Thursday, September 25, 2008

Little Things with a Big Difference

So this is basically just a list of little details here and there that I have gathered in the past few months. These things don't really have a funny story that go along with them, but everytime i see them, they just keep reminding me that I'm in America.

  1. Yellow lines in the middle of the road
  2. Straws with a larger diameter
  3. Thinner paper (I can't write on the back of the paper because even pencil bleeds through)
  4. 3-ring binders (I'm used to 2 and 4 ring binders)
  5. Plenty of lined paper, but graph paper is practically an endangered species (In Poland it was just the opposite)
  6. Different McDonald's Menus (No joke! They actually serve different stuff here)
  7. Squirrels. I've never seen so many squirrels in my whole life.
  8. Larger parking spaces (I can actually open my car door all the way and not touch the car parked beside me)
  9. 6 lane High-ways (In Poland, three lanes was big)
  10. Lots of trees, not very many fields at all, like in Poland
  11. The place is much more urbanized (But that might just be because I'm living in the suburbs. but in America the suburbs extend much farther away from the city.
  12. American accents on the TV, instead of British. Although I speak like an American, I notice American accents more than I do British. British just seems more natural to me...

That seems to be about it. I keep noticing new stuff everyday. When I post this, I swear I'll want to add 2 more things...

1 comment:

Lucy Filet said...

Anna,

I read this out loud to everyone in the house and we all laughed! Truly fabulous! The yellow lines in the road and HUGE parking spaces cracked me up.