Extraordinarily Loyal Is The Elite

davemorton

Well that was disappointing Savvy, I expected more from that.

zagubov

purpledonkey wrote: »

:beer: thanks. We're planning to stay with a friend on the border of Renfrew/Glasgow. So far we've only planned a pub crawl :rotfl:

I find Americans aren't impressed much by mountains and lakes and forests, as trhier landscape's much more varied than ours. They find European cityscapes and castles etc. are pretty interesting, as US cities are often a bit more samey than European ones. If you're meeting in London see if you can track down the plaque where the old Texas embassy was

It always tickles them that Texas used to have embassies in Washington, London and Paris.

Torbrex kindly put a map on his thread showing the route they took around all the castles.

Your US pal may find that Glasgow or Edinburgh's grid pattern minds them of the layout of US city centres. Feel free to point out it's the other way round. .

Savvybuyer

davemorton wrote: »

Well that was disappointing Savvy, I expected more from that.

So did I. Can't find the full length, unaltered-lyrics version. Perhaps you can? Perhaps you can assist?:rotfl:

Anon

3V seem to work okay on T Direct ...

HTH

Anon

davemorton

Very interesting link Zag, I might have to look that square up if I remember next time I am down south.

Savvybuyer wrote: »

So did I. Can't find the full length, unaltered-lyrics version. Perhaps you can? Perhaps you can assist?:rotfl:

I wasn't looking for the rude words, it was more the naked bodies you promised me

Anyway, bed for me, night all.

aau1

davemorton wrote: »

Sleep well. (I hope AAu lets me follow him up the stairs ) :eek:

I'm just going now so it looks like it's the other way around :eek:

purpledonkey

zagubov wrote: »

I find Americans aren't impressed much by mountains and lakes and forests, as trhier landscape's much more varied than ours. They find European cityscapes and castles etc. are pretty interesting, as US cities are often a bit more samey than European ones. If you're meeting in London see if you can track down the plaque where the old Texas embassy was

It always tickles them that Texas used to have embassies in Washington, London and Paris.

Torbrex kindly put a map on his thread showing the route they took around all the castles.

Your US pal may find that Glasgow or Edinburgh's grid pattern minds them of the layout of US city centres. Feel free to point out it's the other way round. .

:beer: ta. She's not the typical American and loves all the landscapes. We're kind of castled out after our Wales trip last time she was here (via the Forest of Dean/Snowdonia and a lovely 3 hour wait on the M1 because of a crash ). To be honest we're the same regarding travelling, we ignore all the tourist stuff and live like locals. Also she's very much looking forward to penny bargain hunting :rotfl:

Edit: We'll be in London most of the time as she's staying at mine and I'm planning to drive her over to Bruges for the day as she can't quite understand the Eurotunnel and the concept of driving onto a train.

purpledonkey

aau1 wrote: »

I'm just going now so it looks like it's the other way around :eek:

Awww don't go. Don't fancy icing a cake for me do you? I've made the cake but can't be arsed to ice it now!*

*not a euphemism

Sir_Dodgy

aau1 wrote: »

Do you use cashback apps?

Yes I do.

purpledonkey

zagubov wrote: »

When soon-to-be-Mrs Zag lived over there I used to take the train to Boston and to New York regularly. Trains are incredibly basic over there. It's a little bit weird, as if like finding that the space shuttle's got a rotary-dial telephone in it (which it doesn't!).

In New Orleans there were streetcars, and San Francisco had trams and an underground. Most US cities didn't seem to have anything much like that though. Taking her to an Indian restaurant's probably a good idea; the portions are more like US -sized but make sure she has something mild (Tindaloo/Zalfrezi/Madras/Vindaloo are probably too hot)
Enjoy!

Good night :wave:

We have a favourite curry house we order from when she's here. I've been to all those places you mentioned, most of them with her actually The only thing I have be careful of is in the past she had an eating disorder and sometimes being around a huge amount of food can be difficult, but she's come along way since then, but I'm still mindful in case something triggers.

Night Zag :wave: