Sunday: Jennifer and I set out to Argos to get my sheets and duvet and pillows. Argos has to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. It's a big place where you order what you want. You look through a catalog, write down the number, and hand it to a cashier to see if they have it in stock. From there, you pay and wait for them to take it out of storage. Yeah, weird, right? They don't get the luxury of shopping around and handling the product they want, so I had to hope that the duvet and duvet cover, etc, was okay. They are, they're nice (after I had to pick others out because the ones I wanted were sold out..) and they do the job. After that we took the bus back to campus to drop off out stuff. From there, we just walked around the city, and ended up going to soho, which is a really nice strip with stores and restaurants. We were looking for a place we had found online to eat called Square Pie, but we had no such luck. We ran into this lovely place right here and decided to try it!:
Okay, I have to tell you about our flatmates. They are super awesome and super sweet. There's Alice, from southern England, Lenka from Slovakia (who also lived in Spain for awhile,), Rina who is from China (and is limited on English, but very willing to practice!), and Bea who just moved in from Spain Monday. We are so diverse! To celebrate, Lenka decided to pop out some drinks and go to Drapers, the bar on campus. So Lenka, Alice, Jennifer and I went to Drapers. It was not what I expected. A bar with loud music and tables, but also a DJ and dance floor, and also pool tables. It was nice, but not really my scene, so Jennifer and I bailed out early. We had orientation early Monday morning, so we got to bed.
Monday: Orientation was at 9:20 or something. I don't remember really, I just knew I had to get up early. Sad day ): Gibney filled us in on what we were going to be doing the next few days and some other people (the Reverend and Ceri, who is a guy) talked about church on campus and getting to know London, and a girl who had come two years before came to talk about her experience here. It lasted three hours, and we were glad to get out. We went to get something for lunch at Rockin In (that had weird mince meat hamburgers and dodgy ketchup) and just walked around. I honestly don't remember much after that haha, it's what I get for forgetting to blog. But it wasn't anything exciting. Bea came and moved in and we met her, and Lenka decided to pour some drinks and we went to Drapers bar, but this time, with some girls across the hall, Aman, Rawan, and Neha, and Rayna joined too. However, Rina couldn't get in because she forgot her passport, so Jennifer, Rayna and I left to go back to the flat, and went to bed. I feel so lame, but partying just isn't my thing!
Today was fun! I had to get up for my enrollment, which wasn't so fun, but I got registered and I got my ID card! After that, I headed back to my room and chilled out until our module meeting. Gibney told us all about how we sign up for classes and add and drop them, plus anything we all had to know especially for our departments. Like me, I have an induction for the English department tomorrow. Yay, how exciting! I'll be able to meet other people in my classes (: After that, Jennifer and I went to see the business department guy (for Jennifer, not me!) so that he could sign something for her to take business classes. I ended up seeing the girl I saw at the airport with the cool Beatles shirt, and we hit it off great. We exchanged numbers, and I hope to hang out with her more (: Jennifer and I got fed up with waiting, and had lunch at The Curve, a cafeteria like place on campus. It was pretty good, and only £3.95! I had a lamb steak with little potatoes and cauliflower and peas. Also, some little pastry.. I think it was a krueller or something.. either way, it was good! After that (and texts from my friend and Jennifer's friend,) we headed to the right room, and Jennifer got her information. We went about trying to get our own classes signed (which some happened and some didn't,) and headed back to the flat. We had decided we were going to see Big Ben, and invited Rayna.
It was a long trip on the tube with many stops, but it was so much fun! We arrived and Big Ben was right there when we got out of the tube station. It was beautiful, as was the house of Parliament. We took awhile, taking pictures of Big Ben, Parliament, and the London Eye across the way, as well as stunning pictures of the Thames river. I have to tell you, if you know me, you know I take a LOT of pictures! From there, we walked on to see the rest of the Parliament building and the surrounding area. That part of London, Westminster, is really pretty. I kind of wish that we lived there, but I like the place I am quite well either way! We did get a big lost, but turned around and shot a few pictures of Westminster Abbey. I wanted to go in, but it was closed to only tours ): Sad sad. I got lovely pictures of it and St. Margaret's church though! Afterwards, we set off to find Buckingham Palace, which was quite a walk away, but definitely worth it. We ended up passing St. James' park, which was GORGEOUS. I wanted to spend all day there, but we didn't have much time and my feet were already starting to hurt. I'll definitely have to go back to see it, and ride the London Eye. Finally, we reached Buckingham Palace, which, truthfully, was beautiful, but it was lacking. I thought it would be more.. spectacular, but it wasn't much more behind the gate. Either way, it was pretty, as well as the fountain.statue type structure in front of it. After that, we decided it was late enough and started the long walk back to the tube station.
After a very cramped ride, we went back to the flat to chill out. Lenka started talking about plans to head back to Drapers and stuff, but we mostly sat around talking and laughing and planning things to do. It took awhile before we decided to check out what was going on there, (Alice had heard they were doing quizzes and Bingo,) and sure enough, that's what it was. We were too late to participate though, so we ended up going back.
And now you're all caught up! Sorry its not terribly exciting, but now I have to get to bed so I can wake up for my induction tomorrow (: Goodnight!
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