I think I'm having American withdrawal symptoms. This is almost the longest I've been without a trip to the States in a decade or more. I was out in America in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 (yeah, I am so spoiled). I miss my American friends. I miss my American sunshine. I miss my American food
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In turn, I'd love to go back to the UK. Especially Bath. I loved Bath. I feel like I should say my favo(u)rite parts were Stonehenge and Shakespeare's house, but nope, Bath.
ETA: Okay, maybe parts outside of London. Westminster Abbey is pretty damn special, although naturally I sort of nodded briefly at the royal tombs and urns and ran straight to the writers and poets. "Medieval King, cool... OMG I KNOW THOSE PEOPLE!"
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Hee, America is kinda my favourite place to visit, as you can probably tell!
Westminster is pretty cool, you're practically tripping over iconic names! My great-uncle has a memorial in there too, though he's not buried there.
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That's funny as I've always thought the same thing, but about England/Wales.
I'm curious what do you miss about the food?
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Also, things that I just can't get over here like A&W root beer and Cheetos and Tootsie Rolls. And I love Southern comfort food, and that's just non-existent anywhere over here. And free refills of soda! So few restaurants over here do free refills. And the crazy amount of pumpkin goodness come autumn - pumpkin is just not a thing for eating over here.
I'm making myself hungry now.
ETA: Ooh, and IHOP! In fact, the whole culture of eating out for breakfast - apart from 'greasy spoon' cafes and McDonald's and pubs offering all-day breakfasts, eating out for breakfast isn't really a thing either.
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Root beer is descended from a Native drink called sarsparilla. The amount of liquor flavors boggles me. We now have birthday cake flavor?? That comes in ice cream, too.
It's funny, because I always think of the UK as having a huge variety of foods, like more authentic Middle Eastern, Indian other Asian foods that we don't. Like having kabob take away.
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I don't know about Middle Eastern food - maybe in London and other big cities, but I've not come across many places for Middle Eastern. The odd Lebanese, maybe, but not much else. Which is a shame, because I love Middle Eastern food! It's got similarities with Greek and Turkish, and there are a fair few of those around. And quite a few Moroccan and North African places. But Indian restaurants by the bucket-load, certainly!
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Hee, I'd love to visit DC again. There are always things I didn't get to see, or things I didn't really have the opportunity to appreciate, through visiting with others who weren't interested or being hurried along!
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Yes! Come see us! :) smooches!
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