The Motherland

  

When I say that I'm studying at Cambridge, Hogwarts is what I mean, right? 

I'll be the first to say that most of my ideas about what England will be like are completely based on Hollywood/media portrayals of British peoples and culture. The truth is, based on the American portrayal of England, I half expect for London to be a medieval town with stone churches, knights, people riding on horseback. I'd expect that every British boy is the next boy-band prodigy, like the Beatles or One Direction, and that people I can't trust must be pirates from the Black Pearl. Maybe I'd make friends with Elizabeth Bennett, and maybe banter with Mr. Darcy when he'd slouch out of his manor to go to the countryside. I'd be waiting for my letter from Hogwarts any day now, and know that I'd be sorted into Slytherin (true story). I'd trick Prince Harry into marrying me (also true), and pretend that my fake British accent will make me sound as smooth as the girl from the Orbit commercial. Maybe James Bond will drop out of the sky, or I'll run into Jason Bourne in the middle of the train station. America has given me many expectations for England. So we'll see. 

Cheerio.