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Australian reveals the details that 'blew her mind' when she first moved to London - including the speed of deliveries and the 'historic' buildings
Australian reveals the details that 'blew her mind' when she first moved to London - including the speed of deliveries and the 'historic' buildings
Former gymnast Amie Elizabeth took to TikTok to share the surprising details
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An Australian woman who now lives in England has revealed the differences that shock her friends when they visit her in London.
Former gymnast Amie Elizabeth took to TikTok to share 'the things that blow Australians minds about living in the UK'.
Sharing the clip with her 11,000 followers, the Aussie, who moved to the British capital two years ago, listed the details that surprised her pals the most after they experienced Britain for the first time.
Amie, who works for a sports organisation in the UK, admitted that she now takes those aspects 'for granted'.
She explained that she had recently had a group of fellow Aussie friends come to visit her in the UK, and that she had been reminded of all the traits that shocked her two years ago.
Beginning the video, she said: 'Some friends came to visit me from Australia recently and these are the things that blew their minds about living in the UK that I just thought were so cute because obviously I've been here for two years now so you take them for granted when you're living here.
'I often p**s middle aged British people off in my comments because I am always on here comparing what it's like to live in Australia compared to the UK.'
She began by pointing out the differences between the speed of delivery services in the UK compared to Australia - a privilege many take for granted. 'The first one was Amazon same-day delivery,' she revealed.
An Australian woman who now lives in England has revealed the differences that shock her friends when they visit her in London. Former gymnast Amie Elizabeth, pictured
'My friend forgot one of their phone chargers, and so we ordered her a new phone charger off of Amazon. We ordered it like 8am and arrived by 10pm, and she was like wow, what.'
Her friend wasn't the only one dumbfounded by the seemingly limitless possibilities of online shopping in the UK.
Amie said: 'When I first moved here, I was like mind-blown by the sheer amount of stuff you can buy off of Amazon that was like same-day or next-day delivery.'
Secondly, Amie's friends pointed out the 'beautiful' and 'historic' buildings in England.
'The second one was all of the beautiful buildings that just hold so much history in them,' said the content creator. 'When I first moved here I was so mesmerised by all of the beautiful historic buildings.
'You'll walk through central London, and you'll see a McDonald's in this beautiful old Victorian building, and you're like why do they let them put McDonald's in there?'
Finally, Amie continued: 'My friend was like I genuinely think you need a whole month to spend in London to unpack it and I was like no, babes, you need an entire lifetime to see all of London and even then you won't see it.
'Anyway, this is just a reminder that I moved to London because I freaking love it here,' she concluded.
Former gymnast Amie Elizabeth (pictured) took to TikTok to share 'the things that blow Australians minds about living in the UK'
Reaction: Brits in the comments were delighted by the praise. One wrote: 'Welcome I'm so pleased to see you appreciate the historic buildings... but go out in the beautiful countryside and experience England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland'
Brits in the comments were delighted by the praise. One wrote: 'Welcome I'm so pleased to see you appreciate the historic buildings... but go out in the beautiful countryside and experience England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.'
A second said: 'If you love history you will need to live a life time in Britain.'
One individual who had made the opposite journey, emigrating from London to Australia, pointed to one detail of British life they missed most.
'As a Brit now living in Aus I miss the supermarkets with food and alcohol being in one place,' they wrote.
Responding in the comments, Amie wrote: 'Oh my god, you're so right! This blows their minds too and how cheap alcohol is in the UK!'
Elsewhere on her TikTok, Amie has described numerous differences between the two nations, including differences in 'work culture', such as Australians' behaving in a way that is more 'direct' than Brits.
'For British people, Australians can be quite direct but directness is something I thrive in in a work environment,' she said.
'British people don't do this at all, they're so overly polite with each other. The politeness level here can be quite exhausting,' she said.
