Typical Tuesday

Sadly, there's no fun song about Tuesdays to start off my daily blog post. But today was a fun day!

I started off my morning being woken up by our cleaning staff. Yes, we do have weekly housekeeping. They come in every Tuesday, apparently very early in the morning, and do a basic cleaning of our apartment. It's really nice to have our bathroom cleaned and bathmat replaced! They do a great job of cleaning and are incredibly nice people. I was, however, awkwardly on my computer in the dining room as they were trying to clean the table. 

After that, I ran to pick up a package from the school and attempt to find another two pocket folder. Oh wait, couldn't find one of those here... Apparently American school supply essentials are not as necessary over here. Here's to surviving an entire semester with one folder! Also, for your daily visual, imagine me walking fifteen minutes carrying an Amazon box the size of my upper body. Yup, that happened. 

So after that, I had a nice leisurely afternoon and headed to class around 4:55. My European Union class was incredible! My classes here are some of the most interesting I have ever taken and I truly appreciate being here for the STUDY part of study abroad. We spent the class period discussing how he met his wife, his various beliefs, how he rides a "motorbike," and how he does not use his mobile phone. (Your British language tidbit of the day - they do not call them cell phones here. It is your mobile phone. And no, not the way you would expect to say that. Mow-bile is the pronunciation they use here. Weird, huh!) We then introduced ourselves and considering he did not know where my hometown was, he wrote on his attendance sheet that I am from nowhereland. The cutest moment of the class was when we was able to recall the exact minute that he met his wife. So we all oohed and ahhed then learned about 20 minutes world of information regarding the European Union. This class definitely set out to be an incredibly interesting one, but sadly, with loads of reading to be completed. 

One of my goals of studying abroad was to focus on my academics. A lot of students use study abroad as a way to party all the time (yes, I did just post a picture of the single glass of wine I had at the pub tonight and yes, I will adventure on the weekends) but that's truly not my goal. I would much rather spend my time and money traveling/exploring the amazing city we are lucky to live in. So because I am not spending every night going out, I will have a lot of time to focus on academics and really immerse myself into the courses I have chosen to take this semester. And so far, (2 more courses to go) I absolutely love them. 

After a quick dinner, we headed to the local pub and watched a football (soccer) game over there. We spent about three hours there, just all chatting and having a really nice time. It was fun to go out and do something during the weeknights. 

Sadly, that brings me to the end of my update today. It is about 11:15 and I'm headed to my room to watch a bit of Netflix. Side note, the catalog here is quite different... there goes finishing Gilmore Girls! Hope all is well in all of your worlds. Check back tomorrow for more!