Sunday, February 28, 2010

Life in Leicester

The days in Leicester are flying by, we've been here a little over five weeks and it seems more like five days. We've gotten settled in and everyone has adjusted just fine. We've started picking up on the slang, making it much easier to follow what exactly the Brits are talking about. Classes are going well, although they are quite different from ISU. The class assignments include a few essays per course and most work is to be done independently. I am taking a Global communications class, a film class, and an American history class. The American History class is really interesting for me, it's intriguing to hear about our countries history through a different perspective. While classes haven't been to demanding thus far, it's time to start cracking down. We have about a month before spring break, so I have about five essays and 15,000 words to write in three weeks!

For spring break we've decided on a basic route for our five week back packing journey across Europe. We'll be flying to Greece on March 25Th, spending for days exploring Athens and some of the surrounding islands (CANNOT wait for the beach!). On the 29th we'll be flying to Rome, just in time for Holy week! Next we will make our way up through Italy to Florence, then to Venice. Leaving Italy, heading towards Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Next up will be Munich, then I will be back in Italy to visit friends in Turin and Milan. After this we'll make our way along the south of France to Monaco and Nice, heading towards Barcelona (YAY more beaches!). Then we will be heading North to Paris, making some stops through WINE COUNTRY! To end, possibly a day trip to Brussels, at that point I'm sure I will be fed up with site seeing and ready to sleep for a week! After break we have about two weeks at Leicester then it'll be home sweet home!

While I'm overjoyed for spring break to arrive our time in Leicester is already starting to dwindled and we've only just arrived. I've grown quite fond of this city. We've met such nice people, and made quite a nice home here. It will be hard to leave! That's it for today, three blog entries has got me all tuckered out! I promise to keep more day to day accounts of life in Leicester though! Cheers :)

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