tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.comments2012-06-26T23:22:12.626-07:00She's got a ticket to rideAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02079836178952593041noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-25819141967614223312012-06-26T14:09:30.372-07:002012-06-26T14:09:30.372-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181711671772548196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-4181511024380744722012-06-26T12:35:43.250-07:002012-06-26T12:35:43.250-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Pamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314836936474309782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-1066948889993146022012-06-22T22:14:43.083-07:002012-06-22T22:14:43.083-07:00Also - flapjacks are flapjacks, not pancakes? Craz...Also - flapjacks are flapjacks, not pancakes? Crazy Canadians and your ambiguity. =) Sincerely, all up in your business.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-20480300954499262332012-05-11T00:34:06.422-07:002012-05-11T00:34:06.422-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079836178952593041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-60236390734949827372012-05-10T23:07:12.907-07:002012-05-10T23:07:12.907-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Alisonhttps://www.facebook.com/alison.ohanlonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-43700511840723230302012-04-17T13:02:08.915-07:002012-04-17T13:02:08.915-07:00Good comments as so many women alone tales are ove...Good comments as so many women alone tales are over careful. When I 'ran away from home' at a late age friends thought I was either Crazy or Couragous to travel alone. I was neither, just wanted to travel - and did so for a year with no plans or bookings, and then again for a year, and another year - reinventing myself as a nomadic travel writer. (kiwitravelwriter.com)<br /><br />Now - for the very first time, I am going on a trip ( as the group leader)with 4 others .. cruising from Amsterdam to Budapest for a couple of weeks! As one of my books is called 'naked in Budapest' and the cruise finishes there, I hope to be naked there again!!Heather - the Kiwitravelwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116263606609856293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-88276405788683654382012-04-13T10:24:14.612-07:002012-04-13T10:24:14.612-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079836178952593041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-88165739519733268872012-04-13T07:05:49.179-07:002012-04-13T07:05:49.179-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Irene Haidnerhttp://www.irenehaidner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-77662581482661115922012-04-07T13:32:53.248-07:002012-04-07T13:32:53.248-07:00I had mostly really beautiful weather when I was i...I had mostly really beautiful weather when I was in England for a few weeks in May back in 2008. Fear not, this isn't the end!Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573359405844357322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-14203422435126652322012-03-28T17:33:31.053-07:002012-03-28T17:33:31.053-07:00I understand your feeling of culture shock. I live...I understand your feeling of culture shock. I lived in Cambridge during my high school years (from 2004 to 2007). As an American, no wait- as a Texan, people automatically heard my voice and equated me with a Bible-loving, George Bush fanatic who was supposed to wear cowboy boots and have horses back home. Although I was not subject to discrimination on sight, I did feel it when I opened my mouth... so much so that I put on an English accent in public just to avoid people making comments to me. At that point in time when I lived there, people had such an aversion to the US because of George Bush. This even resulted in people hearing my voice and deciding I'm an American (even though I could easily be Canadian), and thus should sit there and listen to their rants about all the things wrong with my country... I even received different attention from the service industry. Coming from Houston, which is an immigration center and extremely multi-cultural city, (similar to Toronto in that way), I never thought about the differences between people as something which required harassment in any way, and was really challenged when I first arrived. However, I learned to live with the experiences, and eventually stopped noticing them. It helps that I was embraced by a few school mates who took me under their wing to help me through the transition. <br /><br />I'm sorry that your initial experiences in the UK have proven difficult. I have a few really good friends in Nottingham that I'm sure would make you feel right at home- as they did for me when I lived there :) (Let me know if you'd like to get in contact with them!)Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-47198850159212633202012-03-28T11:40:53.135-07:002012-03-28T11:40:53.135-07:00I wouldn't take those things personally. I wou...I wouldn't take those things personally. I would just chalk it up to ignorance, Some of those people obviously don't have tv's or don't get out much. This is the 21st century for goodness sake "get a clue".<br />As far as Longeaton goes, you get the same reaction in small towns in Canada and the US ( I won't name them,don't want to embarass anyone lol)So myse;f, if I were you I would just continue my travels and the heck with the "jerks" and if it gets to intolerable... come home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-17985324200211393322012-03-25T10:01:56.301-07:002012-03-25T10:01:56.301-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181711671772548196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677425140174871723.post-8528672655796263452012-03-22T07:59:18.785-07:002012-03-22T07:59:18.785-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181711671772548196noreply@blogger.com