UK 2012: The Scenic Route

[duck2ducks]

I lived in London from September 2007 to April 2008. I could spend many words on what a great city it is (and I have), but one of its features which I never really took much advantage of was its convenience as a hub to the rest of Europe. Living in the US, any trip to Ireland, or France, or Spain (and more) is a massive undertaking of both

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[mathuaerknedam]

We found waitstaff in Ireland to be thoroughly inattentive. It appears that it wasn't mentioned in our "Culture Shock!" book, but somehow we knew to expect that we would have to be VERY proactive whenever we needed anything. There was a continuum, of course, but it was still pretty universally passive compared to here where servers are expected to look after patrons every few minutes. Even so, we found it hard to adjust to.