Last night, my flatmates and I (minus Marylyn who was sick last night) went to dinner at this Portuguese place called Nando's and it was good. Then we went down the street and met the guys at O'Neill's Irish Pub. After going to all these pubs, we have learned a valuable lesson: girls don't order full pints, only half pints, otherwise you are considered "butch" aka a lesbian. So I guess I will be drinking lots of half pints...
Today we had to get up bright and early and had orientation at school from 8 am to 4 pm. They told us our schedule and apparently we don't find out our internships until next Tuesday and then we start on June 2. They took us on a tour of Imperial College and told us about 50 times that "Imperial is the MIT of Europe, I mean, MIT is the Imperial of the States." Then we met with our professor and he already assigned us a paper for tonite, which I have yet to start. After lunch we went to Hyde Park and just relaxed and people watched. My favorite were the Asian tourists. There were three older Asian women who took a prom picture in front of this statue thing we were sitting at. The pigeons here remind me of the squirrels in Columbia and how they are not afraid and will run right up to you. So Christy decided to chase them and attempt to catch one. Mission: failed.
After that we went back to school for a lecture on British culture. Now this is where the title of the blog comes in. The lady was so sweet and had really interesting things to say, but I think the jet lag finally hit me or something because I kept drifting off throughout the lecture. So embarrassing since I sat second row, aisle.
Then we took the tube to a mall so we could go to Primark which is similar to Wal-Mart but people act like there is no tomorrow in there, grabbing anything and everything. We stopped in Sainsbury, a grocery store, which we have by our flat also. But the area we went is not as affluent as South Kensington, where we live, and you can totally see that just by how the Sainsbury differed. Then we had dinner at this cafe by our flat that we've been to twice now and I think it's our new favorite place.
It's funny when you walk around and realize how different Americans really are from the English. We dress completely differently and pretty much stick out like sore thumbs here. My goal is to try and fit in as much as possible by the end of my stay here.
So STA came today and talked to us about different trips we can take through them for reasonable prices. This weekend there is a Bank Holiday on Monday so we have a three-day weekend. Some people are leaving, but some of us were thinking that since we just got here and are trying to get acquainted we might just go on a daytrip to Stonehenge and Bath one day and then go around London the rest. We have to save as much money as possible because this city is EXPENSIVE.
Okay well time for bed so I can get up and do my homework in the morning before class since I still didn't take a nap from when I was passing out in class today. Cheerio (that's for you Angie!)
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HALLI, when your being interviewed, point out you have experience in selling at trade shows.sounds like your having a great time when your awake. LOVE GRANDPA
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