Tales & Trials of London Life
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Tales and trials of life in one of the world's greatest cities - London, England. We're here for four years so there will be loads to tell about settling in, figuring out and experiencing it all.
tags: Amusing Tales, Living, London, Travel
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My partner and I have been posted to London for four years and I'm sure there will be some fun, interesting and embarrassing tales for this American New Zealander to tell.
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A Tale of the NHS
Posted on 15/05/2013
The waiting room on my second attempt. "We have one less number to wait," the chubby woman with a barber haircut and slightly German accent said as she nodded to the floor below...
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A Supermarket Tale
Posted on 12/03/2013
A London Sainsbury's Supermarket I never seem to pick the right queue at the supermarket check-out. I pick the one that just opened and I wait minutes while the cashier settles...
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A Tale of Resurrection
Posted on 22/11/2012
America In London I'm dead. I don't feel dead. And, while I'm getting up there in years, I don't think I look dead either. The usual signs like lack of...
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Where Has October Gone?
Posted on 31/10/2012
Autumn in London's St James's Park It's Halloween and I was thinking today as I was walking through St James's Park on the way to a shop that I haven't written a...
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When Bad Customer Service Goes Good
Posted on 13/09/2012
I just had one of those extremely frustrating yet eventually satisfying experiences with British customer service. We're off to 'the Continent' for a holiday soon. So,...
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A Down And Out Tale - Maybe
Posted on 29/08/2012
Yap, yap, yap. Yap, yap, yap. "What the hell is that dog on about," I thought as we walked along the Boulevard de Poisonnere on a cool Paris Sunday morning. The...
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A Walk on London's Wild Side
Posted on 13/08/2012
Richmond Park with Central London Not Far Away Saturday was a brilliant London day. So, we decided to take full advantage of this Summer rarity by going on one of our long walks....
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The Curious Case of the Missing Story
Posted on 25/07/2012
Every morning one of the first things we do is check the New Zealand media to see what's been happening at home while we were sleeping. Yesterday morning we woke to the following...
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Just In Time - It's Summer!
Posted on 23/07/2012
Olympics Count Down in Trafalgar Square The Great British Summer all the advertising has been talking about has finally arrived. Well, I guess we can't be sure it's...
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Terror On The Tube
Posted on 14/07/2012
It happened at Acton Town. I was on a Piccadilly Line train on my way to Heathrow to meet a friend who was arriving early evening on Friday. I'd left town early to...
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