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Winter Tourism, Volume One: Tropical World, Leeds

By NancyD | Published: January 11, 2010
One of the things that many American visitors dream of when they visit the UK is seeing castles, stately manor homes, and other such pieces of antiquity that just aren’t available in our young country.  I remember being amazed when I looked down at where I was standing in Westminster Abbey and seeing a date [...]
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Number Eleven for Christmas in Yorkshire

By NancyD | Published: December 21, 2009
I work in retail (in a mall) and my store is a bus and two trains away. The other day I was working and had popped down to the food court in the mall for some lunch, when I was treated to some lovely Christmas carols performed by a brass band set up by the [...]
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Top Ten Interesting and Fun Things about Christmas in the UK

By NancyD | Published: December 11, 2009
Disclaimer:  Unlike most “Top Ten” lists, this one is in no particular order and draws its results from nothing more than this ex-pat’s experience of her first Christmas season in the UK.  Do with as you will. 10. Christmas adverts on the television. Starting in about late September, there were “holiday” adverts on the television.  [...]
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Thanksgiving in Yorkshire

By NancyD | Published: December 3, 2009
My sister-in-law (married to my husband’s brother) and I are both American, and this year we threw a Thanksgiving feast for our English inlaws.  Should you ever find yourself in the UK on Thanksgiving and decide that a turkey dinner can’t be THAT difficult…well, it can be done, but it’s a bit tricky. We planned [...]
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