tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post6007796830894353586..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Back to school: UK vs USnappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-11022123388731021772013-09-10T10:57:41.066-04:002013-09-10T10:57:41.066-04:00I'm glad you're back and surviving the re-...I'm glad you're back and surviving the re-entry<br /><br />I'm one of the strange people who enjoys the whole name tape thing - feels rather nostalgic for my childhood or something (and nothing says nostalgia like the obligatory pictures of children in over-sized clothes - presumably that is a UK only thing?)Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-87497487885166254112013-09-09T13:55:37.126-04:002013-09-09T13:55:37.126-04:00Has the traffic got any better?Has the traffic got any better?Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-47019957115705468312013-09-09T12:50:52.208-04:002013-09-09T12:50:52.208-04:00I remember well, after our first summer in America...I remember well, after our first summer in America, trying to ask people "where did you go on holiday?" Two problems. 1) should have said "vacation" not "holiday", and 2) most people hadn't been away, and found it an odd question.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-87857398684064120342013-09-09T11:24:39.689-04:002013-09-09T11:24:39.689-04:00...and I bet the kids are very over-excited about ......and I bet the kids are very over-excited about their first day in both countries!Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-60600088973324766182013-09-09T09:37:45.230-04:002013-09-09T09:37:45.230-04:00V interesting. Yes, I'm glad we don't have...V interesting. Yes, I'm glad we don't have uniforms (most of the time) but we only have one year left of no PE kit. IN 6th grade they are expected to change. I'm not looking forward to all the lost stuff that will certainly begin, but he will definitely need to change out of the stinky PE kit. Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.com