same, same but different

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Such a great feeling to be able to retreat to the Price Palace!!!!

Washing all caught up on, actually used the clothes line yesterday!

We saw The hunger games today, pretty long and ok. On our way home we were talking about differences between home and here.

1. People park in any direction on both sides of the road- very strange, you don't know which way cars are going.

2. People NEVER use a rubbish or garbage bin, they just drop the wrapper/rubbish on the ground - street and front yards are full of chip or chocolate wrappers. Rubbish is everywhere.

3. They don't make very good lollies, though they do GREAT chocolate

4. Their papers are AMAZING, newspapers rule in the UK. every week you get to buy one of the latest new releases for 2.99 pounds.

5. you get to buy two new release books for 7 pounds at Tescos! (can you see a theme here?).

6. soccer and pony mags rule - according to Coops and Kasey.

7.Beer is cheap, 12 375ml bottles of Carling for 5.00 pounds. wine not so cheap, but there's always 3 litres of Cider for 1.53 pounds!

8. In a pub (note this one is for you Scotty), you hve three options, you can buy a taste, a drink or a share (a whole bottle) love the idea of the taste, it'sabout 1/2 the size and price of a normal glass, great selling point.

9. also for Scotty, creches for husbands - yes ladies, just drop the husband/significant other at the pub and they will look after them while you shop. Have attached the photo from "The Liverpool" at Liverpool, maybe Janey and Scotty can make their fortune from this.

10. A lot of women in Dublin and Liverpool are ompalompas, I mean they're orange from spray tans gone wrong, very few young english roses!!!!!

11. Spitting, so many people spit all over the streets,muc more tha nat home and no-one blinks. So disgusting.

12. leedisms, the words to use are "yi ya!" in place of hello. In Manchester you add darling or my darling on the end of your sentence. For example, can I help you, my darlinG or that's 2 pound my darling. It really punctuates every sentence fro some people.



Got a call from the police today, some how I'd diallled 999 and they called me back - not sure what I'd done but did apologise!

Lots of work to be done for the next leg of the trip, still figuring out Prague (which is always highly recommended) and Vienna. Lots of options and am happy to go with trip advisor given our experiences so far, still takes lots of emails and follow up so cross your fingers for us. I'm sure our good luck has something to do with Joanies (Anges mum) thoughts and prayers!

Am finishing off our payments to crusie lines and Disney world, have a great US travel agent specialising in Disney, she's made things easy for us, if you want her details let me know!!!

Am starting to sort and throw away things, already too much clutter - maybe I'll come back a changed woman!!, clutter free. Have already decided on my knew carpet. Will be sending stuff home next week as we start to move in to spring, am tempted to buy up at Primark but will restrain myself, just not enough room in the bags.

This means quite a few post packs full of maps and assorted bits and pieces we've picked up are beig sent home. Greg is even sendIng home his lords cap and shirt - doesn't want them ruined by my washing techniques.

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[Janey]

Can't blame Greg
We all know you can't hang anything on the line properly....Lady Di has pride of place on the fridge xx