Life in the UK (and other stuff... Wait... No actually, just my life in the UK)
As I went to Bellerbys, I discovered how common it was in other cultures to travel for your studies. In France, it is not. It is so not common that my friends asked me "but why ?!" with that look that you think I just said I was going vegan. When I was young, I used to say "when I'll turn 18, I'll go away from home and study abroad". And then I talked to one of my Moroccan uncle that went to Germany when he was 17, and I discover I didn't even have to wait until I turned 18 ! Having skipped a class, I did my French equivalent for A levels last year, and when it came to what to do next, I knew I didn't want to stay in France. Back there, there were two choices : either I went to the awful universities the state could offer me (the system is different there, going to university is far from being the best option for a future career) or I tried to go to a business private school, very high ranked, but that would mean going to a literature prepa (preparation school, you would say in English, 3 years of non social life in order to prepare for an over selective exam), and if I failed going to business school I would have ended up in a literature private school, leaving me with one career choice : teacher. The future didn't look bright, and I wanted to discover new countries, so I talked with my father, then an agent, then back to my father... And here I am !
First, here's what French people think of England : first, it rains every day of each season. Then, English people are violent. And lastly, you can't understand anything they say. In the end, none of them were true ... But not completely wrong either. I never got into a fight with anyone but I heard some interesting stories, I have some trouble understanding what they say, but you get used to it quite fast one you got the opportunity to speak regularly. As for the weather, I was quite surprised when I arrived in Brighton, loaded with three coats in September... And it was very warm. The weather is actually the same as it is in France, which made my friends feel weak when they tried to tease me.
The best thing about going to England is the music. Everyone listens to music, and has better taste than in France (less techno and that kind of boom boom... and more rock). It feels really nice to hear good music on the streets, because of the bands playing as well as the music playing in the shops. I like the indie record shops, which are extremely rare in France because no one buys music anymore. And I can't even blame them, the price of a record is three times the price in England. I also learned a lot about guitar playing by coming here : the band practice taught me how to get songs together with an actual band (or a drummer at least) and the short timetables gave me a lot of time to practice.
However, my life in England stays pretty similar to the one in France : I wake up, I eat, I avoid having any kind of social life, I sleep and I repeat it every day. In the end, it feels nice to be yourself in a completely different environment. I think the greatest difference in going to England is having to do my laundry -and that is awesome.
First, here's what French people think of England : first, it rains every day of each season. Then, English people are violent. And lastly, you can't understand anything they say. In the end, none of them were true ... But not completely wrong either. I never got into a fight with anyone but I heard some interesting stories, I have some trouble understanding what they say, but you get used to it quite fast one you got the opportunity to speak regularly. As for the weather, I was quite surprised when I arrived in Brighton, loaded with three coats in September... And it was very warm. The weather is actually the same as it is in France, which made my friends feel weak when they tried to tease me.
The best thing about going to England is the music. Everyone listens to music, and has better taste than in France (less techno and that kind of boom boom... and more rock). It feels really nice to hear good music on the streets, because of the bands playing as well as the music playing in the shops. I like the indie record shops, which are extremely rare in France because no one buys music anymore. And I can't even blame them, the price of a record is three times the price in England. I also learned a lot about guitar playing by coming here : the band practice taught me how to get songs together with an actual band (or a drummer at least) and the short timetables gave me a lot of time to practice.
However, my life in England stays pretty similar to the one in France : I wake up, I eat, I avoid having any kind of social life, I sleep and I repeat it every day. In the end, it feels nice to be yourself in a completely different environment. I think the greatest difference in going to England is having to do my laundry -and that is awesome.
