I have encountered many changes and differences, and a few similaries, in the 10 days I have been here. I love the fact that some of my keys are the skeleton type, with the large hole on the door that can be peeped through. Obviously, some may know, the English drive on the left side of the road, and the driver’s side of a car is the right. Looking BOTH ways before crossing streets is necessary. Pounds instead of dollars, and pence instead of cents. Tax is included in everything, and the tip line on a debit card purchase dosn’t exist.Â
Television in Britain is suprisingly good too. The little that I have watched doesn’t censor graphic language or nudity. In fact, neither do the newspapers or magazines. They show a wee bit of American shows and movies, and generally commercial free too. The commercials they do have are not consistantly automotive, fast food, insurance, or prescription drug commercials like that in America. In fact, they do not have a single presciption drug commercial. My roommates were confused when I asked where they were, they had no idea what I was talking about.
Similarities between our countries include an obesity epidemic, illegal drug use on the rise among youngsters and adults (apparently cocaine is big among the suit-wearing-moneymakers), and an obsession with celebrities and plastic surgery. Global warming is a hot topic among the people and government here as well, although this is a contrast to America’s policymakers.
The grocery stores are amazing here. With so many ethnicities in London, there are so many interesting food items I have never seen or tasted. I have been learning how to cook Hungarian (lots of paprika), and soon I will push the boundaries of Indian curries. Food is very cheap, and wine is cheap, if only my dollar equaled the pound.
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Jane and I did find a great North American Sports Cafe last week near Picadilly Circus last week and were able to watch the Notre Dame game. In fact, the whole place was crawling with ND fans it felt like we were at home. You can bet we’ll be there tommorrow for the Michigan game. Go Irish!
After settling into our new apartment, Jane and I did all the typical tourist shit, like the Tate Modern, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Parliament and Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London and London Bridge… The weather here has been perfect, blue skys everyday, so as soon as the weather gets bad, we’ll go inside and tour the museums and galleries, for now we just walk and take pictures, and walk some more til our feet hurt.
Earlier this week we spent a few days in Scotland, I’ll write about that tommorrow. So much to say, so little time. As soon as I have access to school (next week) I’ll upload hundreds of photos for you all to see.