Here is a list of the top 10 things I will miss the most about England and studying abroad.
10: Pubs. I'm going to miss being able to just hang out with the gang and have a pint or a coffee in a pub on days when I'm not in class. During the day it's relaxing and a good place for an intimate conversation with a good friend. Also pubs can surprise you and serve incredible food, and if you are ever in Ormskirk I strongly recommend the steak and Pedigree Ale pie that Disraeli's serves. Pubs are a bit Jeckyll and Hyde. In the day they are cozy and at night they are busting to the seems with partying students. Got to love a place like that.
9: Town Centers. Cute little shops. Bakeries and butcher's shops and cobble stone streets and markets on Thursdays and Saturdays. It's amazing to realize that a person could literally eat for a day, or have a meal with a friend, for just two pounds if bought at the Pound Bakery.
8: Club Socials. 'Nough said.
7: Common Rooms. Almost never conducive to doing homework but extremely good for staying up late and talking, hosting parties, watching movies, dancing, playing Twister/Jenga/Blind man's bluff, and just having good old-fashioned fun.
6: The Panini Guy and the Stir-fry Guy. They are awesome and are super nice. They make going and getting food something to look forward too (besides the obvious "eating" thing, of course). Plus, food always tastes better when served with a smile and conversation.
5: Roper's Arms on Monday, Styles on Tuesday and Wednesday, Venue on Wednesday, Alpine on Thursday...
4: Being able to travel so easily (at least when the weather permits) to places like Liverpool, Manchester, Somerset, London, Spain...
3: The weather. Yes, this sounds crazy, but I actually enjoy rain and cooler weather and it's something so distinctly British at times that it can be easy to get attached to.
2: The accents. Some are awkward, some are indistinguishable as English, some are Northern, some are Southern or from the Midlands, some are Irish or Scottish, some are sexy, but all of them are different and extremely cool.
1: Friends. I have met some of the nicest people here at Edge Hill. Not only have I become extremely good friends with some of the most amazing native Edge Hillians (Claire, Clare, Anu, the locals of Katherine Fletcher) but I have made some really good friends from back in the States as well (Erica, Emily, Aye, Rachel, Ellise, Sarah, Cassie, Ross, Lukas, Luis, Hugo...). One of the strangest things is that I had to travel 3,000 miles just to become friends with two other Ashlanders (Ben and Jeremy, or BJ for short), which is ironic considering how small Ashland University is as well as the fact that the three of us have some mutual friends. We have all had some amazing times together and that is the thing that I am going to miss the most. All of the rest of this list wouldn't be significant or even exist had not these new friends been a part of it. What keeps me from being really sad about leaving is the fact that now the world seems a little smaller, and the prospect of seeing and visiting these friends again is very likely.
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