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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ravellion" data-source="post: 1085675" data-attributes="member: 538">I hadn't seen my friends in a while because I was in England for a year. They are great friends and it is nice to be with them again.On the other hand I had to cut short a relationship which was going quite well just because I was leaving the country (alright, perhaps not "just", but still it was going okay), and I miss a lot of English stuff.I miss sunday dinners.I miss orderly queues.I miss pint glasses.I miss the architecture.I miss people taking the piss.I miss the hills.I miss the weather (England was an improvement, believe it or not).I miss the relative lack of bureacracy.I miss English women. A lot.I miss the mutual respect.I miss the etiquette.I miss the accepting whinges about trains and the government.I miss the myriad of shops carrying things I like.I miss arcades.I miss English pubs with decent volume control on their sound system.I miss English women's dress sense.I miss English being the only language I need.I miss the distinct architecture.I miss the subtlety of English humour.I miss people not having a village mentality everywhere.I miss there not being 3 and a half year waiting lists for housing.I miss not having annoying subtitles in the way of my films and shows in a language I understand anyway.I could go on.Yes, there are things I like about the Netherlands. The beer is slightly better and the ability to cycle everywhere in seperate lanes is nice.  Having broadband friggin' everywhere is perfect. The architecture is lovely. Living expenses are a lot cheaper. But I don't really feel at home.Oh well... two more years and I can get out of this country if I so choose.Rav</blockquote>

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