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Fish and Chips York
3 Reviews Britains most popular hot take away meal is Fish and Chips. This tasty combination is usually eaten with salt and vinegar; in Scotland sometimes with a special brown sauce. The favourite fish is Cod,...
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Pronunciation Oxford
3 Reviews Oxford has some intuition-defying pronunciations. If you really want to sound like a native you'll have to say Bay-lee-ill for Balliol (college), Bod-lee-inn for Bodleian (library), Maud-Lynn for...
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Geordie - language Newcastle upon Tyne
10 Reviews Perhaps more than any other in the country, the Geordie dialect can seem impenetrable to a non-Geordie, (a Geordie being a native of Newcastle). The differences between this and standard English...
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English Pubs York
2 Reviews While people generally know pubs because of the beer, they are inexpensive places to eat. There is an asociation called CAMRA who works to preserve old pubs and after buying their guide I visited...
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May Day Oxford
4 Reviews May Morning is one of Oxford's most popular celebrations. Very many Oxonians (and tourists) party the whole night through only to gather on Magdalen Bridge at the unchristian time of 5.30am. The...
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girls...girls...girls Newcastle upon Tyne
2 Reviews You may notice when you visit Newcastle that there is the occasional coat shop....This is for Tourists only who think Newcastle is cold.... All year round in Newcastle on a night time you will see...
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Punting Oxford
1 Review Punting is a very popular passtime, particularly in the summer. I think punting is exclusive to Oxford & Cambridge - I've never seen it elsewhere. It's a lot more difficult than it looks - have a look...
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beer...beer..beer Newcastle upon Tyne
5 Reviews Newcastle Brown Ale is the best known beer from Newcastle. It's been brewed in the city since the 1920s and it's famous blue star logo has been there since the start. It’s available on draught, in...
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Rowing Oxford
1 Review Rowing is one of the most popular sports at Oxford, and amongst the colleges the competition is fierce. Whilst the drawbacks of rowing are all too obvious - early starts at 6am, training 7 days a...
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And for dessert: Puddings have been traditional fare for some time... Often with strange names.... among them Spotted Dick, Jam Roly, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Apple/Rhubarb Crumble (my favourite!) ...all accompanied well with Custard - a thick yellow vanilla milk-based sauce how about a visit to the Pudding Club?
For those Americans on their first time out of the U.S., a big difference you will find when dining is the waiters will not be rushing you away from their tables by giving you the check immediately -- or ever, until you ask for it. You will be sitting forever if you don't request the check. And for Europeans coming to the U.S., expect the check to be shoved at you any time from when your food first arrives till you say you've had enough, depending on the quality of the restaurant, but don't feel like you have to leave -- just a difference in the custom.
they call the hood of the car the bonnett the underwear is nickers, 20 bucks is 20 "quid" the seat of your pants is the gussett redheads are "gingers"they have a metro stop called "cockfoster" haha it's good stuff
Yes, one of the things that England is special about is their local Ale's beers. For someone who comes from the Lager/Pilsner culture it might be hard to live with that, but I like to try different things and have different tastes from time to time.
Well, at list in England I was expecting everyone to speak and understand English, in general, but it seems not so, the world and England as well are dynamic and languages are changing all the time, also English might disappear from earth one day.
You cannot go to a British seaside resort without having a 99 flake ice cream. In fact, you can't spend a summer in Britain without having a 99 flake ice cream. It's a rule.Nobody seems to know where the name came from, but the 99 flake ice cream basically is an ice cream cone with a chocolate flake stuck on top of it. Strawberry sauce is an optional extra.Often sold from colourful ice cream vans.
England has a mild climate - it doesn't get too cold in winter, but it also rarely gets really hot in summer.That doesn't stop the English from donning their flip flops and sundresses as soon as the first rays of sun come out in February though! The rule seems to be: if the sun is shining, it must be summer. Hence we will wear our summer clothes, even if the temperature is close to zero.To undermine my thesis, here is a quote from a recent detective novel featuring a student from South America who has just arrived in Oxford:'It was the beginning of April but I was glad I'd kept my coat on: there was an icy, cutting wind, and the pallid sun wasn't much help. Even so, I noticed that almost everyone at the fair occupying the square, as well as the Pakistani driver who opened his taxi door for me, was in short sleeves. [...] as we drove off I asked if he wasn't cold. "Oh no, it's spring",...
Walking around London and other English cities you are certain to notice many of these blue plaques on the walls of the buildings – some quite ordinary looking, others obviously grand and historical. These indicate that someone of note once lived in the building, or in another building on the same site. This could be somebody really famous, or simply a person notable in their field, so don’t expect always to have heard of them. But it’s fun to look out for the names and dates, and visualise what the building and its surroundings would have been like in their day, and it’s exciting when you do come across someone really famous, perhaps even one of your own heroes.The unveiling of a new plaque is often marked by a small ceremony, where a cord is pulled open curtains to reveal the plaque for the first time. The occasion is usually marked by speeches about the person or event commemorated...
Sooner or later on a trip to England you are likely to find yourself in a pub – or you certainly should do if you want to experience one of the great British traditions. I thought it would be helpful to provide some tips on how to fit in like a local. Firstly, you need to know that you have to go to the bar to order your drinks. Pease don’t sit at a table and wait to be served – you’ll get very thirsty and frustrated! Secondly, you will have to pay for your drinks as you order them, unlike the European system of keeping a tab and adding it all up at the end of the evening. The exception to this are the smarter “gastro-pubs” where the emphasis is more on eating and where you may be asked if you’d like to put the drinks on a tab to pay with the food bill at the end of your meal.If you’re with a group of people, it’s common practice to buy drinks in rounds. Each person takes it in turns to...
Whoever made fun of the British cuisine did not try a traditional Sunday Roast.Although the homemade ones are arguably the best, you can get roasts in most pubs on a Sunday. Some of them do excellent carvery buffets.Essentially, a Sunday roast consists of:a) Meat: Either roast beef, gammon ham or turkeyb) Yorkshire puddingc) Stuffingd) Veg: Roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, carrots, cauliflower cheese, peas, suede, cabbage (or a selection of these)e) A plethora of sauces etc: gravy (to go with the Yorkshire pudding), cranberry sauce (to go with the turkey), mustard, apple sauce, ...
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1067 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
Radisson Edwardian Manchester Manchester
4 Reviews and 929 Opinions I had a great time there. Stayed due to business 4 nights in the hotel. Staff was great, friendly...
Guy Fawkes Inn York
4 Reviews and 233 Opinions We went to the pub new years gay. I ordered the fish and chips and found a lump of metal in the...
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Q: Hi! We r planning to go Paris from London on 16th June Saturday by eurostar. We r planning to stay at L'Elysee Val D'Europe hotel...
A: Lookin on google maps I notice that the L'Elysee Val d'Europe is basically sitting on top of a railway station. It's not the station where the Eurostar stops, but that is...
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