The First Few Days

Okay, so many of you reading this can certainly understand what the first days of basically starting again in a new city at a new university are like. It was been a big adjustment and a lot of information has come our way very quickly. Both Zora and I are starting to learn our way around the city, and due to one of my very awesome flatmates, I was out clubbing my first night here. We're certainly enjoying being able to go to pubs to eat and drink. I've seen the Colgate group a fair bit, though our orientation events do not always match up. Slowly but surely all the little details of getting life started in a new place are coming together. Course selection was today, it was rocky for all, Zora more than I. I will get three credits from here I hope that Colgate will take, probably leaving one left for my minor (PSYC) and taking care of the organismal studies requirement for my ENBI major. Senior year will be a close call, but I think most of us face a similar challenge. In my case the only question is working in a re-certification class for my EMT-B license. Though whatever state I'm in next probably won't take it I don't want to loose it.

Getting away from senior year worries for a minute. Cardiff is a fairly compact city, and I'm starting to know my way around it pretty well. I have gotten lost a few times, but I can get around in decent time now, or at least to areas that are withing 20 minutes or so of campus (campus being 20-30 minutes from my dorm). It rains every day here and is cold, but not bitterly so. Many of the buildings on campus are old, and with the backdrop of Cardiff Castle (no way to put in to words how detailed and beautiful it is though I took a few cellphone pics during our tour that I will post a littel later on hopefully) this is not an altogether bad looking place. The grey skies and strange ability the rubbish bins here have of vomiting their contents on everyone's miniscule lawns does keep you in reality. The city is a good balance of old and new, and most people are firendly. Dealing with Americans, or maybe just with me, has turned out a few bad apples but 98% of the people I've talked with have been wonderful and made me feel very welcome. We become full students tomorrow since we'll get our id's. Classes will start soon so I'll try to post then, or maybe sometime over the weekend if anything interesting goes on.