This one will always be updated.
Driving- The British think that THEIR way of driving is the right way, and that American way is stupid. They drove on the left side of the road and the driver sits on the right side of the car. I refuse to drive over here, but I have been in the front passenger seat and its SCARY!!!
Drinking- In England the legal drinking age is 18, so people start drinking alot younger and that means that pretty much everyone on campus is legal. On my campus there are even two pubs that serve alchool till 11 at night. Drinking is part of the culture and everyone does it, in alot higher numbers than the US. In the US 4 out of 5 teens don't drink, while here 2 out of 5 don't. Also everyone drinks, EVERY NIGHT!
Cooking- The other night when I was making dinner for myself I was trying to boil water but when I turned the knobs on the stove, nothing happened. After about 10 minutes of searching I guessed and switched a red switch, which happened to turn on the stove.
Sandwiches-British people have very STRANGE sandwiches. The ones I have heard of (not tried) are Vegemite and Cheese (Vegemite is a bunch of vegetables pureed together)and Fluff and Cheese (Fluff is like a marshmellow spread).
-Cam
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
~George Bernard Shaw
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just love your BLOG - especially the funny things that a Yank sees about Brit life - I will follow with great interest! Kim
ReplyDeleteCamRAE..Glad you are enjoying the adventure. thanks for allowing us to participate..my favorite was the way they always said 'brilliant' when we were speaking. i, of course, thought they were commenting on my insightfullness but alas, brilliant seems to mean 'OK, or 'great idea lets eat.
ReplyDeletewe completely agree on the subject of sandwiches--on our first trip to UK i took Donna and Andrea into a pub where they had a butter sandwich with some sort of stuff spread all over it. Needless to say that was their last sandwich...Try 'baguette' which seems to result in a roll with actual identifiable ingrediants within..
We never had trouble with the beer! Cheers and have a great time... Uncle Rae