Jolly Old England

We're here! Finally! It's been an interesting few days since we've arrived. Once we got off the plane there was a shuttle for Bristol University (Free!) that took us to our flat on 67 Woodland Road. It was previously owned by an Indian family and there's a lingering smell of curry, but it's not that bad. We just need to make some chili or tacos or spaghetti or something to make it smell more like home. :) We were so excited about how big it is!!!! Wymount was so teeny, our bedroom is a big as our old apartment! Here's some pics pre-decoration:

Dig the curtains? Yeah me neither... Needless to say they've already been replaced. I'm SO glad we decided to bring our own. Post-decoration pics will come later. Notice there is no picture of the bedroom... it was where we dropped all of our luggage and it was messy :)


























So we've done some exploring around the city and the biggest thing we've noticed is that... girls don't really wear pants here! Every other girl is in leggings or even JUST tights where you can see the undies right through! Other than that, it's just like any college town with 85% of the people in their 20's. It's very diverse here too, so we don't feel too out of place not being British.

There's some cool stuff nearby. We'll probably do most of our grocery shopping at Sainsbury's. It's about a 5 minute walk and it's the store that's opened the latest, 10 o'clock, because EVERYTHING CLOSES AT FIVE!!! That's annoying. But the chain restaurants like Subway and Burger King are open later.

About 15 minutes away (walking) is Broadmead where the mall and lots of outdoor shops are located. So far it's my favorite spot to go so far, but we haven't located the park yet, and I'm expecting that to be my favorite :)

Mommy! We got Weetabix! Remember Weetabix?? I thought of you when we saw it at the store so we got some :)

Our pilot light is currently out in our confusing heating/hot water system, so neither of us has showered in a couple of days... since everyone has moved in this past weekend the housing office is super busy. It's annoying waiting though. And it's pretty chilly. But we finally have the internet, so no big complaints.

Next projects: getting mobile phones and bus passes.

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