I'm an expat and I need...

[upsidedownwalrus]

Aye!

Fancy some, just PM me yer address?




Woof

Just seen this. Cheers for the offer, but it's OK - I'm returning to Blighty next week I'm going to come back here veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery well stocked

I'm taking about 3 changes of clothes and leaving half my rucksack for marmite, salt and vinegar crisps and teabags.

 

[selamlar]

cheese footballs please *looks pathetically hopeful*

Not cheese footballs, but have finally managed to get those sweet peanuts off. Very well travelled, I had to take them back to the UK with me and post them from there!

Posted last Thurs (3rd)

 

[ice-is-forming]

thanks selamlar ...very excited now and will be out there every morning harrasing the postie

*rubs hands gleefully*

 

[T/C]

I want a saturday Guardian please.

I can offer Moro bars or any other New Zealand delight. Except ice-cream. That might melt.

 

[miss direct]

Is there anyone on this thread in Poland, who can tell me which UK things you CAN'T get there? I'll be there soon and may be able to bring things to nice people, as long as they're not a 10 hour rickety bus ride away.

 

[Chairman Meow]

Feyr you are an absolute star! You have no idea how excited my husband was when he saw what was in the parcel! Please pm your address so I can send you a little something in return.

 

[feyr]

I still have your bugles at home feyr. I've been in and out of country... will post them in next few days.

thank you Ann, i got them this morning ketchup flavour is gorgeous! nom nom nom nom!

 

[ice-is-forming]

Could anyone send me some pickled onion flavour monster munch please??

 

[Mrs Magpie]

cheese footballs please *looks pathetically hopeful*

I only ever see those around Christmas.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I have diamonds and oil from Angola....

I want fresh vegetables... a lettuce costs me US$10.

How about some lettuce seeds? Similar problem in Doha, plus imports meaning fresh veggies sit in airport warehouses for days/weeks, meaning by the time they make it to the shops, they're often manky.

I took some seeds back to Doha and the rocket was thriving - of course, now I'm back in England and travelling to Germany for a wedding, they'll be shrivelled by the time I get back...

Do you want some seeds to try and grow your own?

 

[brix_kitty]

Does anyone know where I can buy bottles of Gluhwein / Mulled Wine in Sydney? Been looking for a while but can't find any Cheers

 

[ice-is-forming]

Cafe Lerida at Lerida Estate
Federal Highway
Lake George NSW 2581

Tel : +61 2 6295 6640
Fax : +61 2 6295 6676
Website: http://www.leridaestate.com

according to their web page you should be able to buy same to take away.

 

[brix_kitty]

Yeah I saw that when I was googling for it.. however it's 245km from Sydney - a rather long journey to make, especially without a car... I was hoping for something a bit more local. I've seen people selling it on stalls / in bars but never in the bottle shops. I did ask someone once and they gave me a name of a store - one of those big out of town liquor places.. but I forgot the name I am full of uselessness.

 

[brix_kitty]

Thanks anyway

 

[rennie]

I want greasy and salty roasted peanuts.

 

[ice-is-forming]

theres an urbanite who works in a bottle shop in sydney iirc...can't recall his name atm ..if i do i'll post it

 

[ice-is-forming]

Arggghh...gonna drive me mad now trying to remember his name mind you i haven't seen him post for a while so its probably useless anyway @ self.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Ha !! 'Kripcat' .. he was working in a bottle shop, but i think it may be in melbourne..he was logged in last week.

'CherryRipe' may know, he was logged in today and has lived in sydney for about 15 years iirc

 

[ice-is-forming]

spangles??? old english spangles??? *hopeful smiley*

 

[Zorra]

Saturday Guardian or Observer food magazine please! (You can read them first ) Not sure what I can offer you in return, Khartoum is not packed with exiting and mailable goods. But if you think of anything I'm happy to send it

 

[Bang to Rights]

The idea is that if you're an expat/traveller and there's something you really miss, then you say what it is here -- e.g. certain type of tea, biscuits, English language books/magazines or whatever -- and then in a random act of kindness some other urbanites will volunteer to send you whatever it is in a care package.

I've travelled right around the world twice (on my own steam, mostly overland) and I've lived in several different countries on 5 continents. If you live anywhere long enough you get used to everything and miss nothing at all. It's like coffee: the first time you sample the local mix it tastes like shit but after a couple of months you wouldn't trade it for anything else.


I find that I miss some of the things I learned to enjoy while I was abroad more than what I might miss from home while being abroad. I was very keen on Aero mint when I was living in Rhodesia and I was extemely pleased to find it on the shelves in Slovakia last week. I must have gained 2 stone, but what the hell. Great stuff that Aero mint!

Now if someone from the RSA could see their way clear to sending me a packet of kudu biltong or someone post a portion of “chooks and chips” from Hungry Jack’s and a stack of American buttermilk pancakes I'd be more than greatful.

 

[ice-is-forming]

pickled onion monster munch,
roastbeef monster munch.
cheesy wotsits.
skips,
quavers,
frazzles,
hoola hoops
bovril flavour crisps.
cheese footballs,
please ????

 

[ice-is-forming]

bastards

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'd have murdered for a regular supply of salt and vinegar crisps when I was in china

 

[ice-is-forming]

i got all excited then next time your in china i'l send you s&v crisps if you se....

 

[Homeless Mal]

I miss Barbeque Shapes and Chicken Crimpy Shapes. I can get them in London but it's not the same.

And Violet Crumble. Mmmmmm

 

[unknown.factor]

Would anyone like anything from Australia?

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Would anyone like anything from Australia?

Eric Bana pls. thnx.

 

[unknown.factor]

Eric Bana pls. thnx.

Sorry he's too hot to touch

 

[miss direct]

If anyone ever comes to Istanbul, and would like to bring me any of the following: trashy magazines/tikka masala powder/curry sauce/a bottle of squash/vegemite/a wispa....

I will repay you in kind.