Comments on: Life in a new country http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/ Grappling with social technologies, and hopefully getting an EngD in the process Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Clare Hooper's Research Blog » Blog Archive » Change leading to new thoughts http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Clare Hooper's Research Blog » Blog Archive » Change leading to new thoughts Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:48:19 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=172#comment-470 [...] I moved job, home and country. That’s a lot of change! Some things feel very similar — as I observed earlier, there are plenty of surface similarities between my previous location and my current one. Not all [...] [...] I moved job, home and country. That’s a lot of change! Some things feel very similar — as I observed earlier, there are plenty of surface similarities between my previous location and my current one. Not all [...]

]]> By: clare http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-468 clare Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:08:48 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=172#comment-468 Like you, I'm usually hungry by 5 or 6! I should clarify, I mean the usual time for a restaurant meal to begin is 6pm... whereas in the UK I struggle to convince friends to dine before 8. When you eat out for dinner in the UK, what sort of time do you go? Maybe I've just been eating out with people that happen to book unusually late... Like you, I’m usually hungry by 5 or 6! I should clarify, I mean the usual time for a restaurant meal to begin is 6pm… whereas in the UK I struggle to convince friends to dine before 8. When you eat out for dinner in the UK, what sort of time do you go? Maybe I’ve just been eating out with people that happen to book unusually late…

]]> By: Katherine http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Katherine Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:00:57 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=172#comment-460 What time did you eat in the UK? I'd say 6 to 7 was actually on the late side since I'm always starving by 5pm! Also the supermarket bags here are increasingly thin and impractical so they can push the bags you have to pay for. We liked Albert Heijn too when we were in Amsterdam, we also went to a Dirk van den Broek which is a bit more downmarket like Kwik Save in the UK. What time did you eat in the UK? I’d say 6 to 7 was actually on the late side since I’m always starving by 5pm! Also the supermarket bags here are increasingly thin and impractical so they can push the bags you have to pay for. We liked Albert Heijn too when we were in Amsterdam, we also went to a Dirk van den Broek which is a bit more downmarket like Kwik Save in the UK.

]]> By: clare http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-444 clare Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:32:05 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=172#comment-444 I did indeed waste very little time in finding the nearest Albert Heijn! Must admit I haven't tried a croquette yet, they don't *look* appealing... but perhaps I should open myself to a new cultural experience :) I did indeed waste very little time in finding the nearest Albert Heijn! Must admit I haven’t tried a croquette yet, they don’t *look* appealing… but perhaps I should open myself to a new cultural experience :)

]]> By: Sven Latham http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/01/30/life-in-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Sven Latham Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:46:30 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=172#comment-443 Found the local Albert Heijn by any chance? :-) If you can find a croquette they're surprisingly tasty (they shouldn't be - highly processed grey meat) with mustard in a roll. Found the local Albert Heijn by any chance? :-)

If you can find a croquette they’re surprisingly tasty (they shouldn’t be – highly processed grey meat) with mustard in a roll.

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