What do you miss about your home and country if you are ever away?

- Indian resteraunts
- A decent glass of milk
- My music
- My friends and family
- Work (yes!)
- The Pub
- Sunday papers

I will think of more...

JDInteractive said:

mdiver.....

The cold sterility of supermarkets

The underlying hostility of urbanism

Efficiency

Hot fudge sundaes

The beautiful highway with real billboards

Dancing salsa on 2

Tapas and sangria with friends

Bacon sandwiches

I miss everything about Philly, every time I go back to visit it's like I never left.

As far as food. I miss the hoagies, steak sandwiches and water ices. If you eat these anywhere else but Philly it just ain't the same.

I miss Ocean City and the boardwalk..the smell of the ocean

From the Chicago Area to Southern Texas
I miss the following:

Dunkin Donuts Coffee - I can't stress this enough. I'm addicted.
Spring - There is no spring here. It is just hot all the time.
Laying in the Grass. The grass here is basically weeds.
The Chicago skyline. The biggest city nearby is San Antonio - 4 hours away.
Michigan Avenue
AM talk radio
And of course, all my friends
[Edited 4/6/07 21:17pm]

the LA times
halfway decent local news on tv
really bakingly sunny days with no humidity
the sunsets
seeing mountains off in the distance
this trashy pool hall my friends & i used to go to
the logical way the streets are laid out
how cold it gets at night
my best friend's house
a really good japanese restaurant
how i know where everything is

not sure if i have ever spent easter truely alone before
sometimes in university it was during exams so you couldn't go home.
but even then i always had my friends over for easter dinner.

i want to be hiding easter eggs for my nieces and nephew

What I miss when I´m away from Germany:

-clean streets, cleanliness
- probably the best tap water in Europe ( at least where I live )
- fresh, clean air
- efficiency
- shopping without being hassled


What I miss when I´m away from Turkey/ Agaen westcoast:

- the tastiest fruits and vegetables I´ve ever eaten
- the Agaen sea, the beaches, the bays
- the smell of thyme, basil and the sea
- fig trees, olive trees
- warmth and hospitality of my relatives
- drinking tea all day
- the sunshine

What I miss about the USA/MN:

- the friendly people ( seriously !)
- the idea that anything is possible
- the ambition
- cheap gas ( we pay three times more for gas, ca. 4 US dollars for a gallon )
- wide streets and roads
- strolling in supermarkets at 3 a.m.
- being far away from Europe and all its baggage
- the interesting variety in fast food chains

What I miss about the UK:

- the polite people, especially the elderly
- Kingsmill toast bread
- PG tips tea
- multicultural London
- Brighton/Hove....I just love it.
- Sunday papers
- British TV....so sophisticated.

And my old love, the Netherlands, haven´t been there since ´98:

- Chocomel ( but now you can buy it here, too )
- vla
- good skunk
- the progressive, liberal state of mind ( seems to have decreased a lot)
- Groningen and Amsterdam
- the sea
- seafood
- good Dutch cheese

To quote Bob Marley : Home is where your heart is.

waking up and the sound of birdies singing outside

- when I was in Argentina I missed japanese and asian food so much, they just don't have it over there, and it made me realise what an integral part of australian cuisine it is.

- wherever I go I always miss my own bed and my 6 pillows

- our tidy towns

Nothing, honestly, because I don't seem to get away that often. Just a vacation or a weekend getaway every now and again.

I don't think I've ever been away long enough to be homesick. When I travel I'm generally happy to come home, to see my kitty, to tell my friends of my adventures, to get back to my own bed, my own bathroom, etc. But I've never been gone so long as to actually miss anything at home.

When I was away I missed:

Grass
Ham
Debbie Gibson
Friends
Amusement Parks
Shorts

KoolEaze said:

Hi KoolEaze! wow - that's quite a list there!

i rarely miss Germany, but when i do, it's usually:

- going to have lunch or coffee & cake with my Mom
- rolls fresh from the bakery
- whole grain bread
- the museums
- public transportation

babynoz said:

What the hell is a water ice?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Don´t know what it is in Philly, but in Germany it is a small plastic tube filled with a frozen beverage/sweet liquid, and it comes in various flavors such as apple, cherry, lemon and cola. There are variations, though. Some are sold in plastic cups, and you are supposed to either suck on it or wait til it thaws a bit and drink it or eat it with a spoon.

A predecessor of a slurpie ?

evenstar3 said:

You'd love england's spaghetti roads.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Heeeyy !



How could I forget THE GERMAN FOOD AND BEVERAGES ?

- Mohnbrötchen ( my favorite, rolls with poppy seed )
- whole grain bread
- coffee
- fruit juices ( the real deal )
- cheesecake ( Käsekuchen ) . IMO, Germany´s cheesecake is DELICIOUS ! Just the right kind of sweetness, not too sweet.
- Kölln´s muesli
- frozen berries...they make some mean frozen berries over here...

KoolEaze said:

Mohnbroetchen

by this time next week, i will probably have had some or all of these...

MY BED!!!!!


...unless I'm in England, then I don't care.


M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

How funny!

KoolEaze said:

whereabout do you live in Germany? South??

abierman said:

i think he is in cologne, just guessing, and i am in berlin.
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I have not been "home" in many years and actually I have been gone so long that it is no longer home.
But I do miss the beautiful rolling hills, tress, the Chesapeake Bay, the state forest that was my backyard for 6 years.

Where I have lived for the past 23 years has never felt like home so I will be glad when I leave..
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KoolEaze said:

Oh, I used to have some of those that came from an Asian market. They were good.

Being able to wake up in the middle of the night and purchase a cigarette lighter that's as big as an encyclopedia.

Spookymuffin said:

and those are?