I got up early this morning to go to my Geography (for Environmental Studies) and English departmental meetings.  Ali and I were going to head to the Geography department meeting together since we were both in Global Environmental Issues.  We got on the bus, and Jodie and Stephen were also headed into town, but they were going to the bank first ( Read more... )

I had a departmental meeting for Spanish early this morning, so I set off early.  I was really worried, because I thought there was going to be an interview in Spanish, so I prepared this long speech of why I wanted to study Spanish, and then when I got to the meeting, they conducted the interview in English.  They said they were here to help, and ( Read more... )

I was psyched today as it was our first international orientation meeting (disregarding the ones I missed).  But first, I had a shopping trip planned with Shanel to Primark, London's finest discount retailer.  She and Harriet had been raving about it the day before, and I was curious.  After all, it couldn't be that cheap -- I mean, for me, having ( Read more... )

I woke up today feeling nervous but excited.  Why? Because one of the Freshman Week activities on the list was a Treasure Hunt.  Which, of course, my reaction was something like, "BwwwaaaTREASUREHUNT?!Sveet!"  So I went down to breakfast, met up with Shanel, Harriet, and Lucie, before heading off to Guy's Campus to begin the Hunt ( Read more... )

So, King's kept sending me two different packets of information: one from the English campus, and one from the Study Abroad program.  Once the timetables started conflicting for registrations, I knew I had a problem.  So today I had to go try to straighten everything out ( Read more... )

So.  Mom left early this morning, I slept in a bit at the hostel, then began the trek back to my dorm.  It's about a 45 minute bus ride from central London.  I got to the dorm, finished putting away my stuff, and sat on my bed for a bit, reeling in shock.  On my own in London, a very scary thought.  Some nice senior students had left a calendar in ( Read more... )

Today was the day before Mom's departure! As such, it was slightly tinged with sadness, but still very fun.  First, we went to Harrod's, which, as always, was incredibly expensive.  Mom got a couple of small souvenirs for people, and I took pictures of the Egyptian Escalator and the Dodi & Diana memorial.  We had brief walk through the Armani ( Read more... )

Today was a day of moving.  We packed most of my stuff in my two pink suitcases and a duffel bag, and hauled it all the way to King's College Hall.  The steep uphill climb, let me tell you, was not pleasant.  We got into the room and it showed remarkable promise (aside from the ugly orange curtains.) A very nice, well kept single bedroom with my ( Read more... )

Today was our second day trip, and we were off to Cardiff, Wales.  We had a surprise when we jumped in the van this morning -- we were the only ones on the tour! So when we picked up our tour guide outside of Cardiff, we were pleased to find that we were getting what amounted to our own private guide.

The first stop on our path was Cardiff Castle.  ( Read more... )

Today was a field trip to the city of Bath, then off to Stonehenge!

We rushed to the bus stop early in the morning about 7 o'clock, praying that the cell phone would work in case the tour bus had to call us.  Everything went smoothly, and we were on a 3-hour journey to Bath.  Bath is known as England's "most beautiful city" -- in fact, in England's ( Read more... )