You automatically look the correct way first before crossing the street.
You are told your room is on the first floor, and you don’t have to think about it before you get in the lift.
You get out correct change from your wallet without having to translate the currency in your head (you also stop looking in your wallet for £1 notes).
You get on the hiking boots for what locals describe as “a short walk”.
You chat about the weather immediately.
You say hello first, rather make a request.
You start thinking of the sidewalk as the pavement, the chip as the crisp, the sparking water as the fizzy water, the arugula as rocket, and the “pausta” as “paasta”.
You don’t expect Mexican food to taste like food from Mexico.
You say “sorry” every time you ask for something.
You are happy to take advice on visiting California sights from a London cabbie.
You are SO grateful for a cup of tea (actually, I do that at home, too!).
