After living in Scotland for two weeks now there are some interesting differences that I have noticed. The big difference is that the price of something is the price you pay when you checkout. If the tag says 19.99 you pay 19.99. It is great! You can exact shrapnel or change ready when you buy whatever it is that you are buying. This makes it much easier to get rid of all the shrapnel that you have because there is no one pound note. It is in the form of a coin. They also have 2p and 20p coins which is completely different. So all in all you have way more shrapnel then you would in the United States.
The citizens of Scotland also do not have to pay for their education. It is all free, even college. It makes you a little jealous doesn't it. So is their healthcare. They do not have to pay for neccessary medication or surgery or anything like that. Crazy right?
Another fun fact about Scotland is that they have their own soda called Irn Bru. It has its own song and there are hilarious advertisements at almost every bus stop. If you get a chance you should look it up on Youtube and see if you can understand what they are saying.
There you are, a couple tidbits of information for you to impress other people with.
No comments:
Post a Comment