Orientation and First Day of Class

I took the bus to campus today, which cost £1.50. I’ll likely walk from now on, it only saved me about 10 minutes after waiting for it in the first place then having to stop 936 times on the way. I could use the exercise too, which I am getting plenty of with just the walk to and from campus. 2 miles uphill is plenty, I assure you.

Anyway, after a very disorganized and tedious orientation, we had lunch break. Gwineth Evans, a student of Mount Holyoke College and of the Arcadia program, and I decided to head to town for lunch. We ate at good ol’ JD Weatherspoons. The food was inexpensive yet delicious and their bar prices are very hard to compete with. I had a great Welsh cask ale called Evans Evans. It was moderately amber in color and had a fantastic head. The taste was at first a bit grainy, but the bitterness of the hops came quite quickly to finish with a creamy, hoppy, and overall great ale.

We then walked back, arriving 5 minutes late. The lecturer is very engaging and moderately comical, which is a relief. We spoke of some differences between America and Britain, specifically on currency, the Queen, and on film. We watched some clips and briefly discussed them.

I then started the dark trek home, it gets dark around 5 after all, and stopped in the market in Sketty, about 10 minutes from the student village. I purchased some spaghetti noodles, some Welsh butter for the Welsh bread I purchased on Saturday, and some small boiling potatoes. I made it home and started catching this blog up. Goodnight.