So, I'll be brief. I got in on Monday morning and stayed with my grandfather's colleague until everyone else arrived the next day. As you can see in the picture of our living room, we moved into the sweetest flat EVER (though some other kids in Hampden house's flat is actually better)...got some great fallafel and generally settled in. Then we met up with a bunch of other UMD kids at the pub right downstairs and I already love that place. Nice staff, reall
y great cider selection, and generally cool ambiance (how lame did that sound?).Then yesterday we had orientation but we also did a coach tour of London. We caught the usual sights like Big Ben, St. Peter's and Westminster Abbey, the Thames, some royal guards, and way too many buildings that were used in Harry Potter movies, and it was cool to get the mad touristy part out of the way.
Last night was night 2 and we went to a tex mex place that was really only ok but the company was swell. And while I said I probably wouldn't go out tonight bc of a significant funds depletion...I'm thinking I'll fall for peer pressure and go out to a place called the Metropolitan with the same hoard of American study abroaders. This week is comprised of all orientations b.s. and then we start class on Monday. I actually kind of can't wait for the real-life stuff to kick in because the suspense is just killing me! Haven't met my British boyfriend yet but I think he's just too nervous to say hi when I'm with 30 other obnoxious Americans. So that's about it for now. Until next time, I'll leave this for your viewing pleasures:
