British funnies: The UK from the eyes of a New Zealander

Seeing my home country through the eyes of 13 New Zealanders who have never been to Europe has surely been interesting, and at times, rather amusing!

Here are some of the comments and questions I have had the last week or so from my team mates.

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Year 2 summary: 24 months in New Zealand 

Year 2At the end of my first year in New Zealand I didn’t think there could possibly be a year that was worse: losing mum just weeks after I left England, and only 2 weeks after I found out she was terminally ill, arriving alone in a brand new country, a city I had never been to before, starting a job that didn’t turn out to be at all like I expected it to when I accepted it via teleconference call in the UK. 

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