* duvets are pronounced “doovee” over here rather than “doo-vay”. Apparently “doo-vay” is really posh.

* yes, the toilets work much better than the ones in the states.

* I had to do about 4 loads of laundry per week with that tiny washer/dryer, and the only way I could get it to do a cold wash was to take a really long shower and use up all the hot water first!! One of the hot loads (coldest setting, but still hot) bled my red and white FC Dallas jerseys into red and pink. The jersey’s been through a hundred loads in its life withought bleeding! I was pissed.

* I got used to the shower door only being a half-door, but it did get the floor soaking wet every shower. I want to know what half-wit came up with that idea.

* I eventually found the electric sockets in the kitchen. If you watch the video and pause it at 1:37, that little gray cirlcle pops out and lifts up, making a little tower with 2 sockets on it.

* They don’t have Wal-Mart, but they do have Sainsburys. It’s a giant supermarket, but it’s the closest thing I could find to Wal-Mart. They don’t have clothes, but the rest is pretty much the same.

* I ended up really liking my flat, so I feel a little bad about complaining at first. However, it doesn’t even come close to comparing to my townhome back in Texas, and I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed!!