{"id":5460,"date":"2016-06-23T16:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2016-06-23T16:25:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:25:03","slug":"a-few-of-our-favourite-things-about-europe-and-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/a-few-of-our-favourite-things-about-europe-and-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"A few of our favourite things&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Today is a big day here in the UK, as we&#8217;re voting\u00a0in a referendum to decide our future in the European Union. A lot&#8217;s been said on both sides of the debate, so we won&#8217;t repeat any of the arguments for or against Brexit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Instead, lets focus on the rich and fascinating cultures of both the UK and Europe. And who better to ask about their favourite things about them than our\u00a0lovely staff?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our colleagues from overseas have come up with some interesting things they love about the UK:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Nikolay (Bulgaria)<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">I \u2665 British humour and specifically panel shows! Can\u2019t get enough of &#8220;Mock the Week\u201d, \u201cQI&#8221;, \u201cWould I Lie to You?&#8221;, \u201cHave I Got News for You\u201d etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Pablo (Spain)<\/strong> &#8211; Pe<span class=\"s1\">ople\u2019s politeness and patience. In crowded places like in the centre, underground or the streets full of cars, is where you can notice it the most. The only way you can survive from bursting into a full crisis is with both qualities. I really really love that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sandra (Poland)<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">For me it is the Sunday roast, and fish and chips. Living with a lovely bunch of friends who love to cook means that I get\u00a0to discover some great British dishes, and also that I love to\u00a0have gravy with almost every meal!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ThinkstockPhotos-dv266002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5469\" style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ThinkstockPhotos-dv266002.jpg\" alt=\"Fish and Chips\" width=\"400\" height=\"440\" data-wp-pid=\"5469\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Aditya (India)<\/strong> &#8211; I enjoy the British weather, in particular that I love the rain and cloudy weather! Originating from Delhi and having also lived in Dubai, I am rather\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">fed up of the heat\/sun.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Ioana (Romania)<\/strong> &#8211; Before I came to Britain I thought the idea of tea and milk is disgusting. Now I&#8217;ll have a cuppa if I&#8217;m sad, happy, with friends, by myself, in the morning or in the evening, there is just something incredibly comforting in a hot cup of tea. Especially on rainy days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And here are some thoughts from our British colleagues&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Brett<\/strong> &#8211; I think the obvious one here is pizza!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Phil<\/strong> &#8211; European beaches are the best \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Simon<\/strong> &#8211; I visited the Sagrada Familia on my recent trip to Barcelona, and it is an absolutely incredible building, with exceptional architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_9992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5463\" style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_9992.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9992\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" data-wp-pid=\"5463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Safia<\/strong> &#8211; I love Italian hot chocolate, you can eat it with a spoon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Liz<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">The pain au chocolat&#8230; it&#8217;s a miraculous culinary invention that brightens up the dullest morning&#8230;!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Over to you! Brits &#8211; what do you love about Europe? And non-Brits, what&#8217;s your favourite thing about the UK? \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a big day here in the UK, as we&#8217;re voting\u00a0in a referendum to decide our future in the European Union. A lot&#8217;s been said on both sides of the debate, so we won&#8217;t repeat any of the arguments for or against Brexit. Instead, lets focus on the rich and fascinating cultures of both &#8230; <a title=\"A few of our favourite things&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/a-few-of-our-favourite-things-about-europe-and-the-uk\/\" aria-label=\"More on A few of our favourite things&#8230;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,3,18],"tags":[1586,1587,46,1588,133,214,78,1589,28,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}