Finally been here 1 week! Update!

Sorry avid-blog readers, I've been MIA lately, but no need to be sad because I am here to give you another exciting update! ...


So... Been here for a little over a week and what a week it has been, what a blur!  Moved in last Thursday, and met my lovely roommate Samantha, who is from Maine but goes to school in PA, she's so nice, I got very lucky!  We have a great little room, not a bad set-up at all, the desk and bureau are attached we we have a nice big windowsill that has a great view of the green gardens and lawn below.  It really feels like we are in England.  We are smack-dab in the middle of London, which is amazing.  We have the quietness of the park, but a five minute walk and you are by Madame Tussous (the world famous wax-museum) and the famous Baker Street tube station, it is quite lovely.  I was also surprised to find a small Beatles fan shop, I was estatic (being a HUGE beatles fan).  Friday was fun, we had orientation for our classes all day.  I wish I would have been MORE warned about the night-life and money-spending I would be required to do, the money gets burned through very quickly, and I have a lot of things that I have been having to cut back on, I would recommend coming to London planning on burning through a lot of cash, since the drinking age is only 18 here a lot of money is wasted on drinks.  I try to be as social as I can be, and I'm disappointed because I have to cut back on my spending, but besides the money issues what a GREAT city!  Everything is at our finger-tips, free museums, great food and drinks, British accents, and lots and lots of walking to be done.  On Saturday (I splurged, because it seemed like a once-in a lifetime experience) and dropped some valuable pounds on doing a night-boat cruise on the river Thames (pronounced "Tames") on the cruise we were offered free drinks and had a chance to socialize with other students who are doing our program.  I met some really nice girls who go to school in Kentucky (1-set of twins, and one of their friends) they were really, really nice and we had fun chatting with them.  We got to see a lot of great sites that night, including great nighttime views of Big Ben, London's famous "Eye", and the Parliament.  It was really, really fantastic and fun to do. We started classes on Monday, I am taking six-classes over here; including Contemporary London Theatre (where we get to go and see 8 PLAYS! and get a backstage tour of the National Theatre and the famous Globe Theatre), The Social-History-the making of London (we went to the British Museum for our class, and will go to more historical sites), Current Issues in Human Rights (which is really interesting), World Religions (followed by weekly trips to Mosques and Temples, god I really do love being in the city) And Introduction to Music Appreciation (we get to see Operas, and classical music shows which I am really looking forward to.). 

So classes have been great so far, I mean it's only the first week.  The college is interesting, it consists of 6 schools, all in one huge connected building (So if you chose to, you never have to go outside, but it is a huge confusing maze).  Also the weekend starts Friday, since we go to a mostly "American" and foreign school we have no Friday classes which is perfect for traveling.  This weekend for instance the school is sponsoring (for about 35 pounds, which is roughly around 50 US dollars) a trip to Cambridge.  I have posted photos to facebook, so feel free to friend me or ask me to send you photos, as I would be happy too.  I also had a really fun experience in a Pub, with my friend Jenni from home, where we were able to socialize with two chaps from Liverpool, and a very drunk older-lady (hah!) that was definitely an experience.  More to come soon!