For a second, I think I have London figured out.  It is easy to forget I am a foreigner in a foreign country.  People speak English although I can seldom understand it, and there isn’t anything hard to come by in London.  I can’t find Larabars or nutritional yeast in the grocery stores, but London isn’t like Spain where I literally had an all-day wild goose chase trying to find workout clothes.  However, as soon as I begin to feel comfortable here, I have a paradigm shift and see London is a completely different light, and I realize that I’m living in a similar, but parallel universe.  So, all in all, the culture shock I’m experiencing is confusion.  I’m not quite sure how to feel.  I love London thus far, and I’m enjoying myself, but  on some level, I feel shouldn’t be experiencing much culture shock because in London, I don’t feel particularly out of place here.  However, at the same time, I’m am undeniably in a different country (duh) with different ways to doing things.  ”Take Away” coffee is cheaper than normal coffee – say what?  Coffee comes with milk in it. Oatmeal is called porridge.  You get my drift?

Cultural differences aside, I am 100% sure that I want to have an amazing and memorable time while I’m in London, so I decided to make a bucket list.  I’ve studied abroad multiple times before, and I always end up neglecting to do things I had planned on doing.  But, this time, I’m putting my desires down in writing and making them public – obviously a surefire was to coerce myself into doing things that I actually want to do.  I didn’t include clubbing, but if you know me, you know that it is a given, and if you don’t know me, now you know where my priorities lie.

Here’s to hoping to a fabulous four months in London!