What's one thing you've seen in other countries that you wish we had here?

[chocolateychurros]

In my home country, we have riders on motorbikes whose job it is to transport things from one place to another.
For example, if you left your charger at your mums, you could just request one of those and they would bring it straight to you.
Mind you in that country taxis are a lot cheaper than they are over here, so even if we had something like this here it would probably be too expensive and not worth it.

Love this! More trees too

The shower attachment on the loo to clean it instead of the nasty loo brushes we use..

This!

Same with our surgery. It's brilliant. But if you aren't able to get online, you can still phone.

I do that here in Edinburgh and feel safe

I registered online with the doctor and pharmacy. I put a request in for my prescription and they are generally delivered within 24 hours.

I can do everything I need to do with my GP via their online portal. I email for appointments, email pictures of rashes or BP monitors. All for free on the NHS.

We have them in Bristol!

It's worked really well. I am having some investigations and already have a phone call booked for next Saturday which they automatically sent me to discuss results and the scan isn't until Tuesday.

I was amazed to find that, on moving from England to Wales, prescriptions are free. I felt like a criminal walking out of the pharmacy without paying for my prescription!

Germany was very clean when I visited in about 2009, despite the lack of public bins in Berlin.

A lot of other countries seem to place a high value on education. It is a shame that it is deeply un-cool to be intellectual in the UK.

Although I've never visited, the USA seems to be much more tolerant of people being religious and regularly going to places of worship, rather than just at Easter and Christmas.

In Turkei:

• Traffic lights with a visual display counting down from 5, 4, 3….to indicate when changing from red to green.
• Mini-buses, every 20 minutes, you flag down anywhere you like on the pavement and get off anywhere you want
• The Toilets, with the extra water hose and jetwash option.
• Wish we could import their tasty tomatoes to uk, ditto pomegranate juice, fenugreek leaves…
• Mattresses in the high end Turkish hotels - I’ve found nothing in UK that compares. Bounce out of bed light as a feather with no aches or pains.
• HRT - Testogel testosterone treatment freely available over the counter - £36 for a years supply.

Australia:

• The fabulous bright colours of swim and beachwear, wish I could get my hands on it, rather than our black lycra offerings in Swindon (for example)

Croatia

• Marasca branded cherry brandy, walnut liqueur and others from the famous factory in Zadar

Greece:

• Carotten branded sunscreen - glorious fragrance and texture

Austria:

• Mangomilk - a blended drink in milk cartons from the supermarket.

Germany:

• Sport Lavit cooling menthol liquid - you splash it on after sauna/gym/shower - super cooling, refreshing fragrance.

Sunshine. Warm sunshine 🙄😂

The ability to book an appointment direct with a consultant, bypassing the GP, like we can in France.

Waste disposal/management- I was shocked at the overflowing bins in the UK, particularly London.

Expectations of good behaviour on trains. When did the British get so loud and sweary?!

Things I miss from the UK - being able to get meals outside fixed meal times.

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The ability to go for a run, or walk around safely at 3 am like I can when I go to the UAE.

I do that here in Edinburgh and feel safe"

And you're less likely to be chucked in prison....

A national health service

You might be able to nominate a different pharmacy

That’s a courier service and we have them here in the UK

Toilets that you flush with your foot like in Milan.

I'm in the U.S. so I'd like to have our government not run by felons, lunatics and dictators.

In my befuddled, just woke up state of mind, I understood that as emergencies relating to the trees, and was trying to figure out what kind of emergencies trees could have.

We have these in Finland too - makes washing up so much easier. I also store the measuring jugs and pot lids in it, still leaves plenty of room for drying dishes.

I have one, it is its first winter but seems to be dealing quite well. I have a thriving olive tree too (the fence at that side of the garden gets full sun most days).

@chocolateychurros You can do that with a taxi, I've done it a couple of times, but as you said not cheap.

I thought everywhere had the system that tells you how many spaces there are in car parks.

And I (well my carer) calls the pharmacy and order repeat prescriptions. They are delivered a couple of days later in dossette boxes.

I had a couple of blood tests at the GP, apparently my B12 was low so I got a text saying I needed to book in for injections and later that day the pharmacy delivered the folate with the instructions to take after the jabs.

And yes I use 'patient access' it is so useful when you are on as many meds as I am that you can just print out what you are taking.

One thing I liked in Ecuador is the busses. There are no trains so long distance travel is by bus, the drivers/owners take great care in decorating them.

Every so often they stop at a bus stop and someone gets on with a basket of fruit, or a cool box with ice cream, they walk the length of the bus and you can buy from them. They get off at the next stop.

Well they do need regular hugging…..

Gonna go hug some trees now, to prevent emergencies

In Malta they have the most amazing public transport system I have ever seen.