Dear Sun, I miss you. Love, Lizzie

England is a very cool place. And by cool I mean its like an Atlanta winter day everyday. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all that England has to offer in the way of culture, tradition, beer, scenery etc. It would just be nice to see the sun every once and a while.

That being said, cross your fingers, because today might be the day. Today might be the day that it stays sunny all day. Odd are though, it is not.

This morning started with, shocker, RAIN. But the clouds have seemed to move out and give us some glorious sunshine (do not be fooled, it is still quite chilly.) Over the past weeks I have dealt with a chill right to my bones. Even the locals are baffled by this winter weather in May. Monday night it hit zero degrees Celsius, and my host family had to scrape ice off their wind shield. The local schools do not have the heat on because it is not in their budget, and any other year they would not need it.

Four years ago travelling Europe our group seemed to hit a heat wave everywhere we went. I'm talking 96 degrees Fahrenheit, and no AC. Now it seems to be an abnormally chilly spring. Just once I'd like to come to Europe for a nice normal spring/summer. I'm honestly worried that I will never see higher than 60 degrees Fahrenheit during my stay in England.

I can really understand the British affinity to tea. It warms you from the inside. I find myself drinking more tea than usual, not because of the culture, but I always seem chilled. The everyday tea here is a breakfast tea (a medium to dark tea) served with about a tablespoon of cold milk. I drink this often.

Today, however, I will be heading to our local pub after work. This should allow a nice 'blanket' of it's own before walking the rest of the way home (it is located downhill about half a mile from our home stay.) http://www.risingsunsheffield.co.uk/