The Submerging of Desserts

I have decided that the British really are obsessed with submerging their desserts. I first noticed this with the custard. Sitting next to every dessert there is always a big bowl of custard and they all drown their cake, spotted dick, pretty much anything with custard. I tried the custard with the spotted dick and it was no good... I don't like either of them. Yesterday, there was cherry pie for dessert...the pie was not bad. Obviously it was cafeteria cherry pie so the cherry goo looked like it came from a can but I liked the crust. One of my NY friends leaned over and said...'You know whats funny is they like pour the milk on top of their cherry pie.' I was like NO WAY...like they SUBMERGE their cherry pie in MILK??? I saw the milk next to the pie but I assumed it was for drinking. But noooo it then occured to me that all the British had poured milk over their cherry pie... no just a little milk but the cherry pie was barely visible. How weird! I tried so hard not to laugh but every time someone walked by with a submerged pie I had to laugh.

Last night was my friend, Catie's, 21st birthday. It wasn't as big deal as you would think because 1. We are in England and anyone can drink here and 2. She's Canadian so she was able to go to bars since she was 19. But a bunch of exchange students went to Trof's Bar (really hippie/alternative bar) and then to Brara Bar. It was definitely a good time and I got to know a lot more exchange students...particularly a few from Sweden. It is just such a different atmosphere in clubs here because the music is generally techno. So girls don't dance with boys and everyone is just kind of jumping around and 'raving' in a way. I feel like an idiot trying to dance like them...but at least I'm with a whole group of Americans/Canadians that look like idiots too!

Today I had my last class of the week which is Language: The Individual and Society. It is my only non Business class I am taking and I really like it this far. Today the lecture was about Animal Communication. We learned about a bunch of studies with chimps being raised with children and trying to get them to speak like us. It really amazed me that some chimps can say some words but they cannot use them creatively to make new words like us.

Tomorrow I am doing some reading, meeting with an adviser and doing some more planning. Planning for trips really is pretty stressful and hard work!

I know I learned some more words but I always forget them when I come online BUH!

Love,
Natalie