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Sunday, September 26, 2004

Life @ The Wee Waif - Bed and Breakfast 

The living conditions and food culture in England and America suits better if you are a non-vegetarian eater than a pure vegetarian eater. This is going to be a major concern if you are to be put up in an English hotel, what they call here as 'Bed and Breakfast'. As I already know what an english hotel is and I am a non-vegetarian eater, I was not much bothered about these things for the initial 14 days where I am put up in one of the Bed and Breakfast in Twyford, Berkshire, UK. It's not just a Bed and Breakfast, it has also got an English traditional pub where people start gathering in the evenings till 11 in the night. Most of the times I have to eat scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese along with the green leafs, brown bread along with the tomato ketchup and other stuffs as the dinner. If you are a pure Indian curry eater, don't worry you have got as many Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani hotels around which serve delicious Asian food as well.

So far so good, got to wait and see what's on the cards after these 14 days.

Sunday, September 19, 2004

In the UK 

This time I was not excited about the UK trip because this is the second consecutive trip to UK in two years, neither I was afraid at the immigration or during the flight. The immigration officer at the Frankfurt asked me if I have a work permit to enter the UK, by the time I react to his question he realized that I was already been to the UK and asked me to proceed to the aircraft. The Frankfurt-London lufthansa flight took me to the Heathrow airport in less then two hours and I never felt that I am in a foreign country.

So far so good, the much awaited weekend in is here in the UK. I know it's not going to be a peaceful weekend anymore because I got to find a permanent house to stay in the UK in another 10 days. It's not like India where you ask your neighbours if they have any room vacant. So I and my friend have decided to go around the Farnborough and Fleet area to find out the in-and-outs of the place and the local agents out there. Yes, we have got an idea of the place at the end of the day and now its upto me to decide what and where to stay.

If you think that's all you need to know in UK you got it wrong. Getting an accommodation is the basic thing for any country. You have lots n lots to know than finding a house in a suitable location, here are a few things should you know if you are new to this country.
1) House lease agreement/contract
2) Council tax
3) Water/Electricity/Gas bills
4) TV license(If you have one)
5) Rail/Bus service to that area.
6) Bank account
7) Phone connection
8) Food/Shops around And the list goes on...

Much more to go in the weeks to come...

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