This weekend I wore my Reeboks to shreds and gave myself a blister to boot, trooping in Notting Hill to see the famous Portobello Market. I was sorely tempted by an antique map of Northern Ireland, only £20 ($40), but then I remembered that I am an impoverished PhD student and chose to shop in my price range (an Italian language copy of Stephen King's Cujo for only 50 pence--a buck!). People constantly asked me for directions or to take their photos, which made me feel both authentically English-appearing as well as kindly.
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