You know you’ve studying abroad in the UK for a while when…

These are all true:

- You see semi-naked girls in the streets and boys wearing t-shirts with temperatures below zero.
- You wake up every morning knowing that it’s quite unlikely that you’re going to see the sun.
- You see people drunk in the streets at 8pm.
- You are kicked out of a pub at 11.30 pm
- You see people wearing flipflops and shorts even though it’s raining.
- You’ve said “cheers mate” more than twice
- You’ve tried to buy a traditional coffee maker and you’ve failed.
- You hear and say “sorry” at least 10 times a day.
- You have been driving on the wrong side of the road
- You see 3 kebab shops and 2 indian restaurants in every street.
- You’ve had a burger, chips and beans on the same plate.
- You’ve thought more than ten times that the car you have just seen was driven by nobody
- You have tried to destroy the fire alarm at least a couple of times.
- You have been in a pub next to a really drunk lady, that you think could even be your grandma.
- You’re outside and don’t even notice it’s raining anymore, because it is just simply normal to you by now.
- In case you need to get your hands clean, you realise that you only have two options: boil your hands in water near to 90º or see how they become two beauty ice-cubes.
- You have a sink in your bedroom.
- You see potatoes everywhere, in all different forms and shapes, i.e. boiled potatoes, jacked potatoes, smashed potatoes, chips, crisps, etc.
- You realize that no matter how weird the clothes you’re wearing are, people just won’t care.
- You have hoovered your room at least once.
- You drink as much tea with milk as you drink beer (at least 5 times a day).
- You learn that 4 cups of tea per day is good for you.
- You have stopped questioning why there are carpets even in the bathrooms
- You find yourself breaking into an english accent when trying to order a cuppa tea.
- You see all four seasons in one day. first sun (oh blessed sun!), then rain, then snow, then hail. and sun, and rain, then…aaaah!
- “hello/hey, how are you?” is replaced by “you alright?”
- You realize that burping in the middle of a lecture is something normal.
- It’s only five and every single shop is closed!
- You don’t mind the food anymore…
- Subway is the healthiest meal you can think of
- You discover that a simple ticket of the train can vary from a price of 8£ to 30£.. for the same train, time and journey
- You realize that you have never seen an English Restaurant
- Your umbrellas have got broken at least twice and you are still hoping not to break the new one even if it’s May!
- You realize that you can get decent (dark, rye, healthy) bread in every European country except for the UK…and no, Toast is not considered a proper kind of bread…..
- You are certainly annoyed by their stupid sockets
- You realize that every product you buy “may contain trace of nuts”
- You are addressed as “trickle, sugarplumb, darling, sweetheart, love, ….” (and all other versions of nicknames in that genre you normally only call your wife/lover) by the staff in supermarkets, pubs and restaurants.
- You are affected by CCTV paranoia.