Yanks in the UK https://yanksintheuk.net A blog about Kurt & Lynnette's adventures living abroad Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:09:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/07/shakespeares-stratford-upon-avon/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/07/shakespeares-stratford-upon-avon/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:05:13 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=811 Those wits, that think they have thee, do very oft prove fools. And I, that am sure I lack thee, may pass for a wise man. For what says Quinapalus? ‘Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.’ Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5 We could credit Shakespeare for bringing us together. We met online …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/07/shakespeares-stratford-upon-avon/feed/ 1 London Street Art and Books https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/04/london-street-art-and-books/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/04/london-street-art-and-books/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:00:11 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=790 Want to maximize your time in London and get off the beaten path to see London as few tourists do? Take a stroll along Regent’s Canal and see a truly unique bookstore, street art, a one-of-a-kind park, Victorian-era structures, canal boats, and locks and iconic Camden Market. London’s a big city and it’s impossible to …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/04/london-street-art-and-books/feed/ 1 Walking with Jane Austen https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/04/walking-with-jane-austen/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:58:50 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=671 I started walking with Jane Austen when I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time at nine. We were staying at my grandmother’s house, and there was a bookcase of classic books in the room I was staying in. During that visit, I read a few of them. The two that I still remember …

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]]> Jane Austen’s Bath https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/02/jane-austens-bath/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/02/jane-austens-bath/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:31:11 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=644 Visit Jane Austen's Bath through the eyes of Yanks in the UK, and plan a trip to Bath

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/01/laundry-lesson/feed/ 4 Driving — License, Lessons, Licence https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/driving-license-lessons-licence/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/driving-license-lessons-licence/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:25:07 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=564 Getting a UK driving license as an American is not as easy as it might seem. As mentioned previously, our US driver licenses’ are only valid for driving for our first year here. After that, we must have UK licences (they spell that word differently here). That seemed ideal—a year to get comfortable driving on …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/driving-license-lessons-licence/feed/ 2 St Martin in the Fields Candlelight Concert https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/candlelit-concert/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/candlelit-concert/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:45:41 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=533 One of my favorite spots in London is Trafalgar Square. Emerging from the claustrophobic Underground into the openness of Trafalgar feels like being transported into the beating heart of London. Street musicians perform to the accompaniment of buzzing traffic and locals and tourists alike bustle around the square. Nelson’s column pierces the sky, its feline …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/10/candlelit-concert/feed/ 2 Heroes at Highclere https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/09/heroes-at-highclere/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/09/heroes-at-highclere/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:20:49 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=493 Heroes at Highclere Lynnette and I have only just realized how close we are to many of the places we’ve always wanted to see. Last night, as we drove home after a day trip to Cambridgeshire, she quoted Earle Hitchner: “The difference between America and England is that Americans think 100 years is a long …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/09/heroes-at-highclere/feed/ 2 Return to Blogging https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/08/return-to-blogging/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/08/return-to-blogging/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:59:02 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=474 This blog has been sadly neglected this summer. We’ve had house-guests since early June; we still have one, and more are expected on and off through early October. We love our guests, but it’s been busy. We made two trips to Belgium, bought a car and started driving lessons (more on that in the next …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/08/return-to-blogging/feed/ 2 Rare Air https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/rare-air/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/rare-air/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:53:50 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=353 A soft, grey haze hangs low over a wide, grassy field near the village of Duxford. Tiny flowers in yellow and white dot the green here and there. Not far away, perhaps a quarter mile, past a row of parked airplanes, a young man is climbing into a Spitfire fighter. A hundred and eighty miles …

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