FPA: Day 3 ... and other random things.

So today we really didn't do too much. We sent out follow-up surveys to the people who haven't contacted us back and now we really don't have much to do for the rest of the day.

I figured I would make a list of random things that I've noticed are very different over here compared to the U.S.:

-In the United States, we have Burger King. In Australia, they have Hungry Jacks. The food is almost identical to McDonald's food.
-McDonald's burgers over here are much smaller then American McDonalds.
-Not surprisingly, Australians don't have "American cheese"; they have "Tasty cheese".

-If you order food at a fast food restaurant, they automatically assume you want a Coke unless you specify otherwise.
-Australia has two types of soda called Lift and Solo. Lift is a lemon-flavored soda and Solo is lime-flavored. It's like Sprite split into two different sodas and it's less sugary.

-Besides McDonalds, Australia also has Subway and KFC.
-Apparently sliced cheese is not common over here. There was a very small area of the supermarket that had sliced cheese.
-Milk comes in 3 liter jugs instead of gallon jugs.
-The best cookies over here are called TimTams.

-Melbourne HAS to be 90% Asian.

-Every electrical outlet has a switch next to it.  This switch turns the power on and off in the outlet.  I still have no idea why it matters.

-Melbourne has been experiencing a serious drought lately and their water supply is down to only 30% of its maximum capacity.  Therefore, if you use too much water per day, the water company can limit your water usage to 25 liters (6.5 gallons) a day.  It is also illegal to use a hose to water plants or run sprinklers on your lawn.

-A "bathroom" is just called a "toilet".

-The typical response to "thank you" is "no worries".

-Australians watch a really weird version of baseball called cricket.  I still haven't figured it out but from what I've gotten out of it, you have two teams like in baseball.  One team has a "bowler", or pitcher, who throws the ball at these two wooden spikes in the ground which has a board balancing on top.  He is trying to knock the board off the spikes.  At the same time, a batter on the other team is trying to block him from knocking the board off.  It's really confusing.

-"Lettuce" here is called "salad".

-"Fries" are "chips" in Australia and American "chips" (Lays, Pringles, etc.) are "crisps".

-They have very few supermarkets down here.  Almost all food is bought at meat, fruit and vegetable markets.

-The most popular car brand down here is Mazda.

-"Parking lots" are called "car parks" here.

-"Cheese pizza" is called "Magaritah pizza".

-From what I've seen, no one wears khaki pants down here.

-Computer paper in Australia is narrower  than American computer paper.

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

-Tim