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Real Name: Firas
Lives In: Cernobbio, IT
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Warnings Or Dangers: Look Right PLEASE !
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  • Fortunately is double in this tip...
    The first fortunately is that I wasn't alone in London, I was with my friends Mido and Rihab, and they saved me several times not be smashed by a car or a bus in London, as I have the habit to look left then if there are no cars I cross the road, but in England as you could imagine things are different,in 80% of the streets you have to look right instead of looking left, the fact that the cars are moving in the left side and passing another one from the right side, makes all the difference and turn the image of rules upside down, the second fortunately, but that you have to learn about it before going to UK is that before crossing the road you have to look down where your feet are standing, it is written like in the picture I took here whether you should look right or left before you go!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: T-Mobile UK and Vodafone UK
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  • When your mobile company is not from UK and for example from France, please take knowledge that you pay double by using your phone to call from there, and worste even receiving the calls you pay also, and also the sms are doubled in price!
    but it is always great to use your mobile with the international option anyway!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Royal Mail
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  • A lovely odd fact which is special again and again in UK is that the Royal Mail needs only stamps on it, but no other official things on the stamp itself!
    and to keep the high prestige of the Royal Mail, your normal letter arrives very fast to its destination!
    that's cool!
    you have to know that Post offices are rare in London, not so frequently like in other cities in oher countries, but you can but the stamps almost everywhere, and if you through your letter in any box it will reach the destination, Argh Wonderland Wonderland !!!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Chewing gums ! Yaaak
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  • Yep yep... who could beleive or imagine that those funny disgusting little circles on the road are the spit out chewing gums, London suffers from this ugly phenomena, but I heared in an interesting show about London, that the government is sick already from washing those stucked gums everyday to romve them, as it is useless, the day after there are hundreds of it again, so they suggest the hard and cruel plan B, which is the Tax, you pay 50£ if you spit out that gum, Hmmmm would you spit it for that price!!!
    I don't think so... LOL

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Showers
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  • Oh the weather in UK is terrible and very special again, Showrs could strikes with no warning and suddenly in a very strong intensive way, I thought to myself meanwhile, that's why they call the rains here : Showers!
    an umbrella is a very needed thing all the seasons in London as you'll never know when it could rain, even in the summer!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Taking a picture while moving !
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  • In the Bus I passed near some modern streets which I couldn't pass by while walking, and I wanted to have some photos, for VT to show the modern style of London, but as you can see it is not recomanded to do such a thing as the results of the photo is alike, not clear and deformed!
    but its ok as you won't stop the Bus just to take a picture right?!!!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Why me!
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  • United Kingdom - Dr.Firas and a rude guest LOL
  • Dr.Firas and a rude guest LOL
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  • That Pigeon has landed on my shoulder from the middle of nowhere, it was really very special, that I thought that the English Pigeons are something exotic and accorded to Wonderland, why me!
    I mean that happened inside the Victoria railstation while waitting for the Bus to take me back to Dijon, how did it entered!
    and why she choused me, there where hundered of people in that hall, LOL
    the Pigeon was comfort and stayed 5 minutes like that, as if it was normal house of it, and I aksed Mido to take a picture of it, and he did twice, one with my camera and once with his, after I thought to myself, it must be the good luck comming from Wonderland, but that was again and again really special!
    do you have a small doubt now that England is not Wonderland!!!!!!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Eurotunnel
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  • So it was 6 hours to reach London, now I know how the Eurotunnel looks like, imagine our Bus entered a big wagon in a huge special train and the wagon get down the tunnel in the sea!!!
    well we couldn't see anything but the black tunnel hee hee, but it was impressive, if you need to go to the WC there, you have to pass across the wagons and you reach it in the top of the end, you don't have to make pictures with flash there, neither smoking as the fire alret could work and it will be really bad inside the tunnel!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Too much pints of beer is not a good thing!
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  • United Kingdom - Firas, Rihab and Mido
  • Firas, Rihab and Mido
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  • I won't change my mind about the fact that the best beer in the world is the Belgian one, but the English beer is good too, and you will easily ask for a second pint LOL
    please be careful, I swear I saw twice people were pissing in the middle of streets of London as late at night you won't find a WC easily, and if you are explosing you won't resist, but fortunately Policemen were not there to see what I saw!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Ladies Obsession!
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  • Do you think that Lady is a VTer...!!!
    Nah she is not!
    but she has a common obsession with all the ladies of the world, she can't avoid herself of taking pictures of the wonderful clothes and mode shown in a very famous shopping centres like the prestigious Harvey Nichols here, what a decoration too!
    I was really impressed too, but I took a photo of both the shopping glass and the lady!

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    Comments for dr.firas about United Kingdom
    budapest8 Mon Oct 15, 2007 05:26 UTC
     Dr.Firas tips on the UK are definately a must see and must do. Your observations are remarkable and see you spent many hours on your research.u list many things I miss about my homeland. Tim .·:*¨`*:·~My§ticÄl~·:*¨`*
    Maxus Sat Apr 7, 2007 18:30 UTC
     great tips and stuff, well done mate
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     Great pages on the United Kingdom - I'll have to get back to you when I visit there again!
    gilabrand Wed Jul 6, 2005 16:34 UTC
     So you did it Firas? Did you pass your exams??
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