24 hours and feeling great!

so no jet lag has been experienced yet.. i'm assuming it will affect me on the way home?

anyway, last night there was a dinner for all the international students, and let me just say that there are a TON of kids from all over the world.. name a country and it's sure to be represented. after dinner we stopped at one of the campus' bars and a popular drink here is hard cider, my favorite! we ended up going over to a table of girls and introducing ourselves and now we have 6 good friends! two of the girls attend University of Colorado and are awesome; one is from PA who goes to St. Joe's in Philly but studied in London last semester and is now in Lancaster; one is from Australia and she's hilarious; and the other two are from Montreal up in Canada, one of whom is Jewish so she can speak Hebrew, Yiddish, and some French, whereas the other is completely French and speaks with a very thick accent.

today consisted of informational seminars and a tour of campus, but i was already a bit lost to begin with. it's not like at High Point where there is one strip full of class buildings, instead it's a bunch of squares all jumbled together. by the end of next week i should be a pro at finding my way around (hopefully). this evening we went to a local eatery where all pizza and pasta dishes are 5.25 pounds, which i thought was a great deal. oh and that reminds me, there is no currency equivalent to the american $1, so it's lots and lots of coins! one of the student ambassadors who was showing us around said that the american dollar is "rubbish", one of their popular terms here. another favorite of theirs is the word "brilliant", so instead of saying "great" or "awesome" they say "brilliant". and i've noticed that instead of saying "okay" they say "right". but with the accent you can imagine it sounds way better. another somewhat strange thing is that all the shops close super early over here. around 5/5:30pm is when stores shut down.. so unfortunately we have yet to go try to find a phone or buy dishes, hangers, etc. but we did manage to find a grocery store that stays open until 10pm so we stocked up on several goodies. and thank goodness they had comforters for half price because let me just say that last night was absolutely freezing. i was bundled up and even threw my heavy peacoat over me so that i could stay warm. i'm not sure if the heat is not turned on in my room or if it's just cold in the building in general. but the weather outside is not that bad at all! it's been in the mid to upper 40s and no wind-- of course there is rain, but it's definitely tolerable. the australian wants it to snow so bad because she's only seen it once as a little girl. i would be fine without it haha :)