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Winter Tourism, Volume Two: National Media Museum, Bradford

By NancyD | Published: January 13, 2010
Welcome to another brisk and ever-so-slightly treacherous day in the UK! The weather here in West Yorkshire and, indeed, over most of the country is cold, icy, and threatening more of the same for the rest of the week. I’m in fact home today because without a car, it was just too dangerous [...]
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“Why Cant They Use £&@# Dollars!”

By Dave | Published: January 9, 2010
The title of this post was the frustrated rant a dear friend once used in King’s Cross station. He’d flown all night without sleeping, got confused by The Tube, and was hungry and thirsty. We had a few minutes before our train for him to grab a snack so he walked up to [...]
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What’s the Weather Like, Again?

By Dave | Published: January 9, 2010
So we’re sitting here in our own little cold snap in the southern United States.  This next week brings our vacation to (what else?) Old Blighty.  And while every time we check the departure status of our plane, it looks like its still on, news sources tell us that it is hit-or-miss at best when [...]
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Right, so that’s how much “American?”

By NancyD | Published: January 5, 2010
In thinking about Dave and his family’s upcoming trip to the UK, I started thinking about the things that might be helpful to know in terms of conversions – clothing/shoe sizes, money, temperature, etc. I’d also like to share some of the helpful online converters I’ve bookmarked in my nine months living here. First, let’s [...]
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