London / Paris Here We Come!!! 9/2 - 9/10/11

[k5jm]

It would make a really nice anniversary present honey....... Just sayin'

That's an understatement!!!

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Kevin, I need to change my Podcast Cruise 3.0 reservation to Steerage on Deck 0

 

[DisneyKevin]

Kevin, I need to change my Podcast Cruise 3.0 reservation to Steerage on Deck 0

I'm not even sure that's going to help.

 

[apurplebrat]

Bring on the Hermes!! http://www.hermes.com/

 

[k5jm]

Bring on the Hermes!! http://www.hermes.com/

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

Makes my $1485 Louis Vuitton 55cm Keepall w/shoulder strap (ok....I've been looking) seem like chump change....huh?

http://www.louisvuitton.com/us/flash/index.jsp?direct1=home_entry_us

 

[MinnieGarden]

Hermes, Louis Vuitton...... ooh la la!

 

[k5jm]

Hermes, Louis Vuitton...... ooh la la!

 

[sayhello]

You might as well get used to the idea, Mike!

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[k5jm]

http://disneyparknewscast.com/2011/07/04/dlp-newscast-episode-3/

Here it is, Episode 3 of the podcast hosted by “Joseph Carter” bringing you the latest news, rumours and special features all about Europe’s number one vacation destination….Disneyland Paris. This week we have a special feature with our new co-host “Steve Riley” and we discuss our “Top Ten Disneyland Paris Rides”.

 

[MinnieGarden]

57 days until London and Paris!!!!

 

[wishspirit]

Hamley's is an amazing toy store. I am pretty sure I will be in central London at least once before September, I will try and report back about Lego!

That would be awesome Kate!

I will be in London the week after next, I will try and check for you whilst I'm there!

 

[Becx N Gav]

It would make a really nice anniversary present honey....... Just sayin'

I like the way you think

If you are going to Hamleys for Lego (awesome store, reminds me of FAO Schwartz in New York) you should check out Liberty - the company was founded in 1875 and it's in an old tudor building, there is more about it's history here.


Here are some words that you may not know and what they are in American! In no particular order

US UK
Cilantro = corriander
Scallion = spring onion
Egg Plant = aubergine
Ruterbaga = sweede
Chips = crisps
Fries = chips
'erbs = herbs
Arugala = rocket
Sidewalk = pavement/path
Commercial = advert
Zucchini = courgette
First floor = ground floor (then you have the first floor, second floor etc.)
Cookie = biscuit (but ours tend to be harder and dryer, like a Graham crackers but many varities)
Biscuit = scone
Sweater = jumper
Band aid = plaster
Baked potato = jacket potato (we also call potatoes spuds or tatties)
Jelly = jam
Pants = trousers
Underpants = pants
Lawyer/attourney = solicitor (hopefully you won't need to know this!)
Faucet = tap
Sneakers = trainers
Cotton candy = candy floss
Oatmeal = porridge
Corn = sweetcorn
Dessert = pudding (you can also get savoury puddings such as steak and kidney pudding)
Mars bar = miky way
Milky way = Mars bar
Mall = shopping centre

Scroll down on this page to see the different names we have for cuts of beef

 

[wishspirit]

Wow! I never knew that Mars Bar and Milky Way are the wrong way round there! I guess I am too busy trying out their different kinds of sweets that I don't even bother to look at the names I know!


Oh another one:
Candy = Sweets (or sweeties)

 

[BriarRosie]

I took the chalkboard quiz in the UK pavilion, and I did fairly well. I think a lot of us know that elevator = lift, and any reader of Harry Potter probably knows the sweater = jumper and sneakers = trainers thing.

My favorites are pants/trousers/underwear miscommunication. I will be making an effort not to use the word "pants" when I'm there. I think it's just plain cruel that Milky Way and Mars bars are completely reversed.

Then again, there are interchangeable words among Americans. What I call a shopping cart, someone else in a different area of the country calls a "buggy". And apparently the soda, pop and "Coke" thing is extremely controversial. (I'm from the Midwest; it's "pop" here.)

 

[sayhello]

truck = lorry
eraser = rubber
trunk (of car) = boot
hood (of car) = bonnet
butt = bum
trash can = rubbish bin or dust bin
pharmacy = chemists
gasoline = petrol
flashlight = torch

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[Becx N Gav]

Wow! I never knew that Mars Bar and Milky Way are the wrong way round there! I guess I am too busy trying out their different kinds of sweets that I don't even bother to look at the names I know!


Oh another one:
Candy = Sweets (or sweeties)

It was so weird when I first tried a mars bar expecting caramel!

truck = lorry
eraser = rubber
trunk (of car) = boot
hood (of car) = bonnet
butt = bum
trash can = rubbish bin or dust bin
pharmacy = chemists
gasoline = petrol
flashlight = torch

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I didn't think you'd have the need to know about erasers and flash lights

If you want a chemists you should see plenty of Boots stores (shops), they do many other things too.

 

[Sarabi's Cubs]

Ok, I'd better move beyond episode 3 of Coffee Break French. I took my daughter to Le Chatelaine for dinner and realized that I am in real trouble in Paris if I can't even navigate that menu!

Also, the mother/daughter dinner meant that Brian got home before me and was confronted with 5 packages waiting on the porch. He was a little alarmed. In fairness, 2 of them were birthday gifts for my son, so they weren't all from my post-chat shopping spree.

Laurie

 

[MinnieGarden]

Just in case anyone forgot.....

We're going to London and Paris!!!!

 

[sayhello]

Just in case anyone forgot.....

We're going to London and Paris!!!!

I haven't forgotten!!!!

I'm just trying to get through my last 2 community theater productions this weekend, then I can get back down to the serious trip planning!

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[Becx N Gav]

Christy, I just checked the Esso website and the petrol stations near us are running the promotion

I'll keep you and Kate the updated with the models I get - please let me know if your son would prefer any particular model