I have been a little ‘under the weather’ this past week. It seems that everyone here has been getting sick and I some how made it 6 weeks with out catching what everyone else has got. Since I have been feeling sick, I decided to take it easy this week and sleep as much as possible so that I will get better ASAP! I am sure my roommates think I am the laziest person on this planet this week, but taking it easy has helped a LOT!
I had my math third class at the London Metropolitan University yesterday. This is my only class with real Londoners. Half of my grade for this class is based on group work, so I get to talk to my other classmates a lot and learn a lot about who they are and what they think about London and UK and the US. It is interesting though that every class that I have had, my tutor (professor) has made at least one comment about America. His comments are usually of mixed opinion. But this time we were talking about predator prey modeling and Dr. Caley was giving examples like "big fish eats little fish", and "hound chases the fox", but then he said "America and the rest of us". Everyone laughed, but I was kind of caught off guard with that comment. I just find it really interesting how other people view us Americans and the US as a whole. No, not all the comments that I hear are negative, but this one just stuck with me for some reason.
It seems that travel season has finally come! I will be going to Amsterdam this weekend with my roommate Britanny. We fly out tomorrow morning and will get back late Sunday evening. I am really excited; this will be my first trip out of the country this semester! We are planning on seeing the Anne Frank house and the Van Gogh museum and plenty of other places as well. This will also be my first time staying in a hostel… so wish me luck!
My fall break will begin the next week so I have planned to go to Rome, Italy for 5 daves and then see Charles in Germany for 4 days! As many of you know he has been on tour, but he is on his way back to Germany as I am typing this!
Check back sometime next week for pictures of my trip… The internet has been extremely unreliable lately. I am lucky if I can get my computer to connect at all! But we have been told that a specialist is coming in tomorrow to "assess the situation". I have found out that McDonalds has free wi-fi though, and its only down the street.
Haha, on another note…. Some of the places that aren’t necessarily the best back home are rally good here! The McDonalds here are really fancy compared to the ones back home! I’m not sure what their food tastes like because I have only had a McFlurry from there. And the Pizza Hut’s (now called Pasta Hut) are really good here too!
Well, that’s enough for now!
I had my math third class at the London Metropolitan University yesterday. This is my only class with real Londoners. Half of my grade for this class is based on group work, so I get to talk to my other classmates a lot and learn a lot about who they are and what they think about London and UK and the US. It is interesting though that every class that I have had, my tutor (professor) has made at least one comment about America. His comments are usually of mixed opinion. But this time we were talking about predator prey modeling and Dr. Caley was giving examples like "big fish eats little fish", and "hound chases the fox", but then he said "America and the rest of us". Everyone laughed, but I was kind of caught off guard with that comment. I just find it really interesting how other people view us Americans and the US as a whole. No, not all the comments that I hear are negative, but this one just stuck with me for some reason.
It seems that travel season has finally come! I will be going to Amsterdam this weekend with my roommate Britanny. We fly out tomorrow morning and will get back late Sunday evening. I am really excited; this will be my first trip out of the country this semester! We are planning on seeing the Anne Frank house and the Van Gogh museum and plenty of other places as well. This will also be my first time staying in a hostel… so wish me luck!
My fall break will begin the next week so I have planned to go to Rome, Italy for 5 daves and then see Charles in Germany for 4 days! As many of you know he has been on tour, but he is on his way back to Germany as I am typing this!
Check back sometime next week for pictures of my trip… The internet has been extremely unreliable lately. I am lucky if I can get my computer to connect at all! But we have been told that a specialist is coming in tomorrow to "assess the situation". I have found out that McDonalds has free wi-fi though, and its only down the street.
Haha, on another note…. Some of the places that aren’t necessarily the best back home are rally good here! The McDonalds here are really fancy compared to the ones back home! I’m not sure what their food tastes like because I have only had a McFlurry from there. And the Pizza Hut’s (now called Pasta Hut) are really good here too!
Well, that’s enough for now!
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I cannot belive you've been there for 6 weeks already! I don't feel like it's been that long at all, and that's longer than I was in Spain, wow, time flies!
Amsterdam sounds like a blast and I'm so jealous that you get to go to Rome--can't wait to see pictures. OH and tell Charles hello for me, I hope he's doing good!
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