I am currently sitting outside of a Starbucks in Heathrow Airport in London. It's a bit ironic, honestly, because my mom offered me a Starbucks gift card before I left home, and I declined, thinking that such a thing wouldn't exist across the pond. Oh how wrong was I…
Heathrow is so cool and seemingly technologically advanced. I am connecting to Rome, and instead of following the "connecting flights" sign, I just went with the herd of other Americans when I deplaned. Oh how like-groups love to "clump." The border agent informed me that I could stay within the confines of the airport by following those signs - which I did, arriving at a bus with a door on its left side! And then we drove on the left side of the road all the way to the other terminal. I still can't quite get over the driving-on-the-other-side-of-the-road thing. It was a detail I first noticed on the plane, along with - among other things - the rotation of wind turbines in Wales (from 30.000 feet, mind you!). Perhaps those folks in Nantucket who were upset about a wind farm barely obstructing their view had a point…
Anyway, I'm just really thrilled to be in Europe, even if it's not the continent - yet. I'm trying my hand at the German keyboard feature on my computer. I think the only letter difference is the z and the y are switched. My friend back home suggested that I do this along with the "keyboard viewer" feature on my mac to get myself accustomed to a foreign input. I feel more Deutsch already! I'm going to go try to find a plug that will charge my computer now because this one doesn't seem to be working.
Bis später!
(the ä is where one would find the "/' key on an American English keyboard!)
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