Wow, there are so many more students here than Ireland, it is a little overwhelming.
We got into London a day before rest of the students, so we met up with some Scotland students and went out to the bar next to the hotel. Being able to legally drink is nice, but it is also becoming a money pit. I met some cool people from the Scotland trip and then the next morning met some other cool people as well. The other night we went to a karoake bar. Me and two of my friends split a fishbowl of rasberry alcohol. It was amazing so we got another one. It was a great night :) We learned to ride the tube (the underground) and the double decker buses. This city is very intimidating, but I am in love with it already.
Kate (my Syracuse roommate) and two other girls (Brittney and Jin) decided to live together so we started apartment hunting. The first day we found a place we liked but it got taken by another group of girls before we had the chance to claim it, although in the long run I am happy about that. The second day of looking, we decided to get a SUL (Syracuse London) tour guide to help us. Joel is an 18 year old Londoner who proved to be extremely helpful. The first realtor we went to ended up being too expensive so we met up with another guy. The first place we went to look at had a women living in it, who supposedly would be out by the end of the week, but she wouldn't let us in because her husband wasn't home. She was speaking some language that I didn't recognize. We felt awkward so we asked to move on to the next one. We ended up looking at an apartment building that had 3 flats available, but our group as well as two other groups were being shown at the same time. Naturally, all three groups liked the same one, eventually we flipped a coin and lost so we took a different one. The flat is pretty nice (I will add pictures when I can), it is above a shoe store, on a large, main street, and 30 seconds from the tube stop. We are happy with it and its nice to have a place. The rent is about $1000 a month, each. Yeah, its that expensive, and this was a good deal. We move in today.
I am dying to post pictures, I will asap.
Lessons Learned
1. The shower sides in Europe are really high and if you are not careful, you will fall and bruise your thigh.
2. Fries=chips, chips= crisps
3. Europe is really, really, really expensive.
4. European keyboards are set up slightly different.
5. The underground is crazy
6. The signal light turns yellow again before it turns green
7. London is the most diverse city in the world with more than 300 languages being spoken, more than 400,000 international students studying each year, and more yearly visitors than NYC, LA, and Vegas combined.
8. London is really, really, really expensive
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