http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/ Americans in Britain - Survival tips for Americans in the United Kingdom Sun, 04 May 2008 19:17:07 GMT davwpol2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1719 Get close when you're far away and visit http://www.xenzoo.com to join your community of fellow Americans living in your area of the uk! Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:11:47 GMT Liz Anne Bowman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1718 We will be moving to Reading 8/08 and I have to find good schools for my boys ages 4 and 6. Any insights are greatly appreciated! Also any advice on desirable Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:07:04 GMT Zina Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1717 Have you talked to an accountant who specializes in your sort of move? Everything I've read and almost everyone I know who has moved says that it's very tricky Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:42:54 GMT zoogleg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1716 Hello, I'm planning to move to Edinburgh in a few months to take a job at the University and I've just joined this list. I've been looking into tax issues, Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:24:51 GMT little.ilene http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1715 Hi everyone. I'm a grandma, also founder of http://www.traveling4health.com. I look forward to getting to know you all better to get your perspective on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:32:00 GMT Zina Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1714 If you don't mind going severely out of your way, try http://www.flybmi.com . You'll make the weirdest connections ever, possibly flying thousands of miles out Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:50:13 GMT victoreous@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1713 I'm trying to find a cheap airlines from nyc to heathrow to fly in a weeks time. I know there is an airline that just opened that has all business class for Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:36:44 GMT Zina Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1712 Have you tried the http://uk-yankee.com/ site? They keep VERY close tabs on the entire process and recent changes, and there are a huge number of threads on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:21:07 GMT gin_elle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1711 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1711 Hello, As we get closer to the time that my husband moves to the UK which will be followed by my arrival a few months later, I am looking at the spouse visa Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:29:12 GMT davwpol2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1710 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1710 http://www.xenzoo.com Discover where your fellow expats hang out in the UK, share experiences, meet new people, post/answer questions, advertise events, share Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:11:09 GMT Zina Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1709 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1709 ... No kidding. I'm only now getting all the rules for roundabouts thru my thick skull. (What exactly is the point of a roundabout with traffic lights Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:12:24 GMT Robin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1708 Yes - I would totally agree with this. Electronic items that you want to keep (if your stay may be temporary) let someone in the states keep them for you till Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:20:50 GMT melissa_b11 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1707 Perhaps someone here has had to do the same? I need to change my email addy for the group, but when I tried on another group - through the "edit membership" Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:21:03 GMT ligeia23@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1706 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1706 When I first moved here over I insisted on having my stereo system shipped over. Big mistake! The transformer was not good enough and blew out the whole Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:09:08 GMT Zina Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1705 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansinbritain/message/1705 Keep in mind that if you're not thinking about the exchange rate, cars in the UK are a LOT cheaper than in the US. And depending upon where you're moving to,