Where in the world did almost three weeks go?! I feel like I have so many little things to share with you all!

Since I last blogged, I've been busy at work so the weekdays fly by and then I'm not sure where my weeknights go either. I usually stop at the grocery store on my way home every two or three days and then the rest of the night flys by when I'm cooking supper and researching upcoming trips I want to take. I stop frequently for groceries mainly because everyone in the city shops in much smaller quantities so the walk home with your purchases is manageable then, plus I have no idea what I want to eat ahead of time and am in no rush. You have to pay .05 GBP for every plastic bag so I stuff whatever I buy in my backpack haha. I've been trying to watch the London Live news here and there at night so I can be in touch with what is happening locally. Last weekend there was a big celebration on Sunday of the Chinese New Year and the year of the rooster.

Updates:

There have been sightings of a few other redheads in the last 2 weeks!

I've liked ginger lemon tea but did not care for pure green tea or cranberry raspberry tea (thought for sure I'd like this last one). I think I had English Breakfast tea one time in the past and didn't like it so trying to work back up to that one.

New vocab: torch = flashlight (assumed they were literally talking about using a small blow torch the first couple times and was pretty surprised by that haha)

Food:
Coworkers here love bacon rolls for breakfast. Their bacon is more like a slice of cooked ham for us. It's not as crispy or thin and to them ham is a cold meat. The roll part was just a nice looking bun.
Fish and chips (fries) and mushy peas is definitely popular here. I couldn't get myself to try the mushy peas yet haha.
I'll have to share my work's food menu next time - it's different but nothing too crazy.
In general food here is more bland than the US. I wonder if it's because it has less added sugar and sodium?
Oh and I found that's roasts are popular on Sundays and pretty delicious so I've shared a picture of mine in my Reading album.

Portion sizes are generally smaller than the US when eating out!

Cultural differences:

I had a day of cross-cultural training before I left and found some things I learned during it to ring true recently. The English love their quizzes. On my second day in the office they held a quiz between the two UK offices. There was 5 different topics with 10 questions. Such a variety of questions and I was no help with their history. I did help figure out the date of Memorial Day in the US this year and knew that sapphire was the stone for September. They know their history and enjoy their quizzes!

Also, he told me they eat most foods with a fork and knife. Definitely true! One coworker ate her chips (fries) with a fork. Last Friday night I went with some coworkers out to eat at an Italian restaurant that was soooo delicious. I had a brick oven pizza (my favorite!) and they set it in front of me uncut. Apparently that is quite normal here so I went about trying to make a dent in it with my fork and knife. You're supposed to hold the knife in your left and fork in your right but I had to do the opposite to speed the process up. I swear I burnt as many calories in the process of trying to eat it as I did eating it