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The Diary of a Kept Man Living in Rural England

Thursday, December 25

Merry Christmas From Boo!

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We'd always wanted to live overseas and one day, rather unexpectedly, it all started to happen. On April 17, 2008 we moved from Chicago, Illinois, USA to the hamlet of Callow in the United Kingdom. Tatties and Neeps will be my chronicle of our experiences across the pond and how we'll handle living in a quaint puddle of 50,000 instead of a bustling sea of 9 million.

This blog will serve two main purposes: First, we hope to share lots of stories and pictures with our friends and family back home. Second, already we find those same folks back home asking questions about where we will be living and the ins-and-outs of how (and why!) to visit us. As I hear about deals and routes and explore the wonders of Nowhere and Everywhere, I'll be posting them here to share with everyone.

This blog, by the way, is the yang to my wife's yin. Her blog is a filthy nasty thing full of words like tosser and wanker and is no longer available from here. If you still want to read her blog, well, I don't know what to tell you.

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Help On Holiday: Useful Links To Get From There to Here

  • Find Out When Best To Buy Your Flights = Farecast
  • Shop Flights By Comfort, Too = InsideTrip
  • SkyScanner
  • Global Event Guide: WhatsOnWhen!
  • Is That A Concise Travel Guide In Your Pocket or ... ?
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  • Slow Travel -- A Different Way To Holiday
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  • The #1 Free Word Processor
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Hereford Central

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  • TripAdvisor Hereford
  • The Herefordshire Trail (thx Spence!)
  • Beautiful Beer!
  • Local Organics
  • Hereford Walks
  • Cider Pubs!
  • Area Map
  • Londonlogue -- All About London
  • UK Ferry Routes
  • UK Automobile Association (AA)
  • UK Trains: Hereford Station
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Boo On The Move: Pet Links

  • Wandering Boo at Go Nomad
  • The Man Keeping Boo Down: The Rules For Pet Travel
  • Room With A Boo: Pet-Friendly UK Hotels

Foods You Might Not Eat: What and Where

  • Fat Sausage (Portugal)
  • The Oregon Burrito @ La Conga (Corvallis, Oregon)
  • Fried Pig Intestines (Chicago)
  • Poi aka Fermented Taro Paste (Hawaii)
  • Deep Fried Pigs Ear, Snout, and Tail (Paris)
  • Deep Fried Fish Stomach (?) (Taiwan)
  • Fermented "Stinky" Tofu (Taiwan)
  • Fugu aka Blowfish (Chicago)
  • Haggis (South Africa)
  • Live Clam (Japan)
  • Menudo (Mexico)
  • Raw Horse Sashimi (Japan)
  • Squirrel (Michigan)
  • Whale (Japan)
  • Whole Grilled Sparrow (Japan)

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