omanumurkin!

hey, all. this is my temporary holding space for my updates as an umurkin living in britain. i plan to truly update and redesign soon, but for now, as i'm doing this from a cyber cafe in london, it's not going to happen within the 30 minutes i paid for.

so this post will be pretty cut and dry for now. i'll save all the poetic flowery prose for later.

i arrived safe and sound at the international students house on saturday, a hostel that is cheap as far as london goes. £18.50 a night translates to about $35-$38. in other parts of the UK, hostels go for about $15 american.

yes, london is expensive. at the airport, the exchange rate was practically 2 dollars for every 1 pound. yikes. it usually goes for about 1.8 dollars to a pound.

i take my BUNAC program orientation in about 40 minutes. for those who don't know, this is the program that i'm getting my temporary visa through. we'll see how much paperwork is involved in actually doing this. (eyes glaze over.)

i'm surprised as to how little culture shock i'm going through. london is practically underwhelming for me. i'm not a big-city girl, and i don't care much for touristy traps. but i did get to visit a church in greenwich, and i absolutely adore greenwich.

anyway, the plan right now is to stay in london until tuesday, then take the train out to bristol to stay with a friend who lives in the vicinity for a week or so. my barista job in nottingham starts may 4. i plan to do some travelling about within this week before i arrive.

my suitcase is way too big for all this shuffling about. i may have to send some of this junk home.

anyways, i gotta get going. i promise, other posts will be far more interesting. i'm just kinda rushing through this thing.

later, everyone.