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| What do you miss about your home country? (Read 541 times) |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 11:51 PM
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| Quote from VixiDu on 5/12/2008 at 9:31 PM: Oh, my .. . I miss my Guarana too! Wouldn't mind an Inka Kola now and then either . . .
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posted: 5/13/2008 at 1:12 AM |
| Quote from VixiDu on 5/12/2008 at 9:31 PM: Oh, my .. . I miss my Guarana too! Wouldn't mind an Inka Kola now and then either . . .
Odd. Wife and I rarely drink soda (maybe 2-3 liters total between us) but the other day, my wife and I had lunch in a Peruvian place in Pittsburgh, She had an Inka Cola. I had something, the exact name escapes me, called purple corn soda. |
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posted: 5/13/2008 at 4:46 AM |
I'm originally from Venezuela. Apart from my rellies (Australian for relatives) what I miss the most is:
- The food: arepas, hallacas, cachapas...mmmmm...all the delicious home made food.
- Malta: a malted drink, kinda like a non-alcoholic stout.
- Warm and exhuberant people everywhere.
- Dancing at parties and family gatherings. Mostly, men who aren't scared to dance 
I lived in Colorado while going to college, from then I miss:
- Snow in low humidity
- Pink beer
- My bestest friend ever, who now lives in VT
- The adventure that is college life
- The short flights home 
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posted: 5/14/2008 at 7:39 PM |
I was in Peru for five years (mmmm. . . ceviche and papas a la huancaiana!!), Paraguay four, and Uruguay two. It's Paraguay I miss the most. I left Honduras, where I was born, when I was about five, so I don't miss it as much.
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posted: 5/14/2008 at 8:09 PM |
I was born in England, grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Enormous culture shock when I moved to Canada, though now many years ago, let me give some examples:
Stopping at a gas station- behind a snowmobile!
Being able to say "Fill it up" (No gas rationing.)
Seeing a white man mowing his lawn (I thought for a moment he might be an escaped lunatic.)
Great variety of food in the supermarkets, but only one kind of bananas instead of 6-10 different kinds.
What do I miss now?
Warm weather all year round, beautiful mountains, elephants, a feeling of community.
BUT, if I left Canada there would be a lot of things I would miss that we take for granted here.
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posted: 5/14/2008 at 8:32 PM |
| Quote from SimonR on 5/14/2008 at 8:09 PM: Warm weather all year round, beautiful mountains, elephants, a feeling of community
i grew up in the eastern highlands of zimbabwe so i relate to all this, the cadence of life is what i miss the most. i've been in the uk 10 years and i'm still battling to adjust.
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posted: 5/16/2008 at 2:47 AM |
| I miss Shiner Bock, Barton Springs and The Broken Spoke. Don't miss 90% humidity and bugs. |
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posted: 5/17/2008 at 1:37 AM |
| Quote from campisi on 5/16/2008 at 2:47 AM: I miss Shiner Bock, Barton Springs and The Broken Spoke. Don't miss 90% humidity and bugs.
ITA. The Broken Spoke is where we had our senior party in high school. The photo I took of Barton Springs last month is now the wallpaper on my computer.
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posted: 5/17/2008 at 4:09 AM |
| Quote from campisi on 5/16/2008 at 2:47 AM: I miss Shiner Bock, Barton Springs and The Broken Spoke. Don't miss 90% humidity and bugs.
I love Shiner Bock. I am not even a huge beer fan but love that beer when I go to Austin each Spring. Isn't the Broken Spoke in Kiln, Mississippi - Brett Favre country?????? |
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posted: 5/18/2008 at 10:50 PM |
I'm sure there's a Broken Spoke in every state but THE Broken Spoke is in Austin on S. Lamar - next time you're there go have a Shiner Bock and listen to some music. Now I'm bummed - I googled them and they have a website - they've gone downhill in my eyes now!
http://www.brokenspokeaustintx.com/ |
2008 Goals
2000 miles for the year
Do a 100 mile week
Run sub 3:10 marathon
Run sub 19min 5K |
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posted: 5/24/2008 at 12:21 PM |
| Quote from willamona on 5/12/2008 at 1:47 AM: I am originally from IA but now I live in PA.
I have come to appreciate how slow things move back home. Here everyone wants everything now and don't get in their way. Don't be different and don't worry about driving in between the lines or obeying those silly little traffic lights. They do have some good food here, but the locals eat too much. If you are normal body weight here people call you anorexic. I did move to an area that is more countrylike here, but it's only a little better. Meh. It's almost like a new country, definitely an entirely different culture here. Of course, this can be said of a ton of places in the US.
Willamona, where in PA are you living? We're not all terrible people. 
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posted: 5/24/2008 at 5:27 PM |
Been an ex-pat for 8 years now and the list of things I miss gets shorter every year,
1) because more and more stuff is being exported here - from US to Europe
2) The loss of day-glo orange cheese products no longer makes me sad - I realize I'm better off without Doritoes, Kraft mac & cheese etc.
Things I do miss:
Cold medicine - Robitussun, nyquil, etc. Here they really dig the natural products, great 85% of the time, but once and awhile you get a killer cold and you want some drugs.
Buying alcohol at the grocery store - silly me picking 1 of the few Euro countries whose government runs the distribution of alcohol from a stupid monopoly with crappy opening hours.
People randomly striking up a conversation with someone whike waiting in line, stuck somewhere, etc.
Friends and neighbors being comfortable enough to just pop in rather than doing the whole 'proper invite' followed by coffee and some kind of homemade baked good. Although on the plus side, i have learned to bake.
Ethnic cooking with some flavour
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posted: 5/30/2008 at 12:49 PM |
| I'm not permanently out of the UK, but whenever I travel abroad I have to take a jar of Marmite with me.....Funny, I don't eat it nearly as often when I am at home |
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posted: 5/31/2008 at 10:45 AM |
| I'm living in Bangkok which is a great place to be but I miss the cool weather of the UK and the hills. Running here is hot and horrible and has to be done outside before 8am. But I can buy Marmite here!! |
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