It rains here all the time. All.the.time. Not all day, but every day. Multiple times a day. It will go from sunny to rainy in the blink of an eye. When they say you need to carry an umbrella everywhere you go in England, they mean EVERYWHERE. If it is sunny when you leave and you only have a short distance to go, and you try to chance it? Well, I think you know where I am going with this one….
It takes forever to do laundry. Three hours to do a tiny load.
You can always find old reruns of US TV shows on. At any time of the day. But they are truly “older” shows. We are talking 80’s and 90’s. A few more recent shows, but always a few seasons behind where they are in the US. If you crave old reruns of Murder She Wrote, you have come to the right place.
You cannot drive down the street in a straight path. There are either parked cars, road barriers or my favorite, the lanes just go from two lanes to one lane randomly and without warning.
UK signage is very different. Exits are “way outs”, detours are “diversions”. Stop signs are “give way”. Carry out is “take away”.
Everything is small. Everything. Portion sizes, bottles, packages, appliances, bathtubs, houses, rooms, cars. Small.
It is very, very beautiful. I can’t wait to see how it looks in the spring with everything blooming.
And finally, my daughter loves her wellies. She wears them all the time, even when her PJ's are on. (picture above).
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