As I'm sitting here eating here drinking my Tropicana orange juice with "no bits" (aka no pulp) I figured I'd take the time to update. If you've been one of the lucky few to receive the link to my photo album, you now know that I am within walking distance of the majority of tourist attractions here in London. In one day I was able to see Westminster Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, The London Eye, Big Ben/Parliament, Trafalgar Square, and Westminster Abbey. I feel like I have done so much that I have already been here for a week, even though its only been three days.
Yesterday was orientation, which mostly involved a person from the study abroad program telling us all the information we needed to know about school here in London. We also were paired up with a partner that we didn't know and had to introduce them to the group with an adjective in front of their name. I was lucky enough to be paired with a girl whose name also started with R and the majority of our get-to-know-each other time was spent coming up with adjectives that started with R (rad, ravishing, rowdy, rambunctious...not sure if any of those describe me!) It went on way longer than it should have, but we did learn a few interesting things. Like apparently our grades go through three different sets of people to make sure they are absolutely perfect. And achieving a 70% here in London is considered an A+, and is very difficult to obtain.
Today I am meeting up with a group I was assigned to in orientation yesterday, to do some sort of scavenger hunt. I'm guessing its mostly to get us acquainted with London, which hopefully will be helpful. I'll let you know how it goes. Until next time, cheerio! (I have yet to hear anyone say that here, but I am convinced its something Londoners use on a regular basis)
Top of the morning to you!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Posted by Rachel at 3:13 AM
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3 comments:
What adjective did she use to describe you?
Shana tova!
Mom
I got one, Pulchritudinous Peanut Butter Cups :)
Since you already used Ravishing Rachel.
I saw reeses the other day when we went to British wal-mart and I was so tempted, and then I realized I have plenty of candy to hold me over :)
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