Settling in.

My room it contains: pictures of the people I love and will miss the most, Bink, Gaffy, Cape Cod blanket, 12 pairs of shoes.

I get a sink in my room!

Get my own mini fridge
Those electrical sockets will be the death of me.
Favorite part of the room is defiantly the curtains.

The brick building on the left is the dinning hall. All Sherwood Hall residents have to eat there for breakfast and dinner or as some say "tea." Lunch is wherever you want. We are given 5 pounds a day and it doesn't roll over so I try to spend all of it. There is Portland which has typical american fast food, Chinese  pizza, burgers ect... I'm not a huge fan of that. I do love the small cafe in the Trent building; I am in love with their tomato basil and mozzarella paninis. I thought portions would be much smaller here but I found them to be the same if not larger in some cases. For breakfast everyone has like three things when I would normally only have a bowl of cereal. For dinner we are served typical home cooked meals which include meat veggies and some sort of potato every meal and desert. I do love their yogurts here and they are served at every meal, which I take advantage of.

Just another view from my window. In the corner that is the  way to the recreational rooms and the bar.  I got my first legal drink at the bar one of the first nights here when a few people went down to play pool. I had no clue what to order so I just ordered the same thing as Amy.

 New Friends:

Jami Curtis - lives across the hall, from the Buffalo area, official best friend in England
Amy Nelson - From the East Midlands, psychology major and extremely nice and friendly, has a boyfriend from home
Ellinor Pilquist - Swedish, has a Scottish boyfriend (Greg), a sweetheart, International studies major, great at pool
Max Roberts - From Hong Kong, Biology major, has a British/American accent, really friendly
Alex Sellars - British, Chinese Studies major, energetic
Jessica Green - British, plays rugby, geography major, same as Alex, really pretty
Dan James - British, Engineering major, is dating Jess, always happy
Josh Dillingham - British, studying law, most hysterical/random person ever
Jack Marshal - British/Spanish, studying English, down to earth guy
Olly Morrison - British, friendly, hipster girlfriend

Britts are so friendly!

On my first night everyone introduced themselves and got to know a little about me and welcome me to Nottingham. I was so surprised my this because nothing like this would happen in Oneonta. The hole floor is friends or at least friendly. I never even knew everyone on my floor's first name. 

We had a welcome reception at the senior common room (a room separate from the dining hall). This is where we meet our warden, whose is a little Italian guy who had a wife and an adorable daughter. We also meet the tutors in Sherwood and the members of the Junior common room. The tutors are similar to RAs and the warden is similar to a RD. At the reception Jami and I talked to all the exchange students in Sherwood and to a Junior tutor who studied Georgia last year. It was interesting to hear what she thought about America and the differences she encountered. She mostly described the southern life and how everyone is religious, talks and does things slow. The thing she found most weird was the concept of dogie bags. When she goes out to here you want to eat stuff hot and fresh not keep it for later. I guess that goes along with the smaller portions idea. They also served wine here which I thought was very strange because I am still not used to the fact that drinking is a big part of their culture and widely accepted. I have also noticed that many people and students drink casually. There is a bar next to the dinning hall and students will just go there any night of the week and have a drink and either talk or play pool. That is were I bought my first legal drink. I have no idea what to order so I just got the same peach fruity drink as Amy. i have also played more pool already than I have in years. All this practicing is not paying off because I am still awful. Everyone always hangs out at night whether it is hangout out watching movies, looking up random youtube videos or going to Portland and hanging out at the bar or the den. I've only been here a week yet I have made more friends here than I made my first week in Oneonta.

 It's difficult describing to people that I don't live in New York City, but the actual state of New York and in the country. 

Fist purchase with British Pounds!
A purchase that I have been waiting to make since last year!