The first trip I made outside of Nottingham was to the “Cathedral City” of Lincoln. It’s about 40 miles east, so takes roughly an hour by car or train to get there from Notts. I just so happened to be in Lincoln in May of 2017; exactly 800 years after the Battle of Lincoln, so the…
UK Driving Survival Guide
If you’ve read my post about how weird the language is here, wait until you hear how weird the driving is here. Yes, it’s on the opposite side of the road. That’s weird. A bit hard to get used to, even when you’re just the passenger in the car. But it’s not just being on…
Best Eats in Nottingham
If you’ve never been to England before… or Europe in general… you should be warned: eating out isn’t the same as it is in Canada. Y’know how in Canada, when you go to a restaurant, you typically wait to be seated, and a waiter/waitress takes you to your seat, then gives you a menu, gives…
Understanding British English
One of the first things I learned when I moved over here was that I don’t know English as well as I thought I did. And I have never been criticized on the way I speak so much as I am here. I mean in Halifax I did get made fun of a bit for…
A Guide to Nottingham – The City of Caves
Maybe it was the excitment of being in a new country… Maybe it was the lack of sleep… But I pretty much immediately fell in love with England. Naturally, my first few days of being in Nottingham were spent doing all of the touristy things: Nottingham Castle, the City of Caves Tour, Wollaton Hall &…
The Journey Begins – My First Few Days in England
This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down… Okay, it’s not. But it is the story of my last few days in Canada, and my first few days in Nottingham. In all honesty, I should have been terrified. I should’ve been losing my mind, freaking out about uprooting myself…
Applying for a UK Visa from Canada
I should start off by saying, I really don’t know a lot about Visas other than the one that I applied for, but this is my experience of applying for a UK Visa. For more information on all things visa related, visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration. When I first came up with this whole idea of living in…
HCPC Registration Step by Step – A Radiographer’s Guide for International Applicants
Surprisingly enough, Canada being part of the British Commonwealth really doesn’t help the moving process much. Actually, I don’t think being part of the commonwealth really means much at all for Canada in this day and age, but that’s beside the point of this post. So, to work as a radiographer in the UK, you…
How Did I End Up Here?
So I suppose I should start by answering the question that I get asked almost daily since moving here… Why the hell did you move to Nottingham from Canada? It’s the second-most-asked question, right after, “You American?”. And although I hate when people assume I’m American almost as much as when people assume I’m a…
Nova Scotia to Nottingham 