Cruising Down the Cultural Highway

We've had some very pleasant evenings entertaining lately. Tonight we enjoyed the company of some wonderful guests who were (for me) fellow northern hemisphere expats. Interestingly enough, we didn't commiserate about lack of snow at Christmas as much as I thought we would. I guess the first shock is over.

There are still cultural bumps. My instinct to flip light switches up for on and down for off is still strong. I still can't get into the office first thing Saturday mornings -- and then I remember that the door opens inward.

Some things are really rather clever. The power points (outlets) have switches on them, so you can turn off appliances at the source, rather than unplug them. It's not strange to Andrew, but I still find this fascinating, unless of course I've forgotten to turn the outlet on...