Weeeeeell I've been in the States for nearly two weeks now and its going swimmingly; met some real nice people, and some not so nice ones too.
Yesterday was International Student Orientation, and I met a LOT of people from the Uni at Giessen in Germany, apparently its some major exchange thing over there; I'm the only English person around here though which is a bit depressing. Although I DID meet a guy who claimed to be from Watford outside a mall the other day, but he spoke with and English accent in the way that Dick Van Dyke can be said to speak with and English accent in Mary Poppins (ie, poorly) so I reckon he was just taking the piss a bit.
The thousand people a day that attempt the English (or British as it is over here) accent are starting to grate a little, but on the upside, I've managed to educate a few Americans in the ways of the English obscenity, so its not all bad really.
The food here is odd, I don't actually think I've had a meal that DIDN'T include cheese; but Wisconsin is America's dairyland so I guess that's to be expected. Good if you like cheese, bad if you don't want to end up not being allowed on the plane back home because you're the size of a small factory.
I'm not missing home too much, thankfully; but I was kinda sad that I missed the last two 80p Wednesdays. Nuneaton is a total riot and I love it, but the small-town-everyone-knows-everything-about-everybody-else thing kinda gets to you eventually, so I'm sorta glad I get to flee the country every now and again :)
That is all from this week, pictures are on facebook, I'll update this sooooonly.
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