Day 4

I realize the title is kind of boring, but that's the kind of day it basically was. It was a very mellow day, without much action. Melisa and I made it our goal to go out and take a bunch of pictures, so everyone can see what we see.

So this morning, we went with Noelia to turn in her registration sheet. We ran into Kat and Lauren there, as well as this girl from Iowa that looks like Molly Gruettner (a student at Ripon). We took pictures by the Bangor crest thing-->



Then, Noelia, Melisa, and I walked down to the pier. We forgot our map (whoops...) but weren't worried because it sounded really simple. You just follow the road, and since we had a pretty good idea of where the water was, we just wandered toward it. As it turns out, we just followed the road downhill, and ran into the pier. We didn't feel like paying to walk out onto it, but instead explored the area around it. We took lots of pictures; the view is just gorgeous. I hope you can all see what I'm talking about. I'm not exactly a master photographer, but I think you get the idea. Ocean and mountains are an excellent combination. Wisconsin needs some of those. Anyway, check out the pictures:

It's just so pretty here, I can't quite get over it. And this weather is perfect for walking around--it's just a bit brisk, so you can wear a light jacket and feel warm. Even the houses are pretty, although very...symmetrical. I guess Noelia found out that you have to petition "the council" in order to make any changes to your house. I can't imagine why, but then again, I know very little about laws in the UK.

After our walk to the pier, I had some lunch in my room. I think I like Nutella. Having never tried it, I was a little unsure. And I still haven't tried it on bread, because chocolate and bread just seems really strange. But I put it on ritz crackers...it's just like chocolate frosting! Best idea ever. I might live off of nutella sandwiches, if I end up liking them. Plus, if Mom sends me peanut butter, I could have peanut butter AND nutella sandwiches, which sounds pretty good in theory.

After lunch, I napped. Sweet life, I know. I was woken up by the fire alarm (which was slightly terrifying because it beeps a few times and then yells at you in English AND Welsh). I have never gotten up so fast in my life. I threw on a jacket, and put on boots, and opened the door, to find Nikki just chilling in the hallway, talking to someone. Apparently the fire alarm goes off every Thursday; oh, and you don't actually have to go outside like it says. I look forward to every Thursday, I guess, and getting to hear that delightful noise.

Then I just talked to people online and wasted time. It gets dark super early, which makes it hard to go out and explore. It's really inconvenient, because once it's dark, I run out of things to do. So...at like 5, I am just sitting in my room, waiting for people to come online. I cannot afford to go out every night, or even most nights, let's be real. But I also don't have anything to do. We might go find the library tomorrow, after we search for our classrooms. That will be quite the adventure.

I am going to go to Bar Uno now with Melisa and Lauren. It has free wi-fi, so we can just chill and drink casually. Plus, although the menu says nothing about pop/soda, Alex-from-two-doors-down tells me that they DO have soft drinks I can ask for! I'm so excited, but kind of afraid they won't taste the same. We'll see...

So rather than make a new post today, I'll continue this one. It just so happened to be quiz night at Bar Uno, which is TRIVIA. There is a cash prize, and surprisingly enough, we American girls turned out to be fairly good at trivia. We're stumped by any questions related to the UK, but ROCK the trivia about the US (surprise, surprise!) and Kat knows so much about random things that we are pretty good there too. We're going to make it a tradition...every thursday night, we will go to quiz night and play. You get points for creative team names, and we've decided to always make our name something that relates to the US (like Captain America, etc.) and it's going to be so much fun. Also, the Pepsi here tastes JUST like Pepsi in the US, which was crazy exciting. Also, Alex-from-two-doors-down has a membership card that he never uses, so he gave it to me to use. I think he feels bad for me...he can tell that it's more quiet here than I am used to, and with hardly any people around, it gets kind of lonely. Even if I go to Melisa's room, all we can do is sit and talk...it's kind of funny, but I think things will get easier when we have classes to occupy some of our time.

Anyway, now I'm going to have some nutella + ritz crackers because it is a delicious combination. And then I guess I'm going to bed soon. The plan for tomorrow is to find our specific classrooms, and possibly a LIBRARY? Ha. I hope we are successful at that, because with only 11 hours in the classroom each week, I can't possibly imagine what I would do ALL the time...