My first day and oh let's say a half were scary. I don't mean being in a big city not knowing where I was going, that was part of the adventure. They were scary in a way where I was thinking I didn't know why in the world I was here or why I would ever want to do this, where is the nearest taxi back to the airport so I can book the next flight home. However I met my roommate and got my bearings, talked to some of you wonderful folks back home and started to feel better.
My roommate and I are on the 4th floor. Of course that's British speak, they consider our first floor the ground floor and our second floor the first floor, so we are actually on the 5th floor. Luckily our homestay family has a great house for this and my roommate and I each have our own room and share the bathroom.
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| We have a shower and a bath, and there is a washing machine on the right |
The first few days were spent going through orientation and a bit of sight seeing. Then Monday we started classes. The roomie and I are lucky enough to only live a few miles from the college so we only have about a 20-30 bus ride there, and it's only a short walk to and from the bus stops.
So far we've visited Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, The British Library, The British Museum, and many other big and small name places. I've ridden the tube a few times. And I love public transportation, after a long day of classes or walking around shopping it's really nice to get on the bus and sit down and not have to do anything, even really think, just listen or watch for your stop, but generally you have some idea when it's coming so you can daze for a while.
The tube is a whole other story. There is no cell phone service in the tube, most everybody reads, either a newspaper or a book. It's fascinating. Brits are very different than Americans. They do not start conversations with the person sitting next to them. Most of them don't play cell phone games, or grumble and complain because they have no cell service. They sit down, take out a newspaper and read up on current politics.
So far my adventures have been exciting. I can't wait to see what else is in store!
2 comments:
I think that is interesting about the tube not having cell phone service. The Seoul Metro is the polar opposite. 98% of riders are on their cell phone either watching tv/gaming/texting/etc.
Yeah that's very strange, the tube is very very quiet, I'd imagine that it's pretty loud on the Seoul Metro
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