Rain Rain Go Away

I'm looking and smelling better today. I woke up this morning after a very long night last night, just ready to get out and have some alone time with a latte and a book. There was very little sleep involved last night between the french going out, and alarms and phone calls this morning. I learned today that these french people are students here, I knew they were living here but it makes more sense why they never sleep. Ive also heard the french are rude, i though it was just a stereotype, but its proving to be more true than I ever thought it would be.

So for breakfast I went out looking for food,but I guess on a rainy Sunday morning not much is open. I went to this popular place called Greg's and asked for a breakfast sandwich, the guy asked me what kind and I said bacon, he then asked what sauces I wanted on it. I didn't know what he meant by sauces, you put sauces on breakfast sandwiches? And he said yeah ketchup is good, and while I declined, I secretly want to know who is eating their bacon sandwiches with ketchup. I got my breakfast sandwich and took a bite, and it didn't taste like what I was expecting so I looked at what I was eating. Turns out a bacon breakfast sandwich is ham on a roll with nothing else. It wasn't bad, just not what I though, also explained why it was only £2 for that and a medium latte. I have also gotten to the point where I don't drink my hot beverages with sugar. It's looked at as inferior here, and a lot of the time it's not even an option, so I'm learning to enjoy caramel lattes with no sugar, and its actually pretty good. 

After my breakfast and reading for school, I went out looking through stores, I got some toothpaste, some earrings, a scarf, a few more long sleeve t-shirts, and some perfume. I feel like I am looking and smelling better than I have since I got here, and I feel much better today. I also picked up my train tickets for tomorrow since I was on that side of town, and this is actually the first thing you see when you come out of the train station.

While browsing around I also thought I would share about the book stores, they all seem so small and strange, books lining the walls with toys and snacks in the middle, and I have yet to find a book store much bigger than this. It's so different that what I'm used to, if I was looking for something particular, I don't think I would find it.

For lunch I tried a chain restaurant called chopsticks, it's a noodle bar, according to their sign. I went in and what did I find? Curry, and lots of it. There was only one choice of noodles, and it was the base while you put the curry on top. Since I'm not a fan of curry, but I wanted the noodles (which turned out to not taste like I wanted) I ordered just noodles. I was a little disappointed, but I grabbed a baguette from the store, and stuck it in the fridge so I would have dinner tonight without having to go back out into the rain. 

I'm off to Oxford in the morning and I can't wait. Maybe I can get some sun and sleep while there.

-Kenzie xxoo