FabSwingers.com forum: What's one thing you didn't realise wea incredibly British when you went abroad

By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drinking tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Queuing

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

Baked beans. The Spanish think we eat gallons of them.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Real bacon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Milk in tea. The

look when you order one is disconcerting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm still embarrassed about my excitement when I found Heinz bake beans in a supermarket in Portugal a few weeks ago.

That meal of beans on toast was the best ever

Mrs

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Drinking 12 pints, puking up then looking for a fight.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drinkable water from the tap.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Tinned pasta - spaghetti hoops, Mac cheese really not a thing elsewhere

Spent almost 5 years living overseas and certain things were stashed to take back with me when I visited uk - mainly marmite!

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"Drinkable water from the tap. "

Man, that is sooooo out of date.

I live in Spain and regularly travel to quite a few other European countries. Tap water is eminently drinkable everywhere I go. Tastes better than that shitey London water too.

I work in the travel industry and all my clients also drink the tap water, including from public taps in southern Italy.

Gbat

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Just being so damned civilised.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"Just being so damned civilised."

..except northerners..

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

A pint of Real Ale, none of this fancy lager stuff

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By *oger Yoo-DaylieMan
over a year ago

Wigan

"Just being so damned civilised.

..except northerners..

Pardon... I think you'll find we're a lot nicer than most southern folk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Queuing "

Definitely this! At the hotel Buffet recently in Spain it was a free for all, except the brits who queued up nicely and got annoyed that others didn't.

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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Expecting the bill to come promptly on 1st request lol

Was in Spain & Greece they took their time to bring it, wondered if they didn't want my money

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Bitter and Real Ale

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

Spain are doing some great local IPAs these days and the US is awash with micro breweries. Happy times ahead!

Gbat

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By *ilverjagMan
over a year ago

swansea

Black pudding at the breakfast buffet! For some strange reason it's available on every TUI cruise ship, but in every TUI owned hotmail like The Maspalomas Princess, which are specifically marketed at the Britts, black pudding at the breakfast buffet is as rare as rocking horse shit.

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By *Mr MercuryMan
over a year ago

Wirral

People wearing Football shirts. Of all the clothing items in your wardrobe, we just have to pack them supposedly

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