I can't believe that I've basically been gone for an entire week now. It doesn't seem that long, although at times it feels longer. If this week is any indication, this entire semester will pass by very quickly.
I woke up at a reasonable time this morning, and was able to grab some breakfast. I walked to the building where the London as a Tourist Destination was scheduled to be held, but nothing appeared to me to look as if it was a lecture theater, so I walked to a computer lab, checked it again, and walked back to the building. I found some students and asked them, but they were looking for the same class. We all went on a wild goose chase after that, until we finally were in the education building, watching a tutor yell at one of her students for being late, when she turned on us, supposing that we were hers too and we were late as well. However, when we explained the situation to her, she pointed us in the right direction, and we made it to class without an issue, although we were a little late.
The class promises to be interesting. Looking at London through a native's perspective will be good. Plus, there's field trips. :) I was shocked at how rude some of the students were. I guess that because it's a first-year course, the students are still pretty young & not into the whole class thing, but it seemed like they talked throughout the entire lecture, which was annoying and distracting.
After lunch, I came home, and talked to my hosts for a bit about America, politics, and traveling. Apparently they have a house right off of the beach in France. Mike gave me the business card, so I'll need to check that out. I took a nap afterwards, and woke up to get ready for the meeting with the student union president that we were supposed to have on campus.
I walked to campus, met the girls, and went to the cafe we were supposed to meet at, which was closed. We eventually relocated to the bar, which was pretty cool, but the meeting was relatively uneventful and was basically the president wanting the Americans to drink with him, so the four of us bailed to find food. Kim wasn't feeling well, so she and Danielle went back, and Kaitlin & I walked back into Twickenham to go to that little restaurant I love so much. We got the special on ham, eggs, & fries for 1.99, which is awesome, and had a nice little dinner out.
I came back to my room & tried to sort out the money situation. Everything is so expensive here, plus the US dollar is so weak, so money has been really stressing me out. What started off as me not wanting to do Europe on a shoestring budget has turned into me having to do Europe on a shoestring budget simply because of the exchange rate. I'll just have to be very, very careful.
Tomorrow we're planning on going into Kingston to look at all the shopping centers there. Should be interesting to see it in the daytime.
And so ends Day 8.
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