Today is the final day of international student orientation. I'm in the process of moving into my permanent room (I have to hang out and wait for them to clean it before I can actually move in, so I'm in a lounge). I'll mention that I sorted almost all my problems from before -- I got the power back in my room, got my laptop charged up, etc. Now I just need access to a phone, and I'll be set.
We had a busy few days, with lots of events around Nottingham. I toured the nearby Jubilee campus, where the Computer Science building is located. I took the bus into the city with friends, which is about a 15 minute ride. We visited Nottingham castle and the museum/art gallery inside. Outside the castle, there is a statue of Robin Hood -- we took pictures with it. Then we went to the Old Market Square and the Broadmarsh shopping center. Other events include watching Ocean's 11, touring Beeston (the closest town and shopping area), visiting the student union pub, walking through the two parks that flank the sides of the main campus, and attending assorted meetings.
Busy... and now we have another week, "fresher's week," the normal orientation for all new students. Eventually class starts or something... I'm not really sure
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You know what you should do?
Go into the admissions office of the school and say in a very Eddie Izzard like way:
"Hogwarts? Hogwarts? Is this Hogwarts? Ooooh, Nottingham. Hogwarts must be a little further up the road."
Yeah, there are all sorts of silly things I'd like to say to the locals. Of course, I'd be immediately recognized as a stupid american... oh well
Ask them about Canada, see if they know more about Canada than we do.
"Ohhhhh Canada! Great big empty land! We look to America! For a helping hand!"
They know a reasonable bit about Canada. However, what I've discovered is that nobody knows anything about the midwest. We were joking yesterday that we could tell the Brits that the whole midwest was sealed off under quarantine, and they'd probably believe it
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