Day Fifteen - London, England

Day Fifteen – London, England

So this day wasn’t quite as eventful as the last few days! Well, I take that back. We didn’t pack as many activities in cause we spent so much time walking but we were still busy busy busy! In the morning, Drew and Alyssa and I went to SoHo, which is the main shopping district of London and we hit up H&M. We did it London style and hit some great deals. After that, we got told the wrong Tube train to take by the man at the station so the three of us spent a lot of time going back and forth between stations, only to arrive an hour late at the British Museum. That’s where the Rosetta Stone and some other cool things our! Basically the Brit’s version of the Smithsonian J

After that, our entire class group trekked on over to the Natural History Museum (again, Smithsonian style), and Caitlin and I mainly explored the dinosaur exhibit (Chip you would’ve loved it) and the Human Body exhibit which was really interactive and cool. I enjoy learning about the human body so that was pretty fun.

I’m writing this a few days later and to be honest I can’t really remember what else we did L I know we all had dinner in the hostel that night and I got to upload pictures, skype mom, and talk to Austin for a while so that was good. I guess that was my catch up/rest night!!

Since I can’t remember anything else from that day, and it was our last day in London, I’ve decided to compose a list for all you future London tourists of how to spot Americans in England. Drew and I enjoyed playing “Spot the American” because it’s quite easy and quite hilarious. If you choose to play, here are the ways to identify them:

Color: If they have any sort of color in their outfit other than in their hair, their eyeliner, or their lipstick, they’re from America.

Teeth: If they have straight, whitened teeth, they’re not from England I assure you.

Tennis shoes: Surefire way to spot those from the States.

T-shirts: See above.

Jeans in any cut other than skinny: See above.

Sporty clothing: Once, again, see above.

Good hygiene: Apparently Europeans don’t have the same care for cleanliness that we do.

Hydration: If they look like they’ve found a water fountain or have a water bottle with them, they most likely are not from the UK.

Trash: If they call trash “trash” (as opposed to “rubbish” or “litter”) and are searching for a trash can (instead of realizing you’re supposed to put your trash on the ground in the station for it to be picked up…duhhh) then they are also American.

Clocks: If they can’t understand what time 1600 is, they aren’t from England (or the military).

 Friendliness: If they make any sort of attempt to be kind to you and they don’t want money in return, you’ve found someone from your homeland.

Noise: Americans are much nosier.

And the final way to easily spot an American in any other country: If they are overweight. Europeans run, bike, and whatever else necessary 24/7.  They don’t give free refills, their “larges” are our “smalls”, they put calorie numbers on everything, and somehow they literally all manage to keep a good figure.

Hope that helps everyone in their future UK endeavors :P Until next time!

MC