Alicia's Adventures in Europe: Liverpool

I am going to be posting some beautiful pictures of Liverpool next. I also went on a Beatles tour in a taxi, so I will have those pictures shortly as well!

Well, this entry was originally written on Microsoft Word, because I couldn’t log on to the internet, even though I was just on talking to my parents on skype. Things work and then mysteriously quit. Welcome to England! I am bitter, sorry. There are about 5 people in the hall with English accents talking really loud. I am pretty sure they have been to the local pub. It is 12:25 a.m. here. They must not have an early class. Today, my day was somewhat more enjoyable. The door to my dorm is fixed for now, so we will see how long that lasts. I have power restored to my room, because I blew a fuse last night. I was just so upset last night about the door not working, the power shutting off, and being somewhat isolated in this dorm. I ended up going to bed at 7:30 p.m. because I just couldn’t handle being conscious in England any longer. By the way, 7:30 here is 2:30 p.m. in the US, so it was very early. I woke up this morning so freezing cold, that I was literally shaking. It was about 30 degrees in my room. I asked an advisor from the university about getting my furnace turned on and they denied my request. They said that it is summer so it must not be too cold in my room. I would like to see one of them sleep in this room! So I am going to go ask again tomorrow. For now, I am wearing four shirts to bed and a pair of socks. Also, when I asked about the furnace she didn’t know what I was talking about. It is called a radiator here. To me, a radiator is something you have in your car and a furnace is what you have in your house. Whatever. Also, I guess there is no such thing as a water fountain here. One person was very offended when we asked. Ha! One thing I didn’t expect to be different was the computers and keyboards, but guess what? They are completely different. It is so hard to find the right keys while typing on the library computers.

Here are some American favorites that I have found to be comforting (even though they taste nothing like the American version.

Here are some Doritos. Notice they are called Cool Original not Cool Ranch. Also in the bottom left hand corner you can notice that you are eligible to win 20,000 pounds, which is about $40,000 in America! HA!

Lets just say that the Pringles are the worst. Not only did the Pringles I bought come in a bag, but they are about the size of a quarter, and they taste like corn on the cob. Yuck. I would have put pictures of some of the other foods on here, but I think the lunch ladies would have been offended. I would say I have already made enough enemies.

This is the smoke detector. I think. It must not be very sensitive considering the fact that the outlet melted my converter.

Next is the infamous sink. Notice how you have a knob for hot and a knob for cold. There is NO warm! I like American sinks. So imagine me washing my hair. I would dump so cold followed by hot to try to mix them as I was rinsing my hair. Not pretty.

Here is how the shower works on the inside: Turn the top knob to get cold, medium, or hot water. Turn the bottom knob, to get temperature variation after having turned the first knob (or something like that). One of the girls said that it looks like a Ghost Busters backpack.