Showing posts with label american in the uk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label american in the uk. Show all posts

Friday, 26 November 2010

Thanksgiving


Thanksgiving is one my favourite holidays... I love it so much. It's a day of not only for feasting, but spending time with friends and family. I really wished that I had gone home this year for Thanksgiving with Matthew. Thankfully I can live vicariously through my friends status updates and photos. 

I don't really do anything for Thanksgiving here in London. The first year I was here I went to a party that was hosted by the American friend of my flatmate. It was a lot of fun, a bunch of Americans studying abroad trying to share our tradition with our new friends. 

As much as I miss the holiday I don't really feel the need to recreate it over here. I thought about cooking the Thanksgiving dinner for Matthew, but I am willing to wait for him to experience it in America. This may or may not have to do with the fact that I've never cooked a turkey before, but Matthew doesn't need to know that.

I've also been getting into all the black friday hype online and telling Matthew all about it. He can't imagine why on earth people would get up to be a store for 4 a.m. I've tried to explain the theory behind the door busters, but I think he'll also have to experience that first hand.
In all honesty I've never been the kind of person to engage in the crazy day after Thanksgiving shopping, but for some reason I feel the urge to! 

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I feel very thankful for all the amazing people I have in my life. I just feel so grateful for everything that I have.

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Life in the UK test

I am happy to say that I passed my Life in the UK test! I took it on Thursday over at the Brixton Library. The best part was while I was waiting to pay the fee this totally drunk Scottish guy wandered in and started mouthing out. When asked if he needed any help he just turned the air blue. It was mental, but what I would expect to happen in a public library in Brixton.


The test didn't take very long to complete, under 10 minutes. It was only 24 questions long, but I am glad that I spent time reading the book and taking a few practice tests online. 


I thought I would feel massively different after passing the test, but I still feel pretty American :)
 
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