Swansea University/Student Village

Hello Everyone!

Let me just start by mentioning how thankful I am to be in warmer weather than back home.  It's great not dealing with subzero temperatures.  I would take rain almost every day over the bitter cold! 

This week in Wales we haven't had any organized trips, so there isn't too much to write about.  A group of friends spent the weekend in Scotland, so I look forward to hearing about their experience!  Plans are still being made for a trip to London next weekend, and a trip to Amsterdam two weeks after that for the birthday of my dear friend, Emily Freund!! We will be seeing The Lumineers on the 26th of February, in Amsterdam.  Happy 20th birthday to Emily!

It was an exciting Sunday this past weekend due to Super Bowl XLVII.  Believe it or not, they showed the game live up in the Wonky Sheep for everyone to watch 'American Football.'  I could not believe the number of people that crammed into the little pub on the hill here in our village to watch the Super Bowl.  Most of the audience consisted of British people, as well!  It's really fun pretending that I know a lot about football and trying to explain the rules to all of our new friends when I am by no means an expert.  There was an ongoing chant throughout most of the first half for the Raven's.  I'm not sure what system they used to pick a favorite team in the game; maybe it was just a lucky guess!

I finally took some pictures of the campus at Swansea University and of the flats in the student village that I live in.  It's a bit different from what we are used to in Iowa, but it definitely works!  

 This picture is the view from the Fulton House, right in the middle of campus.  It's a beautiful view, much better in person!  You can kind of see the bay in the very back, behind the trees.

This is the main road coming into the village.

This is the type of flat that I live in.  There are four in each building.

Welcome to flat 33! This is where I live.

Here we have the pub, The Wonky Sheep, and the bus stop.  The laundromat is located on the bottom floor of the building, and The Wonky Sheep is on the top floor.

The two pictures above are of my room in flat 33.  It's still pretty bare, but I'm working on it!

These two pictures are of our kitchen.  We share this space between the ten of us, so it tends to get messy!  Not hard to believe when you have five young men sharing as well... (if you're reading guys, my apologies) 

This is all I have this week!  I look forward to sharing about my trip to London next time!