The UK is not France

The UK is not France 

We were surprised to see so many differences between these two countries while only tens of kilometres separate them. Firstly the language but we already knew it. In the UK, people drive on the right-hand side of the road and we also know this habit. But we ignored that it will be troublesome to cross roads because we have to forget our habits and look before on the left side then the right. During one of the first days, we were astonished to see a child driving a big car, before understanding he was on the passenger seat.

At home, the differences still are visible. The switches fall from the ceiling whereas in France are fixed on the wall. The first day I used the toilet in the dark. It’s all about the bathroom. There are two taps on each sink, one for hot water and the other for the cold. So to use it we open both taps and we try to get water from the both to get lukewarm water , no jealous !! The flush is different but is easy to use. Moreover the sockets are different from ours. To use it, it's not finger in the nose like french say because there are three metal rods. To load our laptop or our mobiles we use an adapter which enables us to plug our appliances directly in the socket.  

At the Uni, it was funny to call our teachers by their forename. In France it's just impossible. Our timetable is very light compare to our in France. We learned that in the UK, the students spend a lot of time in the library and they can get access to their lectures from the Uni website and from what they call BLACKBOARD. The library closes at 02 am !! It’s great for a student like me who likes to study during the night.