Wednesday, March 28, 2012

What I Will Miss ...

As I wrap up my time here in England, I am reflecting on the past three weeks. Cambridge is nothing at all like I expected. It is much larger of a city, and the number of bicyclists still astounds me! While I am looking forward to returning home, there are things I will miss about this dear country.

First, I never realized that the English were such animal lovers. Being an animal lover myself I enjoyed my time walking to and from Anglia Ruskin through the greens. There was never a time that I walked that there weren't dogs out walking or playing. The greens are large open areas that have pedestrian walkways cutting through them and it amazed me that more often than not the dogs were not leashed! In the U.S. we have to have enclosed parks specifically for this purpose.



Then there was my favorite little grocery store where I would pick up my dinner. Waitrose has larger stores throughout the country, but they have "little" versions in town. The food here was phenomenal and looked so fresh. If I had had a kitchen to cook I would have liked to have created some meals from their food!!

And of course there are the people I have met. So many have been so generous with their time, and they have a great sense of humor - there has not been a day when I haven't found myself laughing! I have learned so much from them and will miss them.

Megan

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