When I first went to Britain，a lot of things seemed strange to me. For example，people drove on the left side of the road and many people carried an umbrella all the time. There were also many other things that I found really surprising.
The first thing I noticed was how polite British people were. When I got on the bus，the driver would greet me；when people got off the bus，they would say "Thank you" to the driver；when I went into a shop，I would be greeted by a smiling salesman.
The family I stayed with were very nice，but their house was full of peculiar（奇怪的）things. Firstly，there were carpets everywhere，even in the bathroom. Also，the bathroom was full of surprises. The first time I tried to wash my hands I burned myself. The cold and hot water came out of different taps. Then，when I tried to dry my hair，I couldn't find a socket（插座） for my hairdryer. Maybe that wasn't such a big surprise. More surprising was the fact that British people didn't take their shoes off when they went into a house—can you imagine？
I guess that for British people all of these things are normal. It's only when you visit a foreign country that you realize that what you think is normal is not. Normality depends on where you are.
