As much as I love London, I do occasionally get a little homesick and miss certain things about being at home. Friends and family go without saying, but here are a few random things that I just can't get my fix of over here:
1) Diners. Living in a different country really makes you appreciate a good, old-fashioned American diner. Cheap breakfasts with real bacon. Milkshakes. Omelettes the size of your face.
2) Driving. Now I wouldn't ever really want to drive in London, and I have no need to given the transport system, but I do sometimes miss driving my car with the windows down and the radio blasting.
3) Home-cooked food (not home-cooked by me). This isn't because the food I make isn't good, but I do miss having other people decide what's for dinner and make it for me. I sometimes lack the creativity to make the types of dinners I can get at home. Probably laziness more than anything.
4) Real snow. It snowed for a few hours here in London today. And not a single flake remained once they hit the ground. Very anti-climactic.
5) Trail mix. So this is rather random, and I probably could find this at the Whole Foods or somewhere similar, but it has been impossible to find at my regular markets and I basically lived on trail mix over the summer. I'm in withdrawal.
6) Having a microwave. Again, if I wanted to have a microwave here I could just buy one, but I'm incredibly cheap when it comes to things I feel like I can survive without. It was only when I went home for Christmas that I remembered how convenient it is to be able to reheat leftovers without having to turn on the oven and wait at least 15 minutes.
7) Coffee milk. This is a distinctly Rhode Island thing. Coffee syrup in milk--like chocolate milk except it tastes like coffee ice cream. I actually did bring a bottle here with me but it's nearly gone now even though I've been rationing it. I need a re-supply asap.
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