We've wrote a couple posts about differences between London and Vancouver but haven't included many personal differences. Here are some:
We use transit for everything and they use a re-loadable card system here that you tap in with at every bus or tube station.
Justin does at least half the cooking.
We don't ever turn the boiler on so we live without hot water. (The shower has a separate heater).
It takes about an hour for both of us to get to work.
We drink in public legally. And it's awesome.
Justin drives a super tiny car.
We eat Indian food often.
We sleep at least 7 hours a night.
People make fun of how we talk.
We can pay for things with exact change because tax is included in every price.
Justin usually leaves the house first in the morning.
We look forward to seeing live music from up and coming bands.
We live without a microwave - It's actually ok, except for re-heating leftovers.
We don't drive through the city because it would take longer than transit.
We go out to watch football (soccer) games.
We drink lots of cider.
We live with very minimal belongings in our home.
We have maybe 5 friends.
If we want to go meet up with people we generally travel at least 45 minutes. But it's worth it to see one of your 5 friends.
Genevieve drinks instant coffee at home, not just when camping.
We wear the same clothes over and over again because we don't have many.
We hang our clothes to dry.
We don't eat typical North American fast food.
We're starting to pick up some British slang, and we're not taking the piss.
Genevieve walks twice as fast as she did in Canada but still slower than everyone in London.
We very rarely have people over at our house.
Cooking is more difficult because we have few knives, pots and pans.
We have to remember that CCTV is everywhere.
Just a few things... basically everything is different here but it's hard to describe exactly. We'll keep trying!
Gen & Justin
Never stop!
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