What it's really like living in the UK - Answering YOUR questions!!

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Here's PART 2 of our honest thoughts of UK life.
We've now been in bonnie Scotland for a full 6 months after moving our young family of 5 from California earlier this year. You've been asking us questions related to the move, our new life in the UK, pros/cons, etc., so we'll finally be answering those today!

Chapters / Timestamps:
0:01 Intro
0:35 What's with the accent?
2:33 Have the kids accents started to change?
WORK
3:11 How's Zach finding employment, and what about the Scottish police?
3:40 Are we enjoying/settled into the new jobs?
4:02 FlexiSpot
FOOD
5:45 Have we discovered a new favourite?
6:57 Do we like square sausage?
7:05 Thoughts on tap water/bottled water
7:41 Are we missing any American specialty dishes or Mexican food?
8:12 Do we find food in the UK to be healthier than the U.S.?
KIDS
8:31 How has the lifestyle changed for our kids?
9:25 Are the kids homesick?
9:58 Have the kids experienced anything different culturally, words, etc.?
10:37 Have the bairns settled well into school?
11:16 Schooling, their experience, the curriculum, etc.
12:25 Are the kids missing the hotter weather? How are they adapting to UK life?
TRAVEL
12:55 Will we be traveling to England?
13:25 What European adventures do we have planned?
YOUTUBE
13:57 Did we change our channel name?
14:32 What's it like being first time YouTubers? Any advice?
THE HOUSE
16:37 What part of Scotland do you live in?
16:49 Is our Scottish house smaller than our U.S. one? Any regrets to downsizing?
17:26 How's it getting tradespeople for work on the house?
DAILY LIFE & CULTURE
18:03 How's the weather?
19:02 Have the kids seen snow? Did they know what fireworks night was?
19:41 Any seasonal depression?
20:25 Has Annie struggled with a language barrier and accents?
21:49 Scottish words/phrases that Annie now uses regularly?
22:09 Do we miss U.S. consumerism?
23:14 Any favourite UK tv shows?
24:35 Are U.S. medical commercials real? Do they actually list all the side effects?
25:00 What's the most surprising thing about our new life in Scotland?
25:34 What cultural differences have we experienced?
25:56 How's it driving on the other side of the road?
26:32 What are our plans for Christmas/New Years?
27:00 Does Finnegan chew on everything and stand on his hind legs?
MOVING LOGISTICS
27:37 Anything we wish we would've known before the move?
28:14 What's the easiest path to the UK? Should your U.S. company transfer you?
29:15 Is it affordable for U.S. citizens to live part time in the UK?
30:27 How did the American side of the family take the news about the move?
31:45 What are the best things about living in Scotland? What do we miss most?
32:09 Cost of living less expensive in Scotland?
33:01 What paper/digital documentation did you take? What was customs like?
34:01 When is the U.S. family visiting?
34:21 Have the difference in U.S. income and cost of living been difficult to adjust to?
34:49 What are the emotional/psychological differences between living in Scotland vs. U.S.?

This video was recorded in November, 2024.

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