Where in the world?

[want-2-b-slim]

Just curious and wondering where we are all from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales or further afield?  I am in Dumfries in Bonnie Scotland

[Claire2stone]

Hi I'm in beautiful Devon.  Xx

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to Claire2stone]

I have never been to Devon, I believe it is gorgeous though one day I will visit and see for myself

[Claire2stone in reply to want-2-b-slim]

You should visit Devon one day, it is a lovely place. I live 15mins from both sea and moors. Very lucky 😀

[Jenever in reply to Claire2stone]

Oh Claire, you lucky lady. My favourite place in the world we try to visit at least once a year. 

[Claire2stone in reply to Jenever]

Thank you jenever, hope it's lovely where you are too. Sunny today and just been out for bike ride on the sea front with my family 😆

[Jenever in reply to Claire2stone]

Oh stop it!

[VickyDLM 2 stone]

I'm in West Sussex, right on the coast, but am originally from Salt Lake City, UT (western US).

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to VickyDLM]

It must be lovely on the coast, great for walks

[VickyDLM 2 stone in reply to want-2-b-slim]

Problem is it's really windy!  Granted, 8 years in and I still haven't gotten used to the English weather! I learned very quickly never to leave the house without an umbrella.

[Foodie87]

I'm in sunny Somerset. 😊

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to Foodie87]

Cider country, lovely

[Foodie87 in reply to want-2-b-slim]

+ cheddar is made down the road. No wonder I'm fat! 😂

[MW50]

Coimbra, Portugal.

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to MW50]

Wow, long way away 

[MW50 in reply to want-2-b-slim]

I doubt that I am the only ex-pat using this site, I wonder just how far around the world this group goes.

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to MW50]

That was why I put this post on, we seem to be from all over

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to MW50]

Love Portugal 😊 We're just back from Lisbon 😊 I still dream of Pastel de Nata ❤️

[MW50 in reply to IndigoBlue61]

I blame the pastel de nata for a good bit of this weight I am now trying to loose! 

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to MW50]

I am not surprised! Delicious!! 😊

[SylviaH286 in reply to IndigoBlue61]

My favourite coffee shop in Swansea sells them, not a patch on the ones in Pasteis de Belém though! 😋

[SylviaH286 in reply to MW50]

Hi!

I've been to Lisbon 5 times and I feel like Portugal is where I will end up living. I've never felt drawn to a place as much as I do there.

Next year I'm planning to go a bit south of Lisbon for my 40th birthday, around the Setubal area. I already can't wait and am hoping to shift at least a few of my 5 stones by then so I can really make the most of it.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but how do find living there, do you love it? Is Portuguese easier to pick up when you're immersed in it? (I find it an incredibly difficult language to learn)

Sylvia x

[MW50 in reply to SylviaH286]

I can certainly recommend living here, the people are incredibly friendly, the countryside is spectacular and the weather is good.  You can choose a simple and uncomplicated life in the small mountain villages to the north, a busy social life in the cities, or a sun worshipers beach life in the south, but as you can drive from top to bottom in 5 hours (and side to side in 2) you are never far from any of them. I live in the mountains but am only 45 min drive from Coimbra, a truly delightful city.  In the south almost everyone speaks english, but in the north you really need to learn to speak portuguese and the grammar is difficult unless you can already speak a romance language.  Most of the local councils give free portuguese lessons to foreigners and native speakers are so patient and encouraging that it is not difficult to find someone to practice on.  Let me know if you plan to visit Coimbra and I will show you around.  Marian x

[SylviaH286 in reply to MW50]

Thank you Marian - I'll be looking for coastal for our holiday next year, so checking out figueira da foz as an option - not all that far from Coimbra by the look of things. xx

[ScoobaSteve]

Originally from Northern Ireland but have been living in Hampshire for 2 years.

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to ScoobaSteve]

I love Ireland and the Irish accent

[Jenever in reply to ScoobaSteve]

Never been to Northern Ireland, have been to the south though, we have friends there.

[ScoobaSteve in reply to Jenever]

South is better

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to ScoobaSteve]

Dunno, I love love both Northern and Southern, 

[dish70]

Scotland too, the borders

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to dish70]

My friend lives in the Borders lots of history there too

[maiziepops]

Hello, im in Sunny Glasgow....well its sunny just now lol

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to maiziepops]

Yeah sunny here too, maybe we will get a summer this year lol

[maiziepops in reply to want-2-b-slim]

just had a wee snow flurry and hail stones lol

[Anon-E-Mouse]

I'm in rainy Norfolk, waiting for the summer 😄😄

[want-2-b-slim 6lbs in reply to Anon-E-Mouse]

Summer surely cant be too far away

[DartmoorDumpling Restart Feb 2024]

I am another from (sometimes) sunny Devon - might be something to do with all that lovely clotted cream we have down here.....

[Jenever in reply to DartmoorDumpling]

I'm so envious of you lucky Devon dwellers, I love your county and visit as often as possible. 

