Over the past three days, I have found myself feeling more at home in London than I have anywhere else in the word (except for NY of course!) London is just as large and interesting as New York and most importantly, everything is in English! And being a “city girl” myself (note: I would never actually refer to myself in this manner but someone once called me that and I think that it is apt in this situation), I have found it very easy to navigate around the city.
Yet, there are a few differences between NYC and London:
1- Cars drive on the wrong side of the street- this means that (a) I have found myself looking the wrong way before crossing the street and (b) most cars appear to have phantom drivers.
2- The keyboard actually looks different- basically, the ” and @ are switched meaning that it is taking me longer to type than it usually does
3- Tax is included in price- this makes paying easy and less like a mathematical exercise
4- Obviously they have different words for things than us:
ie. Alight- to get down or exit and “pardon” is preferred to “excuse me.”
5- Today, while looking for a Target-like store, we found something called Argos. Wikipedia- “Customers browse through the Argos catalogue, select items to purchase, pay for the items, and then collect the items from the in-store collection desk.” There are no aisles, you browse through a catalogue and hope that the store has in stock what you want.
Also, I have had some time to explore my surroundings. There are cool shopping areas and I even saw Janice Dickinson doing a photo shoot! Most importantly, I finally figured out where my school is in relation to my dorm. It looks nice but I was curious as to why it was so crowded a week before Orientation starts, Hunter would be dead if there were no classes. There were even people in the library!
Anyway, it sounds like the bar in my dorm is starting to get busy, until next time!
