friday night consisted of going to a "pub" that used to be a church (how ironic) and then off to a dance club that reminded me of daytona beach spring break. and all of the songs except for two were our good ol' american jams. we went with two english girls who live on our hall- one is from oxford and the other lives 30 minutes away from london. they have the more "posh" sounding accent, and the northern brits make fun of those who have it, and instantly ask "where are you from?!" and start imitating the accent when they hear it. and this one girl that we met on the bus did just that. she then proceeded to tell me and kristen that we had a good sense of fashion for being americans. she claims americans just don't know how to dress and have no sense of style. some of the outfits that the girls wear over here would make many heads turn if they wore them over in the US though!
on saturday i finally got to hang up my pictures (yes i found them!!!) and i got my room situated. and then kristen and i decided we were going to skip the social scene downtown and instead hang out with our floormates. i think there is a total of 6 girls living on our floor and then the rest are guys, yes all 30 some of them. quite different than at high point! they are really fun though.
after about 5 hours of sleep i woke up and a bunch of the international students went to the lake district today. tons of streams and tiny waterfalls flow down the "fells" (mountains) into this freshwater lake. we walked around several different villages and even took a ferry ride. the mountains are beautiful! and all of the houses are much more classic looking than american homes. and the sheep grazing in the pastures are numerous. aside from the landscapes, i also went into the original gingerbread house, which was the tiniest room i've ever seen. the gingerbread was fantastic though. the secret recipe is locked in a vault. peter rabbit is also famed in the lake district. since the author, Beatrix Potter, grew up around here she placed the setting in the lake district. William Wordsworth is another famous person who is very well recognized in the lake district for being a romantic poet. we visited his graveyard where his entire family is buried. i also managed to buy a pillow and do some grocery shopping while on the trip! i obviously took advantage since i didn't want to have to pay the bus fare to go into town later tonight. but what i found funny was that the cashier lady said to me after hearing me speak, "oh you must be from australia!" i honestly think australians sound more british than we do!
with lack of sleep and an adventurous day, i am off to get ready for bed. classes start tomorrow and i have yet to figure out where they're located, yikes! looks like it will be another early morning for me.
a little side note while i'm thinking of it- sarcasm is huge over here! in a good way though :)
No comments:
Post a Comment