[rosie-2015]

Hi I'm in Edinburgh in bonnie Scotland 😁👍

[Jenever]

The garden of England...Kent.  However born and raised in North London, still love it but wouldn't want to live there anymore.

[DartmoorDumpling Restart Feb 2024]

There's a few of us who like to have the two together..... plus a bit of high-sugar content Jam - but  definitely on special occasions or on holiday only!!

(Oh what a special treat is a Devon Cream Tea, naughty though it is)!

[Jaz21]

Hi, I'm from London x

[RobLandsdown91]

Born and bred (North West) Londoner!

[Cockneyblue 2lbs Restart Jan 2024]

Born in London now live in Stratford upon Avon. No summer here either 😕

[Activity2004 Visitor]

Maryland, USA

[IndigoBlue61]

Sunny but bitterly cold NE Scotland ❄️☃ 😊

[anna1992]

Im from the not so sunny Carlisle in Cumbria

[Fran182716]

South Birmingham, on the Warwickshire border

[Hidden]

I'm exiled in Birmingham. Lovely friendly people but I sooo miss London and Surrey.

[nhs2015]

Australia, where the sun is supposed to shine. Except today. Grey, drizzling and muggy.

[Hidden]

Reading in Berkshire, oh and the suns out 😆

[Hidden]

I live near Oxford but I am originally from Maidenhead in Berkshire so not moved too far! 

[Hidden]

Live in 'sarf' London and love it to bits 😊😊

[merrymanda]

Rural Essex. It's really beautiful, no, really it is! People think Essex is like TOWIE, but rural Essex is a different story.

[Hidden in reply to merrymanda]

I lived in Billericay for a couple of years - lovely place

[Hidden]

live in the rainy black forest, Germany

oh, yes, spring and all the trees blooming

[Activity2004 Visitor in reply to Hidden]

Any pollen??

[Hidden in reply to Activity2004]

Birches are rich in pollen, carpinus betulus as well but slowly going down. the more you come into the lowlands the blossom will have ceased, higher up still rich at pollinating the trees...fagus sylvatica and popolus nigra well pollinating... and the birches not to forget.... hope i didn't miss the worst!

[Activity2004 Visitor in reply to Hidden]

Oh!  Was wondering since I have REALLY BAD allergies to pollen!

[Hidden in reply to Activity2004]

Wait three weeks, then you should be safe... in the black forest the birches often pollinating for 3 weeks and they have come after the carpinus betulus. Have a pleasant trip, there are long stretches for mountain biking, hiking and relaxed walks... end of may/mid june the gras might be blooming... often people prefer the end of september to end of october time passage to be relaxed....

[Sheila32]

Havant in Hampshire,  near West Sussex border, near coast, countryside, lovely sunny morning. 

Originally from Leicester, roots near Manchester.

[DMMEG16]

The beautiful countryside of south Derbyshire!

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to DMMEG16]

Hello from an exiled Derbyshire lass 😊 Grew up in Matlock, very happy memories 😊 Now living in NE Scotland 

[SylviaH286]

I'm in Swansea, Wales x

[kirstyfbates]

Originally, I am from Southampton, England, but I am currently undertaking the 12 week weight loss programme all the way from Catalonia, Spain -- fifty miles outside of Barcelona. I've been living here since October 2015, working as a Teaching English as a Foreign Language classroom assistant!

[Activity2004 Visitor in reply to kirstyfbates]

Take a few pictures!

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to kirstyfbates]

Oooooh I'm off to Barcelona 4 weeks today 😊

[kirstyfbates in reply to IndigoBlue61]

Wow! It's your first time there? It's an incredible city -- and this time of year is especially nice. ☺️ Make sure you head to Montjuic to watch a Magic Fountain Show in an evening, and later, climb up the steps to the National Museum to see some incredible views across the entire city! Enjoy!

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to kirstyfbates]

Thank you kirstyfbates  

I have been before (my sister lives 60km north in L'Escala) but it's my daughter's first time 😊 Lucky girl is staying for a MONTH going to International Bar School (cocktails etc not Law!!! Lol 😂) 

So the plan is to help her get her bearings then head up to Parc  Guell in the afternoon. Then we go to L'Escala for the weekend before she returns to Barcelona. 😊 (I'm staying another week with my sister, hoping to be swimsuit ready!!) 

I will pass on your message, always good to hear of different things to do 😊 

[nhs2015 in reply to kirstyfbates]

Was in Barcelona for a few days last year. Great city. 

[Memelly]

I'm in Melbourne Australia. Just visited the black forest last week- had a 3 week trip through Neatherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. We are heading into winter here. Although it is meant to be 24c today. 

[Josepha2263]

I'm in London, Barnet.

[Paednurse]

Hello from Surrey, close to Hampton Court. X

[muffintop67]

Hi from another South Londoner

[Redx1995]

I'm from a very warm and sunny Leyland in Lancashire. Started off in Kent, moved to Northampton and then on to Derbyshire before settling down here.