As far an England goes, I love it here. It's an exciting city with lots of fun and friendly people. It's actually a lot more diverse than I expected it to be, but it is an international city. I also love living on my own (about time, I know Dad). I live with seven other flatmates (5 women and 2 men) on the fourth floor, which is the top floor of our apartment building (Penthouse, yeah baby), and they are all awesome. I have my own shower and bathroom as well, which is nice, although it takes the term "water CLOSET" a little too literally. But I have a great view of the city, you can see a little bit of it in the picture below.
London is a huge city, but it is built quite a bit differently, there are not really that many skyscrapers at least when you compare it to a city like New York. All those lights nearby as well are from the overground, which is just a train that runs from one of the main tube hubs to New Cross, where I live. There is also a very popular student pub called the hobgoblin directly behind my room. I've adjusted now, but the first few nights were rough because when there wasn't a train passing by my room, there were a bunch of drunk "uni" students screaming at the pub. Of course, there have been several nights when I've been the drunk "uni" kid at the pub but no matter. Below are my flatmates plus Rob, who is the guy to my right, he is dating Meg, the girl directly in front of me. The girl on the far left of the photo is Mikaela (an exchange student from Norway), the girl on the far right of the photo-the one I have my arm around- is Bailey she is the only other American in our flat. The rest of the bunch are from the surrounding areas of England.
Below was a photo taken at the pub right behind my room with a large group of people that I normally find myself hanging out with on Wednesday nights.
So, this is our flat's kitchen, and it looks something like this about 5 times a week around 8 pm. We're all about the pregame.
What we have here is my drink of choice in England. It's called a snakebite, and it's one of the best drinks I've ever had, period. If you want to try one all you need is some sort of hard cider, beer, and black current. Then, it's half part beer, half part cider, with a shot of black current, very sweet, very classy.
Well I've had a great time so far. Hopefully, I can keep myself healthy. I've gone away from just eating crap every night, and started to try and eat fruits and veggies because it's no fun being in on a Monday night here.
