I look at this thread, started on 17 nov... I feel like 100 years passed already:)
Since I arrive here I have done already all steps needed for accommodation.
Childs in school, job started, few neighbor already friends... things are moving really fast.
What is weird for me to understand :
1. what is the purpose of two different water pipes for cold/hot
2. what is the origin of the "hardshoulder" word on the side of highways
3. why is, anywhere inside, so cold: in office, gym, restaurant, schools.. everywhere is about 17 celsius degrees. Cold!
4. why a lot of people are rude with foreigners. I smiled at some situations when, after I told I am romanian, I was asked if I drive a lorry, if I skip iron to refurbish, or if I just claim benefits. Once I was unpolite, answering a lady, sharing the same smoking place in a restaurant, that I am not drank enough to give her any further attention. (anyhow, half of people I met are interested in normal exchange of ideas, so I am not singling out the other half; reading the quality of this forum posts, I know the users active on daily mail website are not here, too )
5. the uk police are always so nice and polite and helpful, or I was just lucky?
I was stopped twice, yet unconfident to drive here, and police just adviced me how to perform better. Great preventive actions, instead of simple penalties.
Thank you for answering, and for sharing more advices for a better integration in British culture.