English/French lifestyle

This is the end of our trip in Liverpool. This three months were very interesting as regards the discovery of  a new culture and the general background in Liverpool. Before closing this blog, we would like to introduce the main differences between the english and french lifestyle.

As you know the United Kingdom is one of the countries where people are used to driving on the left hand side. Even if we didn't drive any car during this three months, we found it hard to get used to this new traffic, mainly when we had to cross. Hopefully, most of pedestrians are secure with the signal of the traffic lights and the warning on the floor " LOOK LEFT " and " LOOK RIGHT".

Thanks to the double coach and a huge amount of taxi, you can easily move in the city. We noted that the english buses operate differently: you get on and get off the bus by the same door close to the driver. This way seems to operate well and makes it possible to avoid controls. In fact the driver start as soon as everybody has shown their ticket.Then we pointed out the politeness of passengers who are grateful to the bus driver.












As regards the taxi there are two different categories:
-black cab that you can take everywhere in the city.
-Delta taxi which is the cheapest company. You have to call  and wait for them.

We have to admit that it's impressive to live in a foreign city, but quickly we noted the presence of various monitoring systems (bus, club, store, street...).Throughout the day you can see several policemen move all around the city.Everypeople who get into the bars are systematically controlled with their ID. Unlike to the France, servers don't take any order at your table, you have to order at the bar.
We regret not having seen typical english pub in Liverpool in comparison with London.

With the daily life, we have learned more about the english way of life:

- letter box in the door

- EDF with a key
- location contract (no important paper like employment contract or a guarantor if you are a stranger student...)
- electrical outlet with a button  ON/OFF
- carpet in all the home (except in the kitchen and the bathroom)










Finally, we enjoyed living abroad for three months and we are looking forward to doing this again.