October 15, 2009

My Last Week In England

Sadly this is my last week here in England. I had planned on staying longer but I was mis-lead by the airlines with the change of flight prices, they had based my question on 1st class, not coach.. tricky. So with that it would have cost $480.00 to change my ticket, I paid $579.00 round trip so there was noway I was going to pay that or buy another ticket. Wah Wah. SO I am heading back to America on October 20th. 

As you know, cars here have the steering wheel on the right side (our passenger side) and brits drive on oppisite sides of the road. I cant tell you how many times Ive almost been hit by a car because I looked the wrong way when crossing the road! Also random, the escalators up and down are on opposite sides as ours, and I am a silly American each time I am at the mall and begin to step onto the stairs coming downwards..

Plugs here are different they are 3 pronged and each outlet has an on/off switch to be eco friendly! I had to use an adapter plug to use my laptop and so forth.

Money was confusing to learn, but I finally got it.. There are no 1 dollar (pound) bills (notes), they are in coin form.. I took a picture of my pocket change to show you below....left to right.
 QUEEN COUNTDOWN!
one pent,two pent,5pent,10pent,1 pound,2 pound,10 pound

Clocks! They are on 24 hour time, it has been so confusing figuring out what time it is.. the picture below is a bit simple to figure out, but when the hour is like 16:34, I have to count..

At the mall they have the usual fast food kinda stuff and I refuse to eat it! Fish and Chips is popular, so is pies and mash.. below is a lunch I had in the food court
 "Asparagus and Mushroom pie with a side of mash"


One of my discoveries was another of the nations songs.. "Rule Brittania", It has a really uplifting sound to it, the beginning is a bit slow so if you want to get to my favorite part, fast forward it to 
(:48 seconds) Rule Britannia!


The television has all the American shows there can be. The British shows are so funny and after 9pm television is permitted to show nudity and swear! I was so shocked when watching E! and I saw boobs and the "f" word! 
There is one show that is really funny.."Katy Brands Big Ass Show", she imitates alot of American actors, Musicians and of cours, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth! Its a bit off color and usually so funny, I was unable to really find a clip of the more funny skits but I was able to find one on youtube where the queen is talking to her 5 children about the effort they put into the Monarchy, see clip below





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