Brother comes to visit on Friday!

[NotworkSte 19]

Wow time passes fast!

When we were over in Northern Ireland for Christmas he talked about booking a flight a few weeks after I got here. Give me a little time to settle in and then come over to see my new life. He's never been to the US before so this will be an experience. Really looking forward to him getting here :-)

He has a shopping list already composing of soda bread (for me), Strawberry Ribena (which C loves to mix with soda water) and Kinder eggs for Josie, which are an absolute ripoff over here. Yum!

Going to take him shopping, some theme parks, the usual. Maybe even a beach if it warms up a it.

[Lisa and Ian 7]

Wow time passes fast!

When we were over in Northern Ireland for Christmas he talked about booking a flight a few weeks after I got here. Give me a little time to settle in and then come over to see my new life. He's never been to the US before so this will be an experience. Really looking forward to him getting here :-)

He has a shopping list already composing of soda bread (for me), Strawberry Ribena (which C loves to mix with soda water) and Kinder eggs for Josie, which are an absolute ripoff over here. Yum!

Going to take him shopping, some theme parks, the usual. Maybe even a beach if it warms up a it.

How exciting! Have a fun time!

[JMR 3]

When i finally move over to the states, everytime my parents come to visit me they are going to be given a shopping list to bring over it will mainly consist of cadburys chocolate and the new liverpool football shirt

[NotworkSte 19]

new liverpool football shirt

oh no! NOT allowed on my thread

I support United, used to be a season ticket holder.

Quite a lot of English games shown over here, which is nice.

Edited February 11, 2010 by NotworkSte

[Damian&Kelly 16]

United is the easiest team to support when you live in the US. Because they show mainly United games because they believe if American's know soccer at all; they know United.

My husband still hasn't forgiven me, because his first year living in the states and the toon dropped down. He says it's my fault they got religated. Only good part was the tickets were relatively cheap when we went back in Dec and seen Cov vs Toon.

My brother-in-law is planning a visit as well. and my supply of English sweet and crisp has just run out so good time for a visit Luckily I perfected the recipe for Cheese and Onion Pasties so we can have them anytime; but I must admit they aren't near as good as Greggs!

[jkminney 30]

Wow time passes fast!

When we were over in Northern Ireland for Christmas he talked about booking a flight a few weeks after I got here. Give me a little time to settle in and then come over to see my new life. He's never been to the US before so this will be an experience. Really looking forward to him getting here :-)

He has a shopping list already composing of soda bread (for me), Strawberry Ribena (which C loves to mix with soda water) and Kinder eggs for Josie, which are an absolute ripoff over here. Yum!

Going to take him shopping, some theme parks, the usual. Maybe even a beach if it warms up a it.

I laughed when I read the soda bread was being brought over. I actually packed some in my bag coming back from there over new years. Funny how some things are just something you want to have lol

[NotworkSte 19]

My husband still hasn't forgiven me, because his first year living in the states and the toon dropped down. He says it's my fault they got religated. Only good part was the tickets were relatively cheap when we went back in Dec and seen Cov vs Toon.

The bloke I shared a house with in Scotland is a big toon fan, so I know all about that pain. Playing well this season though, going up.

Hmm now I am in the mood for a Gregs macaroni cheese pie. MMM PIE!

[FrostyMist 1]

hah, my family are already joking that whenever they come visit, their suicases will be full of nothing but Ribena!

It must be really exciting to have your brother coming over soon, NotworkSte. I think I'd be a little nervous (and excited, of course!) if/when my family manage to make the flight over.

I hope you have a great time with your brother.

[sammills89 2]

Hmm now I am in the mood for a Gregs macaroni cheese pie. MMM PIE!

My wife has been telling me how much she wants Greggs for the past 5 months, and she's the American! I used to have the sausage rolls every day at college, one of the many food items I miss! Hope you have an awesome time with your brother, mine wont be coming until October

Edited February 13, 2010 by sammills89

[NotworkSte 19]

Well... Brother came and went. And he had an excellent time. Was really nice to see given how little he actually wanted to visit the USA before I got married. He liked (most of) the food, bitched that it was a bit cold (he must have brough it, it hit 80 2 days after he left!), loved Busch Gardens, Burlington coat factory etc etc...

Now, interestingly, I surprised him by setting up a trip to the local high school. He is a modern languages teacher just outside Manchester, and does some other admin tasks too like head of year or something, I can't remember what. But the school here rolled out the red carpet for him, he got to meet the principal, staff and quite a lot of the kids too. They even asked him if he would be interested in taking a job for a year to backfill a retiring teacher on the IB program since he can cover Spanish and French. What a proposition! He said he would certainly consider so long as they helped him with the visa part, and that it would be only for a year (he plans to move to migrate to Spain to teach English eventually). So, they will be in touch with each other as the year goes on to see what they can work out. This is great! The school is literally 2 mins walk from my house so he can live with me and the wife, who is fine that that! There is always a strong possibility that there won't be a visa available, or that it would be too much effort and cost to go through with it, but I guess you never know...

Edited February 24, 2010 by NotworkSte