End of My First Week

Forgive me blog-readers, for I have sinned. It has been a few days since my last submission.. :)

I am at the end of my first week at Winchester... and it has been eventful to say the least. From classes to parties to domestic violence I have experience a lot. Yes I said domestic violence.. I have an interesting neighbor. Let's not go there.

My classes are all great. There is one that goes a little over my head, but I think once I read the material I should be alright. Its all about futuristic fiction, but we need to be up-to-date on current events to form a base for our writing, and we all know my favorite source of reading material is NOT the newspaper.

Going out is a huge part of the culture here, and I am finding it hard to keep up! The kids here attend parties thrown by the school every Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And then do nothing on the weekend! What a concept. I will be skipping the Monday and Wednesday parties from now on, seeing as how I care about my classes and can't function hung over on 5 hours of sleep. Call me a nerd, I just call it being human.

I haven't gotten to travel much yet. Tomorrow I am going to the neighboring town of Southampton. It wont be a big trip but I hear it is worth seeing. Apparently it has good shopping too! Other places on the list of traveling are (but not limited to): Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and France. These are some of the easiest destinations for me to reach, which is why they are first on the list. I am trying to get my month off mapped out-- hopefully with this group of American students I have befriended. If not, I may just go it alone! (Kidding mom...)

Thats all I have for now, since not much has really happened this week. I will be posting some pictures of Winchester and Southampton tomorrow hopefully! As always, thanks for reading!

<3 M