Yanks in the UK – Yanks in the UK http://yanksintheuk.net A blog about Kurt & Lynnette's adventures living abroad Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:31:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 Laundry Lesson http://yanksintheuk.net/2019/01/laundry-lesson/ http://yanksintheuk.net/2019/01/laundry-lesson/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:50:23 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=598 Doing laundry in the UK as an expat isn’t as easy as it would seem. Living in a foreign country brings a new lesson every day. Even things that you might think would be similar or simple have a learning curve. Nothing is easy. British washing machines are small. Two pairs of jeans make a …

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]]> http://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 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/2018/06/for-better-for-worse-for-easier-for-harder/feed/ 3 Importing a Cat to the UK in 77 (not so) Simple Steps https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/bringing-your-pet-with-you-to-the-uk/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/06/bringing-your-pet-with-you-to-the-uk/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:00:09 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=438 Bringing an animal to the UK isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible either. We did it and lived to tell about it. Just follow these steps: Make sure you like the cat and want to keep it regardless of the time, money, and hassle this will take. This conviction will be tested. Google “taking a …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/grocery-shopping/feed/ 3 Royal Wedding https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/royal-wedding/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/royal-wedding/#comments Wed, 16 May 2018 16:08:38 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=261 A question we were often asked when we told people about our upcoming move to London was whether we’d go to the royal wedding. Over thirty years ago, I spent most of the night on a sidewalk outside Buckingham Palace before the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. In the morning, we had a …

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]]> https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/royal-wedding/feed/ 2 Our First London Outing https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/our-first-london-outing/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2018/05/our-first-london-outing/#comments Wed, 09 May 2018 17:00:27 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=218 Our first foray into London included a bucket list item (at least for me). In all the time I lived in England, I never went to Abbey Road and took a picture in the zebra crossing made famous by the Beatles. (Did you know that there are also puffin, pelican, and toucan crossings? More on that …

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