Today was an easy day. I didn't sleep much last night so I decided to have an easy day. I checked out of the nice fancy hotel that I was staying at for 2 days to go to central London. To kind of give you a bigger picture of what I have. I have one large suitcase for my clothes, my school bag which has my laptop and school stuff, and finally my camera bag. As I was checking out, I asked the receptionist what the best way to get to 19 Bedford place. They said the tube. So I gather all of my things and made the trip to the tube got my ticket. I had to carry my suitcase down the stairs. Thankfully, there are gentlemen in the world and helped me get it down the stairs. This time I made sure I got off at the right stop. I got off and had to carry my suitcase up some stairs. I thought I had one more flight of stairs instead they had a lift (elevator)!!!! I was so excited. Came out of the station and I immediately realized this was college town. There are a lot of colleges in the area so naturally the streets are crowed. I have included a map. Where it is circled is my walking distance. It really was not that bad, but when you have tons of stuff it seems like it was a long distance.
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The awesome map!
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Once I arrived at Bedford Place I had to find ACCENT office to check in. The ACCENT is the study abroad program that ASU is connected to. They had told me that the dormitories that the females are staying is not ready and should come back at 1200. So I went exploring central London. Found several gift shops and little market stores. I also found some clothing stores (this can totally be fun). After a brief exploring I went to a park near by and sat on a bench and proceeded to ready the Chronicles of Narnia. Such a fitting book for London! A little after 1200 I went back and they said they are ready. I was the first to arrive from my group. About an hour later the other girls showed up. It a nice dormitories for us quite a lot of space.
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| The Kitchen |
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| Living Room |
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| The backyard |
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| The eating/ study area |
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| The stairs down to the rooms |
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| One of the smaller bedroom |
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| One of the three loos |
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| My room |
Soon after everyone arrived they added me to "WhatApp" so I can be part of the London group text. We all went to get a bite to eat before we had to meet up with ACCENT to have a "tour". Basically to tell us where things are at and the rules. I really didn't hear much because for some odd reasons my interpreters did not show up. I hope they will be there tomorrow. Anyhow after the tour we did a little shopping for breakfast, and other essential things that were need. Afterward we all came back. We did a tour of the male dormitories. I must say the ladies lucked out because our place is much nicer than theirs! Shortly after that everyone decided they needed to get drunk tonight so I am in my room enjoying some quiet time with chocolates!
Here is the schedule of what will be happening the rest of the week, looking forward to it!
That is all for now. Tomorrow school starts at 10 am!
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