Additional Blog 1: First days of Spring Break!

I go to my internship three times a week, Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Believe it or not I have kind of made a routine of having tea 3 times a day on those days (except for Friday, I drink one). One at 10:30, one for lunch, and one at 2:30. I don't drink tea here any other time unless it's offered. Therefore I don't go out of my way to make my own tea at the flat, only because I don't want to create a habit, then go back to the U.S. and have tea withdraws! Although I don't drink tea too often, I do have a special way I like my tea. I generally grab a mug, throw a small tea bag in the bottom, fill the mug 3/4 full with hot water, then top the other 1/4 off with "semi-skimmed" milk. Then I wait for about 5-10 minutes before I take the first sip, trying to prevent burning my tongue and the roof of my mouth.

Well today, is the Friday before spring break officially starts, also the last day I will be drinking tea for about a week. No biggy. So I walk in the tea room and grab a mug, toss a tea bag in, add 3/4 hot water, then reach for the fridge to grab the milk, but there wasn't any milk. Generally the fridge has at least 15-20 jugs of milk to choose from, but today, there was nothing, not even a drop. So I thought about adding some sugar, but really I didn't want the calories. Later after letting the tea set for about 5-10 minutes, I tried the tea. It really wasn't that great. It just wasn't what I was used to with out the milk. Also, King's decided to change their tea provider the whole week, so there seemed to be nothing normal about my tea. Honestly, I didn't even finish the whole glass because I saw what the tea was doing to the inside of the mug (sticking to the side making the mug look brown and dirty), and I couldn't stop thinking about what it was doing to my teeth. So having tea for the last time for at least a week, wasn't the best. But I think I will survive. I don't need to get addicted to the tea and caffeine here. When I first arrived in London, I thought it was weird that the Englanders put milk in their tea. I had actually never seen it before. I had only seen milk being put into coffee, but I understand why they do it now, it's actually very good that way! It also seems to cool the tea down a little before you drink it, so you don't have to wait as long to drink it. 

I've never been a caffeine drinker, I mainly just drink water. My body doesn't ever feel the need to drink caffeine because I don't drink it. Which I think is a good thing, I'd rather not get "caffeine headaches."

*side note, I'm on the plan to Amsterdam as I am finishing up this blog, and there are the energy windmills in the water all lined up in rows. Very interesting because I haven't seen them in the water before, only on land. Maybe the water helps generate more energy? I'll look in to it. But they are everywhere!

**second side note, I went to KFC in Amsterdam, it was different from the one in London and the one in the U.S. The items on the menu were completely different. It was great though. Amsterdam is beautiful. Next is Barcelona, maybe they have a KFC I can try!