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England Rents, Rants, & Raves

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An expat tries to visit his aging Cockney parents but his American wife turns him into a tourist in his former homeland.

Added on: Feb 6th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Prodigal Tourist
Listed in: Travel Writing
Tags: travel family book England expat memoir

Recent Posts

The Best Fish and Chips in Windsor

Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 16:02 in travel, windsor, accents, fish and chips, funny voices, travel memoir, a prodigal tourist, a yank back to england

Here is another bit I read from A Yank Back to England. We're having lunch in Windsor--this is one of our favorite stories! Hope you like......
Side dish? Pass the gin...

Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 19:27 in family, Turkey, drinking, thanksgiving, gin

In America, Thanksgiving focuses on family and turkey. In England, we didn’t have Thanksgiving; but in my family, all get-togethers focused on drinking. Just before emigrating to the States, I organized a farewell party. My mum and all her sisters,...
Duck race to the finish

Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 19:30 in England, duck race, english countryside

Mike, a Brit expat who spends most of the year in Thailand taking photos and blogging, sent us this charming photo of his hometown of Oxton, Nottinghamshire. If you're wondering what everyone's doing, they're trying to see whose little rubber duckie ...
Of smugglers, real and fictional

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 20:37 in fiction, smuggling, rye, smugglers, thorndike, mermaid inn, doctor syn

The Mermaid was replete with secret passageways, a hide-out for contraband and a meeting place for smugglers! According to the walking guide Frances had picked up at the hotel, as Rye’s importance as a seafaring port diminished, its importance as a...
A classic side to give thanks for

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 19:25 in cooking, recipe, cauliflower cheese, english cookery, a yank back to england

We posted this last winter, but several people have asked me recently about Cauliflower Cheese—and it's on our menu for Thanksgiving—so we thought we'd post the recipe again. This is a classic English staple and when it’s done well, it’s a wo...
My Youtube debut

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 16:42 in youtube, a prodigal tourist, a yank back to england, denis lipman, back to dagenham

After some initial misgivings, I was talked into doing a little video for Youtube (sneaky Prodigal Wife said it was "practice" for a reading!)... and here it is! Let me know what you think, but please be gentle...the grease paint is barely off my tr...