Genuine Answer.

Personally I left Australia to live and work in Europe on a WHV, as do many Aussies and Kiwis.



Many Aussies I have met over here chose London because

1. The wages are good.

2. Its pretty close to continental Europe with all it's history and culture, and easily accessible thanks to the budget airlines that operate from here.

3. Although expensive to live in, it can work out pretty cheap if you live in a sharehouse with other Aussies. My room in my sharehouse was formerly inhabited by a mate of mine from back home...when his time was up in England and he went back home, I moved in. Thats the way we do things and it works out well. I've already got someone else lined up for my room when I finish here.

4. Our parents did the same thing when they were young back in the late 60's or 70's

5. Its party central every night of the week if you want it. 'Here for a good time, not a long time' is the WHV Aussies motto.

6. Despite the old 'He must work in a bar' line believe it or not I actually have a well paid and fairly interesting job. I can quite comfortably send a good chunk of my wages home and still have enough money to have a good life over here.

For me though this will always just be a visit. It's an experience that I'm pleased to have done.

Please don't forget to shut the door on your way out

I do like that for those of us outside Wigan, we can still get that 'at the match' experience, they sell Poole's pies in the Asda

Best pie i have had is a Yates and Grier Pork pie in the market in St helens, its literally is a parcel of delight!!!!!

if you want a meat and potatoe that contains PROPER MEAT......bispham kitchens at bispham, blackpool, and the one in cleveleys.

the MEAT pies are what it says on the label and take about 20 minutes to eat unless you have very sharp gnashers

If you want a proper steak pie Grimshaws at BRYN when you bite into them watch out for the gravy

Edited for accuracy

Suddenly that's a bad thing?

well....if it means you are likely to drop dead from coronary heart disease or spend the rest of your days suffering from the effects of a stroke...........yes

A small price to pay for eating quality pies.

Surely you can't really believe that the ubiquitous British Pork pie is 'quality'???

I have only ever tried one once before admittedly but as far as I can remember it was a cold hard lump of fatty minced pork (with added lumps of extra white fat) which had been shaped into a round mass before being encased in slimy jelly and some crumbly pastry before being served COLD to its unsuspecting victim....ie ME

Seriously.

These things should carry a government health warning.

Mmmm, Yates Greer pies! My grandad was in charge of the factory in Leigh for a v.v.v. long time. He used to take me in at weekends when we were visiting for a treat to see the factory cat and get a tray of pies for a family gathering out of one of the giant fridges. A-mazing. If you cut me in half, there's just a massive YG pork pie in there. Although their pies aren't as nice as when my grandad was in charge.