back in the uk

oy. so after a relatively busy week of running lots of errands and working on applications, not to mention trying to stop 14 year olds from telling me that they love me and want to move to the united states with me (im pretty sure its because i dont give them homework), i went back to england for the first time since i studied there 2 years ago. all my friends from my flat and the flat above me are still friends and live in 3 different houses and i was actually pretty nervous to see everyone again. except it was awesome. for the following reasons:


1) i had forgotten about my massive intense crush on all things english and ESPECIALLY the accent. i got on the bus at the airport and the driver said "you aright, love?" and i said MARRY ME. but seriously i do love england- free museums and good beer and wild amounts of politeness- its basically the opposite of france.

2) basically the entire weekend went: eat pizza with katie, go to a party, go to a club, dance, eat kebab, go to sleep at 5, and wake up at 11. repeat three times. AND we went to tescos (see the picture) which is an amazing grocery store. they have about 80 different kinds of chocolate pudding. plus after spending a lot of time in smaller grocery stores in angers, it was actually kind of astounding how big the store was. and how you can get 3 pizzas for 6 pounds. hence the massive amount of pizza-eating.



3) beyond all that though, i did go into london on saturday which was really wonderful because i spent the whole day walking around and thinking about how much time i spent there with rach doing everything. and i mean everything- i think we went to every single museum and sightseeing place there is. i still remember getting off the tube at rush hour on oxford street one of my first days and nearly curling up into the fetal position on the sidewalk because i had never seen that many people in one place in my life. then rachel called me a small town girl. then i realized she was right. but its amazing to go somewhere that big when you live in a small city like angers- on my 10 minute walk to the train station on thursday, i saw 3 people i knew. and the anonymity of london is astounding after that.

4) so basically it was really great to be able to go back and see everyone but TERRIBLE to return here because i had a million things to do and i was exhausted having woken up at 11 am fully dressed from the night before. but sometimes teaching can make it all better- i had two separate classes today ask me if they could come home with me and one kid said: "we go to beach together? i am verrrry bizee but i put it in zee calendar." also another 13 year old thinks i live with the english teachers. possibly all together.

5) i now have about 6 straight weeks of traveling up ahead including the fulfillment of jane and my mutual lifelong dream, STRASBOURG. be prepared.