Just in case any of you were wondering, there is are two very logical reasons why the English are not know for their teeth.
1. They consume their national beverage (tea) in mass quantities and it stains something dreadful.
2. British people don't make a habit of smiling. I don't know why.
Today I went to Wycliffe Hall (my particular college) for the beginning of orientation. I was just a bit overwhelmed to discover I'd be using all 500 pages of allocated paper to compose the essays I'll be writing each week this term. Goodness! I was also sent on a scavanger hunt through the city. I was offered tea four different times before dinner.
This evening found me tired and a bit melancholy. There are just too many things I don't want to miss out on and it has left me rather worn out. Hopefully I'll recover soon so I can take full advantage of life in this place. Tomorrow is another day of "welcome" and info. overload.
Toodle pip!
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Toodle pip? how cute. Good to know that tea stains, because we drink it every day here in Spain. Clearly not as much as the English. I think not smiling might just be a European thing. Weird.
I am very sorry you have to write 500 pages a week. Fortunately, I don't have to do that but it would probably improve my Spanish a ton.
I talked to Ellen about it and we decided that she means "500 pages in the semester". She says she's incapable of reading.
I also think "toodle pip" is just about the best phrase I have ever heard and plan on using it in the future excessively to the point of driving away all my loved ones.
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