Indubitably, old chap

'Ello, Guvnah! A brief recap of my trip to England:

I was in England to visit friends, and I was there just before Christmas, so I got to do a lot of Christmas-y things, like watch a parade.But most of the Christmas stuff was helping cook a lot of things, like gingerbread men, mince pie (which is made out of mincemeat, which isn't meat), Christmas cake (which you get to "feed" with alcohol), and Christmas pudding (which doesn't remotely resemble anything we here in the US-of-A would call pudding).

Fun times, since I like to cook. I also convinced my friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with me (I received some emails asking if they celebrate Turkey Day in the UK; no they do not). Most of them had never had a pumpkin pie before, so I had to enlighten them.

I also got to do a little travelling. Despite it being winter, we went to the beach and made some sand art. Winter in England isn't quite as harsh as Alaska or Wisconsin.I also made it to London.
The city is very expensive, so I ended up seeing the outside of many famous city landmarks because I didn't want to pay to go inside. (The picture above is Big Ben, if you couldn't guess.)

Also, no trip to England would be complete without a visit to a castle.
This is Windsor Castle, located in Windsor. I was too cheap to go in there, as well. (Windsor is also the home of LEGOLAND, which I did not get a chance to visit.)

As I travelled, people would ask me about the big differences between the US and the UK, aside from the people's accents and personalities. The main difference is the age of the country. Even such mainstream daily destinations as Starbucks and Pizza Hut are housed in buildings that are over a hundred years old.
The other main difference is probably the size of the countries; England is much smaller, and you can get to places using some strange means of transportation, such as trains.

I enjoyed my time in England, and I hope to go back some day. (Hopefully sooner rather than later. If you're an English businessman and would like to hire me, please send an email. Thanks!)

But for now, I am enjoying the enviable situation of hunting for a job. Fortunately, we're not in a global economic recession or anything! That would make things difficult.

Other plans include a two-month trip to Thailand, beginning mid-March. I'll be teaching at a summer camp. I'll keep you posted as plans change or stay the same.