So after the terror of the first 48 hours in a foreign country with no one but Grayson and myself to rely on, things are looking up very much. In the past 2 or 3 days (I don’t actually know because the days here seem to blend together, though I am sure that will change when classes start on Monday.) we have met several Americans and some Scots and a Canadian, which has made this place seem much less scary and bleak. I feel much more at home here than I had expected, and the people that we have met are all very interesting and neat people and everything seems to be working out rather well. Things here actually feel very similar to home, and I’m not sure if its because I’m just laid back or what, but I have had almost no culture shock at all.
Although Sunday night one of our friends got a bit of a shock when he sprained his ankle playing DDR in the student union. It was hilarious because he is not a small guy, and a metal head, and he over stepped the front pad. He’s ok now so I don’t feel bad laughing about it but man… I died laughing when it happened the other day.
I do believe however that I have shocked my Russian flatmate and two Scottish girls beyond hope. I was cooking last night, just some sausage and eggs and what not, but I brought along with me some chili powder, cayanne pepper, and crushed red pepper. While I was cooking, I decided to put some in like I usually would, no big deal, I couldn’t smell it or anything. Well Peter (the Russian) and two Scottish girls from the dancing society or something walk into the kitchen and immediately start choking and their eyes start watering. I had no idea that America’s spices were so strong, but apparently they are.
Pubs here are amazing and I cannot say enough about them. The first time you walk into a pub, you feel more at home than at a bar that you’ve been to a million times at home. The US really has nothing on the pubs here.
Sorry this is a rather scattered entry, but I hadn’t posted in a couple days and didn’t want anyone to complain or worry.
Hey man, lets be fair about the spices: you put in an assload more than almost any other person I know in this country. That doesn’t mean its not delicious, but to the uninitiated its probably pretty shocking (especially in a country where you boil EVERYTHING).
Great to hear how well everything is going man!
so, what you’re saying is you are an alien, but get along well with aliens…except for the smell?
need pictures!