I am back.
I just got back from my vacation from the UK. I have not slept for about 18-20 hours now, because of the time difference, and I feel all out of whack. It is just odd to me because when I woke up this morning…or yesterday…see, I dont even know when it was now…OK the last time I woke up, it was 4:45 am, and our plane left for Dulles Airport in D.C. at 8 am. The flight took 7 hours….but we left at 8 am and got to Dulles at 11 am. So right now I feel like its bedtime, but it is only 5 something. So confusing. My favorite part of the trip was the food, I think. I had alot of good food. I had a lot of indian food, which I like alot, and also some really really good authentic Italian (not Fazolis, as much as I like it) and Greek food. Oh how I like Greek food. And Indian food. And good food in general, as evidenced by my jolly santa midsection. Anywho, I have observed alot of things from my trip, which I will list below.
1. English types talk stupid. Not only do they have ridiculous accents, but they call things retarded names.
washcloths= flannels
elevators= lifts
soda or pop (or coke for the southerners)= fizzy drink
eggplant= aubergines
french fries= chips
subway= the underground
trash= rubbish
diapers=nappies
This is completely unneccessary.
2. 98% of British men either dress like America’s “metrosexuals” or just plain gay homosexuals. Seriously. And for men over 45 or so….the rule is that you must dress like a gay tennis star from the 40s, which is most unfortunate for when you must sit across from them in the subway and they have their legs spread in their little short shorts.
3. Driving a car in the UK is completely ridiculous and not worth your time. First of all, gas is freaking $6 a gallon. Part of the time we were there, we had rented a van for my stepdad to drive us about in. Not only do they drive on the left-hand side of the road, but they have these horrible roundabout things that are so confusing, if you ever visit there, just pay to have someone drive you, because Americans are either too stupid or too smart to use these things. Also, on streets, people park all over the place so that only one lane of traffic can operate at once. This is highly ineffecient. We took one of those double decker bus tours, and we were going around a corner, when the driver realized this was impossible because there was a car parked on each side of the corner. Here is a picture to aid you visually:
So we thought the bus would be there for a while and got off of it. Thats how I snapped this picture. Meanwhile, the traffic behind the bus was backing up badly. So what did they do? They drove onto the sidewalk, and around the bus.
I thought it were funny.
4. I like the US more than I thought I did. We have water fountains; our cheap toilet paper isnt pink; we have air conditioned hotels (I thought that was pretty much standard…I guess not.); even though I still dont like it that much, our television is much better; I havent seen someone here where a complete acid washed jean outfit since 1989; and having Queens and Princes and stuff is silly.
Now then, I took a variety of pictures while in the UK, and here they are.
I took a bunch of pictures on the subway out of boredom. We did alot of subway traveling. Here is Rachel making a horrid, horrid face.
I have several pictures of alex, also, for some reason. I think its just cuz he was there, you know. What I dont understand is why he’s outside mowing the grass right now. In this one, I learned how to use the zoom feature. Ha.
In this one, he’s just standing by a pole.
In this one, it looks like Rachel is pinching his cheek.
They had signs all over the subway not to feed the pigeons, and that they were a nuisance and a health hazard. Apparently, they are extremely serious, as all the outside surfaces are covered in sharp spikey nail things. I found this very amusing and had to take a picture, and also wonder, if birds ever actually try to land on those things. I think that’d be too funny for words. Here is the picture, to which I have added arrows to aid you in seeing the nail things (I apologize in them being hard to see).
There was a line we got on, and the destination was, as you see in the picture below “Cockfosters”. As I have an immature sense of humor, I found this very funny.
My sister Katie pretending to be retarded.
These are just some random pictures I took about the UK. I forgot my camera the day we went to see Stonehenge (which is a total bummer because there was a sign there that said “Pubic Foot Walk” cuz the “l” was missing, and I didnt have my camera, but Dr. Roddy took a picture for me).
These next two are from my visit to the British Museum, the largest museum in the world.
This is from some like….Egyptian Wall carving crap. You know, I dont find this stuff at all interesting.
I also saw some sort of statue. I though this angle was best for picture taking.
This is my mother.
They dont seem very confident about their business.
These are from the airport.
This is what you see on every single tobacco product for sale in the UK.
This is what happens when you use crappy windows for your flight updates screens.
Alright. I got this out of the safety brochure thing in the back of the seat in the airplane. I want to know WHAT THE CRAP is up with this little kid the mom is supposed to be assisting with his oxygen mask. It looks like some sort of little midget dwarf elf munchkin person, not a child. I laughed a good while at this. This child’s mother did hard drugs or was on heavy medication during the pregnancy.
Thats all I have about my UK vacation for now. On a side note, isnt this guy hot?????
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