Who would have thought I'd have trouble crossing the road. Isn't that something one masters as a kid, especially when one grows up in India where we have it down to a fine art? I thought that when I get back to a land where they drive on the right side of the road, I would rejoice and feel absolutely at home. It was not to be! I'm in England and I keep looking left before crossing and then just as I step off the sidewalk, or pavement or whatever, I remember that left is right! To add insult to injury, I have to start thinking metric again! Just when I had finally got the hang of gallons, quarts and ounces. Though to be honest, I never quite understood ounces. I went to the grocery store today and actually ended up calculating that 1 kg is about 2 lb!
(I feel like George W. when he said something about the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing and simultaneously reiterating his point by flailing his left and then his right hand! You have to see it to get it. As always YouTube can help there. It should be on Letterman's Top Ten George Bush Moments. I shall have to take comfort in the fact that I can spell better than Georgie. I doubt he'd be able to spell reiterate correctly!)
As for my impressions of England...she lives up to her stereotype - damp, drizzly and full of people who call you 'love' and are quite happy to discuss the weather! It is an excellent conversation starter, though there is only so much discussion of the weather that can take place.
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