Fish n Chips and other things British

I finally had my first experience with fish n chips on Monday. It's taken me this long because really, I don't so much like fish. I didn't want to waste money on food that I didn't like, so I chose Monday knowing that I could find something real at the house if I absolutely hated it. We also got food money Monday night, so I knew that I shouldn't worry about the cost and just try it. For the most part, it wasn't too bad. I did use tomato sauce (ketchup, not spaghetti) when I was eating the fish and obviously the chips as well. It was also a really big meal, so it pretty much lasted me the whole day, and I just had a small dinner with the fam that night.


My half-eaten fish and order of chips from the Master Fryer down the road from the house.

The rest of Monday involved me turning in my very first assignment and catching the bus to Park Campus with Josie for BCA stuff, but BCA stuff was pretty boring. We got to Park and met with our program coordinators, and they didn't have our money yet, so we decided to chill at the SU (Student Union: the on-campus bars) instead of being bored out of our minds in the refectory (cafeteria). Josie and I each got a pint to enjoy; she got a Kermit and I tried my first Snakebite. The Snakebites at the SU are basically half a pint of Strongbow Coder, half a pint of Foster's Lager, and just enough blackcurrant juice to make it pinkish-purple, and it was really quite delicious. We finished our drinks in time to meet the rest of the group to go to a guest lecture on British Politics. That was incredibly boring, and while I did learn some, I would have much rather heard it from one of my friends that knows about it. The lecturer just seemed to go on and on, and he was really rambling by the end of it. But we got our food money, and after catching a bus back to the town centre we walked home (stopping on our way at Tesco for some chocolate).

It must have been the combination of finally turning in an assignment, having fish n chips, drinking the Snakebite, learning about politics, and feeling somewhat comfortable on the buses that somehow made me feel really British on Monday.