FACTS!

Sorry about the huge pictures from the last post. It just took so long to upload them that when I realised how big they were it was too late to change them - I had been sitting in a wifi cafe with only one drink uploading for about an hour! Here is a picture free entry.

Random Facts About England
- The chips are amazing. But of course they are called crisps. They come in every different flavor – prawn cocktail, worcestor sauce, Japanese teriyaki chicken, beetroot, salt and apple cider vinegar, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Dutch edam cheese… I’m not normally a potato chip eater but these are intriguing!
- London fashion is slightly different from the rest of Europe. There is more emphasis on contrast and mismatching: spots, check and stripes, soft florals with lace and leather and boots, punk hair with thick ‘nerd’ glasses, graffiti t-shirts with cutesy bow covered overall dresses. The haircuts and colours are also quite severe and very trendy.
- Stay on the right side of the escalator or get mowed down!
- The tube is super easy and super effective, with lines crossing over every where so you can change wherever you like rather than travelling for ages in the wrong direction to get to one ‘central’ station. However it is also expensive.
- Watercress is in everything and it tastes wonderful.
- You can drink beer on the street if you want to, it is legal.
- Drinks only come in pints or halves (unless you’re talking wine or spirits obviously)
- Cider is very popular and not just apple. You can get mixed fruit or berry cider, or my favourite which is pear.
- The water is very hard which means you have to use much more soap and shampoo to get any lather, and in my opinion the water tastes bad so I bought it in bottles.
- People have carpet in their bathrooms.
- To get the water to start you often have to use a crank or a button for the shower and for flushing the toilet, particularly in older style houses.