Did I mention that I love this city?

Because, um, I absolutely do. I actually know that I've said it here already, but it bears repeating, several times. Cambridge is seriously freaking amazing, and I've already realized that 4 weeks is going to go by so so quickly.

I know that I said that last night would be an earlier night for me, but it turns out that I am a pushover who can be convinced to go out without too much difficulty. We started at the college pub, which incidentally, is convienently located right next to our dormitory building. This pic is of Jessica, me and Melissa (2 of the FL-ians) with Strongarm ciders! However, the bar closes at 11, and instead of retiring for the night, a group of us ended up at Revolution again, the club wasn't open but the bar was, so we hung there for an hour. We did get back home at a slightly more reasonable hour and I was able to catch a couple more hours of shuteye than I had the prior night.

This morning I was still pretty tired in my first class, so I went back to my room and took a quick nap. BTW, realized that I never posted pics of my dorm. It's really spacious, with a large sitting room and smaller bedroom. It's bigger than any of the other peoples' rooms I've seen. I also have 5 chairs total, lol. Please disregard the somewhat messy state of affairs (although anyone who's ever roomed with me or has observed the way I maintain my living space should hardly be surprised):

Both of my classes went really well today, the professors are engaging and I find the subject material of both to be really interesting, so I'm enjoying the actual studying experience as well (which I'm sure is a relief to my parents who are footing the bill in the name of education!). After class, I went into town on my own for the first time, I still don't have a map but was able to navigate myself fairly well (after a couple days I've gotten more of an intuitive layout of the city). It was drizzling the whole time I was walking, which I actually don't mind: everyone here is complaining about it but I really love this kind of weather, as long as it's not frigidly cold or pouring rain I really enjoy the rain. Plus, I think it makes Cambridge that much prettier. I took this pic while standing in front of Kings' College, it's the road that runs right in front of it, and I think it's incredibly picturesque.

I finally met up with KHUSHBOO then!! I found out why her program is way different than mine in terms of lodging and where her classes are; it's because she's enrolled at Kings instead of Selwyn. Makes sense. We visited her flat(!) which I thought was super neat. Then we walked around the marketplace a bit, I had my first Cornish pastry (delicious), and I bought myself a Cambridge sweatshirt (super cozy), some postcards, and a bag of groceries (I didn't want to shell out £1.50 everytime I wanted a 250ml soda, but at the grocery store Sainsbury I was able to buy 2.50 litres for the same price!!) I also bought some apples (I'm trying to be healthy), a sandwich (tomorrow's lunch- trying to be cheap) and a Cadbury bar (ok, I couldn't resist). I dropped Khushi off at her flat before walking back through Kings' College to Selwyn. I don't think I can emphasize enough how incredibly gorgeous everything is here.

Now I'm back in my room unwinding a bit until dinner. Our USC group had a meeting with our program director, Kimberly, which was pretty straightforward. I'm now trying to plan a bit ahead with travelling and such- next weekend we are seeing King Lear at The Globe(!) in London, and some of us are arranging to either stay the night there, or even get to London two nights before (that's our 3-day weekend, so we might as well spend it in London, right?) Also, the next weekend is absolutely open for us, so Lindsay and I were talking about flying out to either Dublin or Stockholm (where my uncle lives, and it would be great to see him!) At this point, booking a flight would be kind of expensive, but hey, you're only young once right?

P.S. I was able to get my rail ticket from London to Paris at the original time and (cheaper) price, so that was exciting! Although I've been spending so much, it's probably nigh time to check the status of my bank account...

P.P.S. My internet randomly shut down in the middle of typing this post, which would have been devastating were it not for autosaved drafts. Thanks blogger!

P.P.P.S. It's come to my attention that more people are reading this than I realized, since only like 4 have commented on my posts. If you happen by this page, please leave a reply-- it's great motivation for me to keep documenting everything I'm doing over here! :)