So that was a quote from the President of the Business School in Manchester. He was talking about all the crazy night life and college stuff that goes around in Manchester. It really is quite the crazy college place to be when thinking about it. I've never seen so many bars, clubs, pubs etc in one city there are multiple on each street. In the courtyard every night so far there has been club promoters yelling with speakerphones out to the freshers to get them to come out. WOW...that would definetly be a noise complaint in the US.
I really am getting better at riding the bus in Manchester. I realize that I can take any of the Stagecoach buses to my dorm or to campus that runs along Oxford Road. Now that it is getting close to school time the buses are getting much more busy and slow. Today I was the last one on the bus and had to stand in the very front. At one of the bus stops a lady came up and started screaming at us all about 'organized crime.' She was going on and on about it...I was getting kind of creeped out because she kept looking me in the eye so i just pushed my way to the top level of the bus. Riding on the top of the bus used to be really odd to me...its much more bumpy and gives you the feeling of swaying back and forward, back and forward. Everytime we turn a corner I think we are going to run into a car or a human being because I keep forgetting not only does the driver sit on the opposite side but the streets are opposite too.
I got my classes worked out for now and my student swipe card today as well. Today was a lecture on general welcome stuff which was really really boring. The lecture seats are really weird here. It's like once your in YOUR IN and you cannot leave! Its like sitting at a picnic table...I started getting a little claustrophobic! After that we went on a "campus tour" which actually turned out to be a whole Manchester city walking tour...we didn't even see any of the Manchester University campus!
I am absolutely in aww of the Manchester Town Hall...if you get a chance to look it up you should...this weekend I would love to go walk the inside. Supposedly in November people come from all over Europe to Manchester Town Hall to sell there stuff in a market street. All of Town Hall gets decorated Christmas-like with lights and all. The street market goes all the way until Christmas and they sell really nice gift stuff like chocolates and wine from all around the world! I didnt really realize that I was going to be in England close to the holidays...I am sure the decorations are beautiful. Also on the tour we saw a bunch more buildings...one of being the Manchester Eye...which is just like the London Eye only for Manchester...I had no idea this even exsisted and I would really like to go on it this weekend (its much less expensive then the Eye only five pounds).
Unfortuneatly, London is not going to work out this weekend...we waited too long and its way to expensive for train/coach tickets so it will have to happen next weekend :(
Tomorrow's Plans:
Tour Library
Register with Doctor
Meet with Mentor
Annoy the internet people more!!!!!!!!!
* Really I've never been more fusterated ever with anyone then these IT people... they just dont understand how important it is to me to talk to my dad, mom, sister, aaron and friends. AHHH
Words from US to UK:
-to change -to amend
-questions -queries
-swear word idk the equivalent -bloody hell.
PS I forgot to mention the nasty meal tonight. It was like the shape of a coiling piece of poo literally with steam on it..then they pour some brown diaherra on top for gravy... i had the salad.
Natalie
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