Day Eight & Nine

There is not much to say about these two days, so I grouped them together to make for a little longer post. Monday, we headed back from Paris to London. Paris was fun, though I am not sure I will ever go back, but only because there are still many other places I want to see. The Eiffel Tower was beautiful, the old streets had much character, and the river was charming, The Parisian’s culture is completely different from ours…. they have to pay to use the bathroom, they do not have as good of hygiene as we do, there were naked advertisements all through our the city, and guys and girls share a bathroom (weird). The weekend was a blast, something I will never forget… AU REVIOR Paris!

When we got back, we headed to the imperial war museum… it was interesting, but I was worrying about thesis the whole time, so did not get much chance to enjoy it.

Tuesday, we met in the morning and headed to the British museum. Mallory and I did not stay for long and headed back to the dorms to work on thesis, and that is what we did for the rest of the day!

On an additional note, I was going to start making a list of all the differences in the U.K. and the U.S, but I have just decided to post them on here instead.

1. 1. In the United States, we place orders as “to-go” when we want to take it somewhere. The British refer to it as “Take-away.”
2. 2. They eat no ice here! You have to ask for ice to be put in your drink, and then when you do, you only get like 2 pieces! I am a big ice eater, so I am not very fond of this.
3. 3. Sodas are expensive. In the U.S., you can get a can for less than a dollar. Here it is at the very least 2 pounds, which is 3 dollars.
4. 4. They do not give free re-fills on your drinks. You have to buy a whole new one.
5. 5. They are stingy with ketchup. They only give you one pack, and then act annoyed when you ask for more (and this is when you don’t have to pay for it!)