It's weird. I've been here for over 3 weeks now and I still feel as if I was on holiday or something, but not home in any way.
Is that normal?
But anyway, I do enjoy being here in a way and meeting all my friends, just to know that I haven't been forgotten, is fab.
I've changed my lifestyle as well since I came here. I still go to bed too late but now I tend to sleep until 10ish (which is great *g*). I am so happy not to have to pay for my food so I tend to eat a lot as well
Sometimes when I am on the train my thoughts keep on flying away and as soon as I think about my "actual" home my brain switches to the "English" mode which means I also think in English. If then someone starts speaking German next to me I always get a little shock cos unconsciously I was expecting English I think
I had a really funny experience at Düsseldorf station the other day..
All I wanted to do was to buy an apple.. a "Braeburn" apple. But for some reason I didn't manage to say "Ein Braeburn Apfel, bitte".. Cos I was actually going to say "Can I have a braeburn apple, please".. So I must have said something like "A Braeburn Apfel" pronouncing "Braeburn" really English.
What I got was an apple and that saleslady talking to me.. in English.
I didn't say anything but it was so funny
Another incident that showed me my brain decides to swith whenever it wants.. by itself:
I was just about to sit down on a train to Duisburg when the train stopped with a jar and I nearly fell into a big guy's arms (embarrassing *g*)... By coincidence that fellow was American and he said something like "Oh, I'm sorry" (he can't have been German anyway cos Germans don't apologize if someone crashes into them)..
"Oh I'm really sorry. Sorry" I said.. automatically and not even realizing that I was talking English - scary
The weather is horrible by the way and I'm just sitting in an internet cafe in Recklinghausen being surrounded by highly annoying 12-year-olds who just can't shut up for a second *brrrr*
I met up with M. for some brunch this morning (he paid which was nice) and yesterday (after I'd met Tina in Essen) Jess and I decided to watch THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (musical) which was absolutely brilliant. I really enjoyed it
.. Another pic we took during our "Big sister shows little sister London"- tour:
Found your blog and wanted to tell you about one of the strangest london things i've ever seen, and i've been living in the capital for five year now, yesterday (24/1) I was walking through Trafalgar Square on my lunch hour and i saw some pavement 'art' a huge tomato, a web address, and the weirdest thing, a big pile of postcards with pound coins attached, with noone near by, literally free cash. There was a big crowed and NOONE took the cash!!!!! Tourists were taking photos, chatting, but not taking the free money, obviously thinking it was some kind of hoak, even though there was a sign in chalk next to it saying 'please help yourself to some cash' anway, i checked out the website cashtomato.com when i got back to work, it's a site where you can upload vids and win cash prizes, quite funky. I told my collegue who went to have a look on her break, and even though it was an hour later the cash was still, there, still lots of people but no takers!!! Hillarious, only in england would people be too polite to take free cash!!!!! One of the most amusing things iv seen in this crazy but amazing city in a long while!