Originally Posted by
Gandalf
You can respect the things that you like such as cuisine, but it is also healthy to have an innate resistance to the elements that upset you.
I regard myself as an estranged Englishman. I love my country, but I also despise it. It is hard to reconcile those polarities.
I am looking forward to my trip home, but I know in a matter of weeks once my food rush is done, the cost of the rail service service, a sight of the monthly bills, and the daily news will start to bug me and I will be ready to leave again.
Not everyone is hurrying to live in the UK, least of all an awful abundance of English people.