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| Princess Peach and the Mario Bros crossing the road. As you do. |
Today I took the kids trick or treating.
They do it a bit differently here, and all the local shops get involved and give out sweets.
ALL the shops. Even BANKS. (imagine 20 kids running into Natwest and getting anything but a frosty glare..)
Some shops went so hard, I don't see how they weren't losing money!
An ice cream shop was giving out free scoops, Starbucks free cups of hot chocolate (though obviously I don't feel sorry for them) one local patisserie was giving out free MERINGUES.
Home-made, light, delicate meringues with a gorgeous raspberry sauce.
Wasted on kids who were literally smashing them into their faces, and they can't have been cheap to make.
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| Free Ice Cream (because naturally kids need MORE sugar on Halloween) |
We went up and down shops for about 2 hours. It was long, but really nice, there were lots of kids and parents, and a lovely sense of community.
That foreign word again, community.
I've figured it out though, (one of) the social differences between the UK and the US.
In England, its 'Why would I talk to X?'
In America, its 'Why wouldn't I talk to X?'
And it applies to everything, they do everything together here! Its very different.
Sometimes, when I get asked for 20th time 'what brings you to Berkeley' I would love some London Tube mentality to be adopted. But for the most part, its great.
But I digress. Halloween was lovely.
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