Thursday, September 29, 2011

Apartment!

Hello!

The flight to England was LONG ( I spent almost 10 hours on the plane between being delayed and waiting for a gate at Heathrow) but with no significant the problems. My first trip was to IKEA- obviously- after which I met up with my roommates and went out with their classmates in central London. Needless to say, it was a long day!
Today I walked down to South Kensington and saw my campus, got cupcakes (yummmmy), and then went to the Italian restaurant across the street. The great part about where I live (the Maida Vale neighborhood) is there are a ton of really small and REALLY delicious cafe's. I can't wait to try them all! I suppose I should probably talk a little more about where I live; We live on the 2nd floor in a three bedroom apartment. The back of our apartment looks onto tennis courts and a big green lawn (we are still trying to figure out what they use it for...) Below are a few pictures of my room and my apartment!






We are trying to find a way to get rid of that creepy picture above the fireplace. It is kind of scary, especially at night!

I start meetings for school on Sunday, so until then I'm just hanging out with my roommates and shopping at IKEA- probably not anything blog worthy but we'll see!

-Ana

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Pre-Departure

Hello All!

So as you may of may not know, I am leaving tomorrow to spend a year in the UK at Imperial College London! Imperial College is in South Kensington. My walk to school everyday involves walking across Hyde Park past Kensington Palace... not too shabby!

I am living with two girls, Anna and Emily, who are attending Vet school in London. We have an apartment in northwest London in an area call Maida Vale! Here is the view from our apartment...



When I get to the UK wednesday it will be all IKEA, phone, and grocery store shopping for me! So thats that for now!

-Anastasia

p.s. The posts will get more interesting... I swear