This is another e-mail I wrote to my mom and sister.
When I e-mailed you last night it was 12:30 AM here. As soon as I finished my e-mail I took a shower...which I feel was the best shower I have ever taken. I felt so refreshed and awake that John and I decided to watch some 48 hour mystery on downstairs. Within the first 10 minutes of the show we both fell asleep. We then went upstairs to our bedrooms and I slept until 12:30 in the afternoon...which is around 7:30 AM your time. We ate breakfast and showered and decided to go into town. I was wearing a dress and about froze to death today! It was about 60 degrees, cloudy and windy. I will tell you Jenn, you were right about the shorts. I have only seen two people total my whole time here wear them and they had on weird leggings with them. The people in London dress really strange, but the people in Sheffield dress more normal. They were all wearing pants and jackets. Also, if they do wear dresses they almost always wear stockings with it. Also, I wanted to tell you about the public restrooms. When you go to wash your hands you will be surprised to find that they don't have cold water...quite the opposite actually. The water was scalding HOT! I couldn't keep my hands in the water long enough to wash the soap off! They even had signs that say, "Caution HOT!" It is like they are trying to burn the germs off of you.
Today we went into town. It was very different riding on the opposite side of the car. John drove and I was terrified for my life! The roads here don't have stop signs...they are all yield and there are very few red lights. They have a lot of traffic circles. The roads are very narrow and the speed limits are high! We parked in a building called the cheese grater....because it actually looks like a cheese grater! We walked around Sheffield for a few hours. We saw an abbey that was built in the 1100s. We also saw a Cathedral that was built around 1200....it was beautiful! We went in and took lots of pictures. John's house has parts that were built in the 1700s. I think that is what is so different over here. Most of the buildings are older than America.....and you would be hard pressed to find a wooden building of any kind. All of the buildings are made of stone or brick. Sheffield is where stainless steel was invented so I'll have to bring you back some.
We then came home to celebrate Mary's (John's sister) 30th birthday. His mom made us a very nice meal and now we are watching England play Algeria and drinking tea (with milk and sugar). It is 9:10 PM here now and it is still light out. It doesn't get dark until around 10:30 PM! I am going to try to get to sleep around 11PM tonight so I can start adjusting better to the time change. Tomorrow we are thinking of going to the Moors for a hike.
Anyway, I hope ya'll are having cooler weather down there. I will e-mail you again shortly. Love you~Brittany
PS: Jenn, the tube is the subway. Here they call a walking path that goes under the street a subway and the "marta" is called the tube. I'm trying to get into the lingo ;)
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