The First Week in Review

I have been here slightly more than a week!

Tuesday morning I woke up for my 10:00 class at 9:30am after turning off both my alarms. It takes about 15-20 minutes to walk from my flat to classes, but I managed to both find the classroom and find it on time. I am taking Revolution to Revolution, a period literature class that looks at works written between 1640-1789, Gaelic Cultures, Celtic Scotland, and I will be doing a traveling Forestry Class over spring break for one week. I am only in class 7 hours a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which makes me feel guilty, but it is a full course load so I guess it is legit.

I found out that all the societies like to host things on Wednesdays, and therefore am having difficulty deciding which to join. One difference between UK schools and American schools is the drinking age. Societies are able to host socials at bars/clubs . . . which is weird. The International Society hosted a social at one of these hip and happenin places on Wednesday. Chelsea and I missed the last bus so we walked all the way back . . . it took close to an hour!

Although Scots are big on fresh-squeezed orange juice, they don't have much for bakeries (jealous of you Lauren!). They prefer hot breakfasts that include meat. Coffee is not popular with my roommates either and it is killing me. However two of them cooked me mince and tatties, which is minced beef and mashed potatoes, a standard Scottish meal. They also have their own soft drink, IRN-BRU, which is bright orange and very sweet. Bottled only in Scotland.

After a week of itching to go I finally made it to the beach! It is actually quite close to where I live. There are pictures up on facebook . . . eventually I'll make a Shutterfly page if you don't have facebook.

cheers,
Karen