Posted by ambolino | Posted in living abroad | Posted on 24-03-2009
Today I had the most sublime “Bridget Jones” moment in London. You know the scene where she is walking over a bridge in London, the sun is shining. She is strolling along wind in her hair and she has the most satisfied look on her face as if all is right in the world. If memory serves me right I think she had just finished a romp with her boyfriend, but that is besides the point. I was walking along in London today, sun shining, slight wind picking up a few strands of my hair and I had a huge content grin on my face because I am so excited and happy about the road that lays ahead of us.
Tomorrow we leave for Scotland at 10am and take the Northern Express Train from Kings Cross Station in London and arrive in Edinburgh at 2:3opm. I am so excited for this leg of our trip. It will be my first trip to Scotland and my first train ride through the English countryside.
I can’t fully explain the anticipation of each day as I make sense of living abroad, the currency is different (I have to start sorting through it while in line so that I don’t look like a complete dork at the counter) the electrical outlets are ridiculously enormous and what is with leaving me to sit at the table in a restaurant for 30 min after I pay the bill? I am an American for God’s sake, we inhale our food without chewing and have a million things to get accomplished, I can’t be expected to just sit and enjoy the atmosphere, can I?
I feel like a local and like a fish out of water all at the same time, I am Bridget Jones, living an exciting life of foreign cities, colorful people and the promise of a happy ending.
London town
Eric in our little teeny tiny hotel room