yesterday i took a tour of the city, and it is absolutely charming! the cobblestone streets, the buildings, and just the town in general is quite picturesque. while i was downtown, i finally got a phone for 5 pounds (how cheap! and it's not one of those "crappy" phones either). it's pay-as-you-go, and for 10 pounds i got unlimited txting (maddi and lo- once you get your phones we can txt awaaay!). afterwards i went shopping for essentials and here is a word of advice- carry a backpack because your hands will get so full of many heavy bags and trying to manage them can be a struggle! also another little fact- there are some of the same shops here as back home: starbucks, texaco, BP, blockbuster, domino's, subway, mcdonald's...
after some tomato soup and a bagel for dinner (i still need to get used to this cooking thing), kristen and i went over to a friend's flat which is on the opposite side of campus as us. we thought we had the campus pretty much all figured out until we realized that we hadn't even seen half of it. so it's going to take longer than a week to figure out.
this morning i registered for classes and let me just say what a nightmare! lots of the classes i wanted clashed and didn't work out and i was the very LAST person out of the hundreds of international students left in the room. and all of the professors even left so i had to trek around campus trying to locate offices. after being redirected numerous times, i am now signed up for 3 courses and still need approval for 1 more (apparently i had just missed the man i needed to talk to by several minutes).
also, i finally unpacked today! yay! except i'm highly upset that i can't find my pictures from home to hang up. my walls are still so bare. and i'm still without a pillow since the store ran out!
anyway, time to enjoy the weekend! (and attempt to cook some dinner).
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