At the outset of my semester-long journey in London, the voice that comes over the intercom of the train gives me my new mantra . . . "mind the gap." The quaint phrase offers a reminder to watch your step as you exit the train and onto the platform. But for me it resounds as a souvenir of the new experiences to come as I embark on my adventures abroad; minding the gap between the cultural differences that I come to recognise.