A lot of long working nights meant a couple of nights stopping by the local Irish pub for a pint (or two) so that my life wouldn't be comprised of only work then bed. I am little bit obsessed with the pub down the street - though mostly older men frequent the place I feel comforted by the ambiance. The one night I stopped by there was a wake that was more about celebration than sadness. Also, there was an Irish football game on so everyone enjoyed a bit of that while they celebrated the life of their friend and family member. Apparently this had been going on for a couple of days so they were all a bit lit up. I met a couple of very nice people - I feel like that's the theme of my experience. Unexpected new friendships in the oddest of places.
I definitely miss friends and family from back home and since I just booked my ticket I am looking forward to seeing the girlies (dinner plans are all ready booked; yay!), family (Campbells, Bowdens, Boekes, etc), friends and Izzy-face.
Decided to make a quick list of my current "likes" and "dislikes" about living in London:
| London Loves | Bloody Hell |
|---|---|
| Cider | Texting while walking in central london |
| Beautiful Sights | Public transport closures |
| Kettles & Tea | Way too close and personal on all transport |
| Fish & Chips | People walking out of a store and stopping in the middle of the sidewalk and looking around |
| The melodic sounds of accents and different languages | Extremely loud phone conversations on the bus in many different languages |
| Amazing location names | Lack of peanut butter and wheat pasta |
| Amazing friendly people and great London friends (ie Lucy, Andy, Tori, Mikey, Steph, etc) | The sense of panic everytime you cross into a heard of people at a major walking intersection or outside of a tube station in Holborn |
I would love it if there was a coinstar out here as well...the amount of coinage is a bit extreme. I am sticking to some of the things I know from back in the states - ie enjoying some "Waking Dead Season 2"- so glad that I get that show over here! As everyone knows, I love a good zombie flick and entire show is even better!
Other little fun things from the past two weeks:
- Little cafes are economical and the service is terrible and the food is only fair
- Perrier in a can is so cute; I am surprised that more fizzy water isn't available here cause it's my fave
- You CAN have multiple Thanksgiving dinners in the UK - just need to know the right people. Thanks to Leslie and Steph I had two amazing Turkey dinners with some new friends (Pics of Berkhamsted and London where I ate some delicious food including hanging out a bit with a super sweet border collie)
- Frankfurt is a beautiful city - I only spent a night there with Steph saying some basic German for work and need to get back
- I had multiple bday celebrations and have included some new pics of those (Cake and Wine from Work; Cupcakes and wine from Tori); very sweet
1 comment:
Your dislikes in London seem to boil down to:
A: Dealing with people in public spaces
B: Peanut Butter
I think coming home will solve both problems, at least for a short time.
Keep writing, I love it.
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