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Great Britain and England are not the same thing

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vhcat70

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BigTyrone said:
I had a lot of good beer in England, but the food was shockingly bland other than the curry houses. It's amazing how little flavor almost everything had.

The food was better in France, but Paris was dirtier than Cleveland (seriously, it was just filthy) and I find French culture kind of obnoxious in general. I wouldn't mind hitting the southern riviera, but have no desire to go to the Cleveland of France again.


The Czech Republic and Italy - that's where it's at. I even prefer Hungary to France.


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Lived in England for a winter. Decided to try a Mexican place - few & far between there. The waitress - American - asked me how I liked the food & I said it had little taste, no fire. She smiled & said when they started with regular Tex Mex heat the Brits hated it & they dialed it way back.

Also, they don't have jalapenos. They have Ja-lap'-a-nose.

I have a different/better take on Paris & France. Been around most all of it. Loire Valley is quite nice imo,

Italy first. Spain nearly as good. UK fine too. Prague was nice but spent little time there. I know others will disagree, but Ireland was the dullest/plainest place over there for me.
 
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vhcat70 said:
Lived in England for a winter. Decided to try a Mexican place - few & far between there. The waitress - American - asked me how I liked the food & I said it had little taste, no fire. She smiled & said when they started with regular Tex Mex heat the Brits hated it & they dialed it way back.

Also, they don't have jalapenos. They have Ja-lap'-a-nose.

I have a different/better take on Paris & France. Been around most all of it. Loire Valley is quite nice imo,

Italy first. Spain nearly as good. UK fine too. Prague was nice but spent little time there. I know others will disagree, but Ireland was the dullest/plainest place over there for me.
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< - - - Spent around 3 months total in UK between 1984-2010.

Great folks outside London. Love Scotland outside Glasgow and Edinboro. Scapa Flow rocks. Nice times in Wales, Devon and Penzance. Heavy into scuba diving during 80s. Gonna definitely hit up Shetlands someday. Southwest England offers awesome experiences. Ran into some fine folks when I considered purchasing a mobile home lot near Felixstowe back in 2010.

Taxes are killer in all locales. Weather ain't that bad. Amazing history, but good reasons for so many Brit ex-pats here and on the continent.

Here's me scuba diving near Holyhead, Wales, August, 1984. Made the picture for a close German friend who owned a Gasthaus named Zur Linde ("To the Limetree")

 
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On the London food thing.. other than Indian food there which was bomb *** awesome the other stuff was low currency when it came to flavor (did eat at an Italian place near Grosvenor park that was really good and a decent Chinese joint) . The English palette is bland best I can tell. Paris…I’m not sure you can find bad food.
 
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Glenn's take said:
I was watching the Open Championship today and mom asked where they were playing. I said Scotland and she asked why they were playing the British Open in Scotland. That's when I explained that England and Great Britain aren't the same thing.
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When England and Scotland play against each other in sports, who does Captain Britain cheer for?

 
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Hank Camacho said:
I will accept this if you practice dentistry or love baked beans and tomatoes for breakfast. Otherwise, I stand by my take that it is a bland, uninteresting country full of blather.
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Hey, don't criticize baked beans and eggs for breakfast. That and English sausage is a good breakfast. If only they would learn to cook bacon till it's done.
 
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