1. You can drink it in public. So on a Friday and Saturday n ght the subways and streets are full of pre-funking bar patrons.
2. Fosters is REALLY popular here. It's served everywhere.
3. Singles are like drinking juice or soda and doubles are a single.
4. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE!
So there you go, my observations. Cheers!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Freshman Take 2
Never in my life did I think I'd feel like I was 18 and going to college for the first time, again. Move in day was everything it should be and more. The excitement of being mere hours away from a world with no parents, freedom some might call it, was everywhere. And of course that comes complete with parents (mostly moms) having break downs in almost every car I happened to pass on the way to the co-op. I think its pretty rad they have a co-op store on campus. I have found out pretty quickly that Sussex is fairly known for being a more liberal Uni.
Anyhow, I'm situated in Park Village for the next 3 months, building 25 room A. Each building has 3 floors, 4 rooms on each floor, kitchens on 1 & 3, and a bathroom on 2. Pretty good setup. I think we've got about 5 boys and 7 girls. Weird sharing a bathroom with boys! But we all get along pretty great, well the 9 of us that choose to be social anyways. We spent last night hanging out in the 1st floor kitchen/hall area and getting to know each other. Complete with an excusion to the co-op for wine (wine on campus!!) and walker's prawn cocktail crisps (translation: Lay's chips that taste like cocktail sauce). Luckily we skipped the roast chicken crisps and jammie dodgers (they dont sound too bad... I love the name though and had to drop them in somewhere).
Today was a short excursion into Brighton. We had some lunch, walked around the mall, and got some food from Marks & Spencers (fairly similar to the Metropolitan Market). Tomorrow I have a compulsory (mandatory) session at 9 to listen to the international program director. Afterwards Katie, who lives upstairs and is from UCSC, and I are going back to Brighton with the International kids to have a proper tour of Brighton. As for the rest of the week, we've got Wednesday through Sunday off, so she and I may head to London later in the week to go to a show (mamma mia? rent?) and hang out with her bf who is at Uni. London.
Ok, long enough. Will get pictures up soon! Promise!
Address at Uni: Sara Johnson
House 25, Room A
Park Village
University of Sussex
Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9RD
Send me stuff!
Anyhow, I'm situated in Park Village for the next 3 months, building 25 room A. Each building has 3 floors, 4 rooms on each floor, kitchens on 1 & 3, and a bathroom on 2. Pretty good setup. I think we've got about 5 boys and 7 girls. Weird sharing a bathroom with boys! But we all get along pretty great, well the 9 of us that choose to be social anyways. We spent last night hanging out in the 1st floor kitchen/hall area and getting to know each other. Complete with an excusion to the co-op for wine (wine on campus!!) and walker's prawn cocktail crisps (translation: Lay's chips that taste like cocktail sauce). Luckily we skipped the roast chicken crisps and jammie dodgers (they dont sound too bad... I love the name though and had to drop them in somewhere).
Today was a short excursion into Brighton. We had some lunch, walked around the mall, and got some food from Marks & Spencers (fairly similar to the Metropolitan Market). Tomorrow I have a compulsory (mandatory) session at 9 to listen to the international program director. Afterwards Katie, who lives upstairs and is from UCSC, and I are going back to Brighton with the International kids to have a proper tour of Brighton. As for the rest of the week, we've got Wednesday through Sunday off, so she and I may head to London later in the week to go to a show (mamma mia? rent?) and hang out with her bf who is at Uni. London.
Ok, long enough. Will get pictures up soon! Promise!
Address at Uni: Sara Johnson
House 25, Room A
Park Village
University of Sussex
Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9RD
Send me stuff!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
London Calling!
Well Ladies and Gents, I MADE IT! I'm sitting in this fab little (but VERY packed) cafe called Tinderbox sipping on the hands down best vanilla latte I've ever had and just trying to soak in the amazing-ness that is London.
After waiting over an hour to get through customs at gatwick (apparently NOT normal at all according to a local) and having a treacherous experience with the train and underground (subway) due to my excess amount of baggage, I dragged my tired little self into the 4-star Hilton Islington to check in early. After freshening up a bit I head out to live up my day in London. Grabbed a sandwich from the ever fabulous (I almost cried when I saw it) Pret-A-Manger "lunch-type" shop and took the underground to Trafalgar Square to meet up with Corey. He's a fellow UW student heading to Sussex this fall. We galavanted all over town and checked out Parliament, Buckingham Palace (the Queen is in), Harrod's, etc. Anyway, now I'm here relaxing for a bit before dinner and a drink in Picadilly Circus area tonight.
My plan with this blog is to try and get a new post in once or twice a week to keep all of you updated. I'll also have a picture website that you can reach at http://picasaweb.google.com/saramarie86.
To reach me while I'm on this fabulous vacation (yes, even though I have school it's DEFINITELY a vacation) you can do a few things:
Email --> saramarie86@gmail.com
IM --> tinkabell321
Skype --> saraj171
Call --> (206) 905 - 1465 This IS a Seattle number, its a feature from Skype, you call it from your home or cell and it calls my computer, if I'm there I answer and we chit chat, if not leave a message!
Until next time,
S.
After waiting over an hour to get through customs at gatwick (apparently NOT normal at all according to a local) and having a treacherous experience with the train and underground (subway) due to my excess amount of baggage, I dragged my tired little self into the 4-star Hilton Islington to check in early.
My plan with this blog is to try and get a new post in once or twice a week to keep all of you updated. I'll also have a picture website that you can reach at http://picasaweb.google.com/saramarie86.
To reach me while I'm on this fabulous vacation (yes, even though I have school it's DEFINITELY a vacation) you can do a few things:
Email --> saramarie86@gmail.com
IM --> tinkabell321
Skype --> saraj171
Call --> (206) 905 - 1465 This IS a Seattle number, its a feature from Skype, you call it from your home or cell and it calls my computer, if I'm there I answer and we chit chat, if not leave a message!
Until next time,
S.
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