What’s in store in a foreign land (behind the scenes)

[jlags90]

I suppose it is a lot different for us we know our country and we have been to the phils so we have seen both sides. Some of our partners have never been out of their country so they dont know what to expect.

I tell you what, it's a lot easier for a person to get an idea of what another country is like than it was years ago, what with the internet and youtube.

How many people actually bother to to do the research though ?

There are dozens of pages about life in my city, even all the pages from the local newspaper every day, plus endless youtube videos.

One of the first things I did before meeting my fiancee was to look up all the info' about her hometown, plus the place where she was working.

The actual houses were on google maps too.

For addresses here in England you can even take a 'street-level' view of the house.

Here is my street....downloaded straight from Google maps:
(I could also have taken a view looking straight at my own house, with enough detail to show the house number on the door.)

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I have never been to places except the Philippines.. But the internet offers a variety of information (in agreement with Graham).. I used most of the online services available before to get to know more about my fiance.. And I found out, he went to the Philippines (years ago) even though he did not tell me ..Google earth also helped me track his hiding place... ) Before we met, I studied English Dining Etiquette via Youtube.. (i have read they are particular with table manners) .. So I impressed him on our first dinner date!!! Now, I am reading more about Halifax, and the culture of english people..

Just keep learning... Life offers a variety of lessons..