week one.

So I've been in Exeter, in the southwest of England, for almost a week now, and I've got to say I love this city. With rolling hills and grey clouds, it's a beautiful city. Upon coming to Exeter for six months abroad, the thing that I was most worried about was making friends. But that doesn't seem to be an issue now, by the first night I'd already gone out with other international students and met them, and now I've got quite a lovely group featuring an Aussie, a Kiwi (NZ'er), a few Canadians, and a few Americans. We've all started making travel plans with one another so it's been working out just fine. 

One of the things that has been a bit tough since being here is the sorting of classes, because that really hasn't been a thing that they've been worried about for international students until two days after we've been here. It seems as though most students across other colleges got into their modules just fine, but the three of us in the humanities college at first were not placed into any classes, and all had to wait almost three days to be placed into any modules (which, for the record, are extremely confusing. I've got two lectures in one day for one class, but they are at different times and in different rooms, and then a seminar two days later in another building). But, they finally got it sorted and they've apologized profusely, so now it's just time to get into the swing of things at uni. 

All in all, everything is going smoothly, I get on well with my flatmates (two of them are from Colorado State), I've got modules (classes), and I've got friends. And beans on toast for lunch, so what more could I want?