Yesterday we also went to ASDA which is the English version of WalMart. It is actually owned by WalMart. The parking is much different at ASDA than at WalMart because they have parking garages and many entrances around the building.
When you enter, it instantly reminds you of WalMart. There are self-checkout stations and the stations that have cashiers (32 check out lanes to be exact…all with customers in lines!) that get to sit down while scanning your groceries…it is quite interesting. While at ASDA, we saw many American items but many of the items looked like American items but with different names. We also found Capri-Sun’s but they are much bigger and packaged much differently.
Here is a picture of the Capri-Sun that we saw.
When visiting ASDA, we asked Monica where we would find some medications, should we need them and she said that we would visit the Chemist. We all looked at her with puzzled looks on our faces but then she explained that a Chemist is the same as a Pharmacist in America. There are a lot of words that are different than in the states but many of them make more sense. A list of the words that we have found are different are:
Chemist=Pharmacist
Cheeky=silly or funny
Boot=trunk of a car
Pavement=sidewalk
Trolley=buggy or grocery cart
Fancy=neat, cool, what do you like
Supermarket=grocery store
Dib Dob=tv remote
Rubbish=trash
Posh=luxurious, really cute
Can Opener=tin opener
Pudding=anything sweet.... this includes cakes, pies, brownies, American pudding, anything served as a dessert
These are just to name a few! I will keep adding to the list as the days go by because I am sure that I will pick up on a lot more!
We were also given the opportunity to visit the local rubgy stadium…Monica and John (host mom and dad) have season tickets to Kingsholm where the Gloucester Rubgy team plays and they have a passion for it similar to how we have a passion for Georgia football season or college football. The gate just happened to be open when we arrived so we went right into the stadium and took pictures inside.
Here are some pictures from the stadium.
Monica also took us on a tour of a place called Birdslip, which overlooked all of Gloucester. It was breathtaking….such an amazing view! Here are some pictures from that trip. We are so lucky to have Monica because she is so excited about us being here and she loves to travel so she is taking us to all of the popular spots around us.
Here is a picture of Monica and John so you can put a face to a name. John is on the far right in the that picture with one of his daughters (I think!).
We have tea every morning with our breakfast…normal American school breakfast of cereal, toast, and a variety of jellies. When we return home from school, we will have tea time and then we may have tea after dinner with pudding (dessert). I am really enjoying the tea. It is served hot with regular milk and I have been putting 2 teaspoons of regular white sugar in with it and it is quite delish. It is like drinking coffee but it is much weaker (not as strong and bitter).
Here is the spaghetti that John cooked us for dinner on Sunday night.
I will be posting a House Tour video soon where all of us will give a tour of our home and the surroundings. I will post about my adventures today very soon!
Love from England,
Miss Dodd
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