September 2, 2009

So I have been writing about everything I have been doing but now since we are living in one spot for rest of the semester I am going to write about my life in London.

Things I miss from the US:
- BATHTUB - I have not taken a bath since I left Oklahoma and O how I would like a relaxing bubble bath tonight!!!
- Pedicure - yes I know that this is shallow but if you could see my feet from traveling for 13 days and wearing flip-flops you would understand!!! I did find a place down the street that did do pedicures but it is forty pounds and that is sixty-four US dollars and I just can not do it!!
- What I would not give for a Braums pizza with my family! I have never been away from my family for this long ever!! Yea I am with Devin and that helps but its still not my mom on the couch with me!
-Ok not going to lie I miss Taco Bell volcano taco!!!
- ICE WATER at bedtime! They put ice in nothing and so I do not get ice very much.
- My bed. I have been sleeping on a futon and do miss a good quality mattress.

Things that I thought I would miss that I do not miss that much surprisingly:
- Text messaging LOL I thought that I would go crazy with out this. I do miss it but I can send messages back and forth with Devin on our London phones, not the same but at least we can get in touch with each other.
-My iphone. I do miss it very much but I can use it for internet for free at the coffee shops and places where they is free wi-fi.

Things I like about London:
-I like that everyone walks and takes the tube. I love when I walk down the stairs to the tube the wind blows in my hair and just makes me feel like I am living in a movie.
-Bulmers, its a cider that is amazing and the best part is when you order it at pub you get a glass with ice!!! It is the best!
- I love the fresh fruit stands through out the city with amazing fruit at a cheap price!
- They have Coke Zero!
- Good wine.. not near as cheap as Italy or France but it is good!
- The free London Lite newspapers that you get while you are going into the tube station - it has all the local gossip! Such good reading material for the train rides.
- We only have a small little refrigerator like the one I had my first semester in college so we go shopping every couple of days for food, and there are so many fun things to try!

Things I do not like about London:
- The dryers take almost double the time to dry your laundry.
- Devin talking to his computer in the kitchen while doing his Rosetta Stone Mandarin lessons while I am in the living room and I can hear every word of it!!!!!
- Milk, the milk here goes bad in two days so you can only buy small cartons at a time.
- I never get any mail!! I got my first thing the other day and it was a bill to the previous people that lived in the flat before us. Bummer. I think this will change with time.


This is a start of the list and I am sure that I have forgot things while trying to compose this list. I will add to the list as I continue to think of things!