IMHO.
      2. Get yourself a nice cuppa tea. This should be easy.
      3. Dunk a biscuit into the tea and swirl just long enough to melt the chocolate a bit. Not too long or you end up with a cup of oat biscuit sludge ad the bottom of the cup. Delicious, but not optimal.
      4. Eat.
      5. Repeat until all 40 or so biscuits are gone. Then buy a bunch more and bring them back for the girls.
      June’s family brings me suitcases full of McVitties every time they come over to visit us.
      Cheerio!
      K

    3. Ken’s got the right idea, follow his advice!
      I’m so jealous! Wish I was there enjoying England in spring.
      Take lots of photos!

    4. I would hope that many pictures are forthcoming. Lots of good photos of that nasty British cuisine would be bloody smashing with a kipper spanner.

    5. If you get a chance you really need to go have dinner at Rules. From their web site: “Rules was established by Thomas Rule in 1798 making it the oldest restaurant in London. It serves traditional British food, specialising in classic game cookery, oysters, pies and puddings.”
      The Prime Rib is amazing!!!!
      http://www.rules.co.uk

    8. You’ll be broke soon. I live in London and it’s an expensive bastard.
      Try and get around without the Tube – all the best bits are a stroll in the opposite direction from all the crowds anyway.
      The best place for a cuppa and a bite to eat (and cheap too) is the New Piccadilly:
      http://www.urban75.org/london/piccadilly.html
      Is the hot/cold/hot weather driving you nuts yet?

    9. This relates your confiscated knives post and Great Britain: British doctors want to outlaw kitchen knives – http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158032,00.html. “Reaction from professional chefs in Britain was less than enthusiastic.”
      BTW, I completely agree on the first poster’s comment: McVitties Plain Chocolate Digestive Biscuits and tea is the *only* way to go. Bring back some McVitties for me too please. Oh and some Cadbury’s chocolate while you’re at it.

    11. Yikes! Comment spam in the Cruftbox. The world is spinning off its axis with Michael out of the country. Make it stop! Make it stop!

    12. One would think that a trip to Europe would make for some serious blogging on the part of our host. Or at least a mega-stream of interesting photos.
      Seems not.

    14. my only experience with the British is my sister-in-law. She eats this salty beef-stock paste on toast. My god, is it disgusting. And hot tea with milk. (the sound of me wretching…)

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