Thursday, September 22, 2011
Part 1
Got to Wales. Was extrememly jet-lagged. The first few days were a little rough because I didn't know anyone and was too tired to be friendly. Plus the fact that my promised single room had suddenly become a double room was not quite the best-received news. Roomie had insomnia the first night, which kept me up and made the jet-lag hard to get over. Will be investing in a pair of ear-plugs ASAP at the local Tesco, which is basically a Super Wal-Mart, Target, and department store rolled up into one giant mega-awesome place. It's cheap(ish), good(ish) quality, and has EVERYTHING. Plus it's only a ten minute walk from the Trinity campus. Day two was much better. I was still tired and jet-lagged, but managed to pull myself out of my funk enough to actually bond with some people so I didn't feel quite so alone. We went on a walking tour of Carmarthen, which is surprisingly a lot bigger than described. There's a cinema, multiple pubs and restaurants, and a massive Debenhams, which is like a higher-class Belk's. The variety of shopping is incredible for a town this size, so I must be careful with the monies or else they might slip away without my noticing. Day three was even better. Got a good night's sleep, ate a good breakfast, made friends, and got drunk. After registration and filling out an endless number of forms, some of the other international kids and I hung out in the Student Union (it's a bar and a disco!) for a while, and then went back to the dorms to pregame before heading out to check out the local pubs. We managed to make quite an impression at three different places before stumbling back up the hill in the rain. (It's Wales. It's always raining.) Registration for modules (classes) began today and surprise! I'm only signed up for 2 actual modules. These modules are worth 50 credits, which translates to about 15 credit hours back in America. Hopefully I can manage to fit in some travelling in between classes and touring with the theatre production. We'll see! New post in a few days. Freshers' Week starts Sunday. Gotta get prepared.
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Glad you finally made friends! Sorry that you ended up with a roommate, but the way it worked with me was I was never at my flat unless it was to sleep, eat, or get on the internet so hopefully you won't be there too much either : ) I never bought anything from Debenhams while I was in Glasgow, but I loved shopping at H&M and Primark. Do you have them there? Our student union was pretty awesome too with multiple floors and they'd do some international student trips occasionally. I took 3 classes while I was there and an online class from UNCG and they gave me 15 credits for the 3 online classes. I loved classes there 'cause all you had to do was pass. I usually shopped at a Sainsbury 'cause you would have to get a taxi or something if you wanted to go to a big Tesco. So jealous you'll be there for Freshers' Week. They party hard and I'm sure you'll meet a lot of cute boys ; ) Glad you made it there safe and everything. We miss you already especially 'cause it's Thursday. Love you and enjoy every second that you're over there <3
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