International Student

I am now officially a student at Lancaster University. After a day of standing in many lines and getting various tours I officially have a library card. I've made so many friends from all over the world, it's unbelievable. I spent most of the day talking with three girls from China in a group I was assigned, but after the business was taken care of we all went into Lancaster town for dinner. Alex is one of my good friends from Australia, and he ended up sleeping for a while at dinner. You can say jet lag hasn't been treating him well. Nor is it treating anyone well. I was late for our presentations today because I just simply didn't wake up. I have made a couple of really good friends from Norway. Two guys and a girl whom I'm going to get a pass to the climbing center with sometime soon. We talked a bit about the similarities and differences of Montana and Norway at dinner. Janne offered to bring me to Norway during break too! I also am pretty close with a girl from Bulgaria, however she speaks spanish too so is talking to the chile girls quite a bit in spanish.

I couldn't help but notice how everyone gravitated toward the people who speak the same language as themselves. Even though everyone knows english it's hard to have a meaningful conversation if the speed of talk is different than what you're used to. Language is an odd thing. Most all of the international students have british accents rather than american accents, so I still stick out like a sore thumb. I already have definitely switched to a british accent once in a while subconsciously just from being around it so much.

It's a little odd being "the international student". I've always thought of them being a little weird, but I guess that's me now. I definitely feel it.

Tomorrow I have another full day then we're walking around Lancaster to give ourselves a mini "town tour". I'll try to get pictures soon! It's breathtakingly beautiful!