settling in – Yanks in the UK https://yanksintheuk.net A blog about Kurt & Lynnette's adventures living abroad Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:32:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 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 For Better, For Worse, For Easier, For Harder https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/for-better-for-worse-for-easier-for-harder/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/for-better-for-worse-for-easier-for-harder/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:11:37 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=457 One of the first observations I made about living in England versus the US was that it’s an odd mix of things that are better/easier and things that are worse/harder. Americans seem to assume that everything in the US is better, but we can tell you that isn’t true. Sure, some things are great in …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/grocery-shopping/feed/ 3 House Hunting https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/house-hunting/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/house-hunting/#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 18:06:09 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=309 Our house hunting “process” began about the time of my first job interview, six months before our move. Initially, it consisted of looking at real estate websites (we preferred www.rightmove.co.uk) and dreaming of the possibilities. We both kept running lists of favorites, hoping that the Real Estate Gods might favor us with one of them. …

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