Shana Tova!

Shana Tova to all my Jewish friends! A happy and healthy new year to you! I wish I was there to celebrate with you!

Here's to a prosperous 5769!

Pub Quizzes

There are few things that can consistently make me happy. One is clips from the show, "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Two is "The West Wing" (an obvious answer to most of you.) But since Youtube only provides so much and full video content is not free, I have to find something else to keep my spirits alive. And so I went for the next most blatant target: trivia.

My first pub quiz was for just the international students, and it was fun. The questions were pretty basic but challenging enough. My team tied for first place and we split a box of tchotchkes with the other team.

Last night I went to the quiz at the 21+ bar. it's nice being able to go in there because there are still a lot of kids here who go to the campus bar and get plastered every night, which doesn't thrill me at all. I was talking to the bartenders and they invited me to join their team for the quiz. Turns out their team is brilliant, and even though I couldn't contribute a lot (categories like British children's tv didn't help), I really enjoyed participating. Needless to say our team won and we got free drink vouchers for the bar. Pretty darn sweet.


So there it is. My saving grace. Trivia. Jimmy, I hope you're reading this!

Okay now I have to really go read Foucault.

Cheers!

First Weekend

Greetings from Norwich! As my third day on campus comes to an end, I feel it is time for an update.

The university here is much larger than the one at home. MUCH bigger, at least to me. I'm really overwhelmed. It's a very cluttered campus-the organization doesn't really make sense at all (at least not yet). Even the academic schedule is confusing-some of my classses start this coming Monday and some start a week from Monday. And I really don't know which are which.

I've met a lot of nice people, from all countries, not just Britain or America. But it was reassuring to see my college buddies from home those first couple days. I've got to get used to staying out later than 11, though. I'm such a party pooper.

The bar culture is way different. I actually have been hanging out in the bar. I usually have a drink a night, and feel no residual effects, which I like. It's a little loud and crowded in the bar (which is on campus), but I think I'll warm up to it...I hope.

So that's about it. It's pretty later here, so I think I'll end this post. Keep your comments coming! I really want to hear from everybody!

Take care!
Cheers!
Liz

Welcome!

I am Liz, and this is my blog. Actually, my second blog. Here I will be recording my experiences of studying and traveling abroad starting in England and then expanding to Western Europe. I will be studying in Norwich, England, at the University of East Anglia for the semester, taking three Media Studies classes.

My flight leaves tomorrow evening from Washington DC. I arrive Thursday morning at UEA, so this is just a preliminary post.

Just to make people aware of a few things:

-I will not post pictures except for scenery. If you want pictures with me, you obviously have to know me and should email me.

-I will try to post on a regular basis, but I am not guaranteeing anything.

-I will keep the comments open so anyone can post, but I do ask that you identify yourself in your comment. I really don't like anonymous comments, but i want people to be able to post without having to create an account.

So that's it. Hopefully you'll enjoy learning about my trip as much as I will be enjoying the trip itself. Any questions or comments? Shoot me a message.

Signing off,
Liz in L'angleterre