Carpet in bathroom and kitchen, houses engineered from red bricks but without basements, everyone says hello and cheerio to the bus driver - and since when exactly have chips been a delicacy? I am testing my appreciation of British curiosities, etiquette and humour. How will living in England affect me after I had been conditioned in a German/French climate for almost 30 years? I now live in Bournemouth, so here you shall receive my Word of Bournemouth.
