Snaps from the journey (so far)
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22.09.23
This studyblr will be a travelblr for a little while🐾
Exploring Lucknow city, in between breaks from my internship. It's so unfair that people here can just go out for a walk in the evening and have their eyes feast on such beautiful architecture so casually?! Like what?!
Here's to Lucknowi chai with my team. Cheers 🍻
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okay so I'm a brit by birth. I've lived in the uk my whole life, have never left until 2 weeks ago when I flew to canada, alone, for a 3 month internship. here are some of my observations about canada (specifically toronto, as that's where I'm staying) thus far:
-smoking and vaping is not normalised at all here compared to in the uk. the uni campus I'm staying at is completely non-smoking, which is something that would never fly in the uk. this is definitely a good thing btw
-people will not hesitate to compliment you if they like your outfit. I've been waiting around where needed and people have just,,, complimented me out of nowhere
-I'm not sure whether it's because I'm in a major city, but the amount of homelessness is shocking. as part of that, the homeless community seems to consist of lots of drug addicts. I have the utmost sympathy for them and hope they're okay, but it's a little shocking to see sometimes
-the public transport is amazing. again, may be because it's a major city. but all the Canadians I've met have complained about it, and I'm just here in wonder because I can easily get anywhere fairly quickly!!!!
-I thought canada would be colder. I know it's summer, but I've been consistently boiling since I got here
-groceries are insanely expensive. I can't wait to get back and go to a big Tesco!!
-fanta is wrong here. why is it so orange??? why does it taste like that??? I've found a British shop that does proper Fanta, and I need to go stock up
-I miss proper chips
-I miss regional accents!! I feel like all the Canadian accents I hear are the same
-it's also true what they say about Canadians loving the british accent. however, I have a very specific regional accent that people seem to find difficult to understand, so I've found myself schooling myself into a more RP acceptable accent
-your banking system is very strange and I don't like it
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got such a nice bookmark on my fic and just spent the weekend at a festival with my lovely friends. heart so full. life is good :)
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i cant wait until summertime when exams are over so i can try knitting myself some socks. or maybe i will do something easier like a throw blanket or something
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Field Notes: the schlep from my university to Fredericksburg.
29.05.2023.
What can I say, an eight-hour drive is an eight-hour drive. On the upside, I make awesome progress on my current audiobook (The Strangest Forms by Gregory Ashe). Llelo is a trooper in the backseat, but he does occasionally try to get me to race the other cars. So far, I haven’t let him goad me into it.
The first stop I make is at the Vince Lombardi service station just outside of New York City, on the Jersey side. It’s new! It’s modern! They have a vending machine selling slices of cake from Carlo’s Bake Shop (you know, the one from Cake Boss). I’m tempted, but I’m also not paying nearly $7 for a slice of cake.
After the Vince Lombardy service station is the Alexander Hamilton service station, also in New Jersey (everything is legal in New Jersey). I don’t stop at this one, but a couple of hours later I pull into the Clara Barton service station. This one is markedly less splendid than the one dedicated to the football star. Go figure. There is a pack of feral cats living in the field next to the massive parking lot. Please god, I think to myself, if I ever do something like minister to the wounded on a battlefield, don’t let them name a service station after me.
I arrive in Fredericksburg with a sore tuchus and the need for a shower. Llelo celebrates stopping for the night by sclathing all over the hotel carpet.
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Less than a week left
On the time of writing this blog I will leave for Prague in 5 days.
And the excitement is visible on my face, but first i need to pack my bags!
I will be taking a bunch of casual chic outfits with me, they fit in most if not all scenarios! A chill diner out with my fellow students or an important business meeting. But just in case i will bring some fancier clothes if the need arises and some baggy Sunday "doing-nothing" clothes.
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