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What I love about England:

Old Anglican churches, hundreds of years older than my country, mostly unused (and good for sitting in quietly), and with stained-glass windows that say things like 'His Banner Over Me Was Love'.

Train stations, like this one in Leicester, as well as smaller stations (which often have decorative woodwork along their roofs). I especially like the reminder to take care on the stairs (one of my favorite road signs here says 'Tiredness can kill--take a break.'). I like this station particularly because going to Leicester means going to work in the printshop, which is a generally uplifting thing.

The way the weather changes so quickly here. One minute raining, then bright sun, then rain, then cloud, then sun, wind, more clouds.

Bits of ludicrous architecture alongside staid-and-stolid 1960s buildings. The sheer fancy of this 'Grand Hotel' (and just the word 'grand').

Magpies. In the last two weeks, I've found a brilliant green-blue, irridescent tailfeather and one that must be from a wing. I hope the magpie that lost them was moulting and not hurt. I love these birds for their dapper 'clothes', the way they hop and walk, how bold they are without seeming rude. I suppose I like them in part for how I anthropomorphise them! And because they are beautiful and smart.