Grocery Shopping & The Park

                       

 The food here is a bit different to get used to.  A few of us girls went into town today to find the grocery store in London, and needless to say a lot of the food is different.  The strawberries are tiny, but they looked pretty good!  They had weird styles of Milky Ways called "Crazy Caramel", and 3 Musketeers is called "Wild and Whippy."  Even their Goldfish look exactly the same but have a different name.  And their Coke bottles are narrow and taller.  All of these things are weird for me to see, but they are normal to English people who are used to living with them.  I have yet to try some infamous Fish and Chips, but I hope to do so this weekend.  The food at the dining hall here is quite bland, but I manage to eat bread, meat, and salad at lunch and dinner.  It will all definitely take some getting used to, but I'll survive.  I could really go for a PB&J sandwich from home right about now...

My roommate Brooke and I went over to Richmond Park which has some beautiful views and gardens everywhere.  We even saw a wedding occurring at one corner of this giant piece of land.  It is just a short walk around the corner from campus, and it was such a nice day out that we just had to get outside.  There was a small blonde girl probably about 2 years old wobbling around with her grandparents and they asked in their formal accent "What's that you got there?" And she responded with her miniature version of their accent "App-le!"  I still can't seem to get over hearing children with the accent we all envy.

We attended a Welcome New Students Reception in front of the school later in the day, and got to drink wine and meet some professors and other students.  The man who spoke to welcome us told us that Richmond has students from over 100 different countries, which sounded crazy to me!  However, most of these students are here for all 4 years as opposed to just 3 and a half months like us, so it's even more drastic for them.

We went to a pub last night, and were able to order drinks at the bar, which is still such a new and intimidating thing for me.  But below is a picture of me and my roommate, and we are getting along great.  She is from Connecticut, not too far from WNE.  There is supposed to be a New Student Boat Party tonight from 7-11pm, but it may rain so I'm not sure what we will be doing.