Monday.

June 28. Monday.

Today has been a workday. I’ve been trying to get ahead in my homework and Leo has he first class in a couple of hours so he has been busy preparing as well. I haven’t really done much today worth writing about so I wanted to share some random stuff with you.

1. I love the homes here! Yes, they are all pretty small and very close together – quaint, I like to say – but they are wonderful. Most of the houses look very much alike but each somehow has it’s own personality. They all have little brick walls in front that enclose the front yards, and little gates that lead to the sidewalk. So cute! I have photos BUT I forgot the cord that connects my camera to my computer so I can’t upload any of the great photos I have taken. I’ve been stealing the ones on my blog from Leo.

2. During our walk to Sainsbury’s yesterday we saw Garfield the Cat hanging in one of the homes. It was so crazy to see that little piece of Muncie over here! ☺

3. Almost all of the cars here are compact. And nice. I haven’t seen one beater and only a handful of SUVs. However, we did see a Mercedes semi truck. The grill had the biggest Mercedes symbol I’ve ever seen!

4. Dad, bad news for you. Loud motorbikes – aka Harleys – have been banned. I’m not sure that I'll be able to bring you a t-shirt as I’m not sure that I’ll find a store. If not, I’ll come up with something good.

5. Guess what acrylic nails are called here? Nail extensions. Ha!

6. Guess what tube tops are called? Boobtubes. Literally. A tube for your boobs.

7. I don’t think people eat leftovers here. They don’t have To Go boxes at restaurants if you don’t finish a meal. I feel so wasteful. I can never finish anything anymore – successful stomach shrinkage – but that means lots of leftover food. This would have come in particularly handy Saturday night when Leo and I had that insanely long dinner I wrote about earlier. I ordered an enchilada. You know – a skinny thing about 6 or 7 inches long? WRONG! An enchilada here is the size of two 12-inch softballs. If I had my camera cord you could see for yourself. I could have eaten off of that thing for 4 days. I just need to talk about Leo’s dinner, too. He ordered some salmon and shrimp thing. I think we all know that I have issues with my food actually looking like the thing it came from – I almost died when they gave him his plate. It had this giant shrimp on it – literally bigger than my palm – and it had a million legs that were so long they were dangling off his plate. He informed me after dinner that it still had its eyes – I’m so grateful he did not bring this to my attention while we were eating. I would have been done.

The End.