Hello all! It's about 10:30 p.m. on Monday night. The past couple days haven't been too exciting. On Saturday morning, we had the President's address. We all went and listened to the President.. or Principal as he's actually called, talk and introduce us to Harlaxton. We sang the national anthems of America and Great Britain. On Saturday night we had the President's dinner. We all got dressed up and had a fancy dinner. There was a bag piper that led us into the dinner, and then led us out of the dinner. It was quite cute! He was in his full Scottish gear as well. And very good as well! He just came back from the World Bag Piping Championship. He took 5th in Europe and 7th in the World. (In the picture, the girl in the black shirt on my right is Elizabeth. She goes to my school back at home. The girl on the left is Leah, she goes to Marian College in Indiana.) At dinner we were served some sort of chicken, some British potatoes, salad, rolls, and then we had "puds", which was really just a cake.. So I'm not quite sure if they gave us the right dessert or not. It was good except for the frosting. We also had wine, which I wasn't too fond of.. tasted a bit gross to me, so I just drank the water instead.
On Sunday then we got to sleep in. We had more orientation things going on in the evening that we had to do. Monday, [today] we went to classes for the first time. I just had my British studies class. We have both a seminar and a lecture. The seminar is smaller, only about 20 people... and the lecture everyone goes too. It wasn't as boring as I thought it was going to be, actually quite interesting. And it wasn't that bad listening to the British professor. Not as weird as I thought it was going to be. Hopefully now the rest of my classes are going to be this good.. :)
I did some exploring around the manor the past couple of days.. here's a couple pictures for you
to see. The first one is of me inside the telephone bo
oth. The next couple are just a few pictures from within and around the manor. There's so many beautiful places to see and visit. There will definitly be more pictures coming as I've really only made it around the inside and little bit outside yet... Haven't traveled around on the grounds much.
Yesterday, a pheasant ran into the windows of the carriage. It's not really that funny, but one of the professors saw it and took him. He was going to eat him for dinner.. that made it rather funny. The food is here a bit to get used to.. but it isn't all that bad. Some stuff is better then others.. the ice cream is good actually! Lol.Well, I'm off to bed.. I'll write more later.
XoXo, Tiffany
3 comments:
Hello Tiffany,,,,,,
Wow....are those ever some neat pictures. The country side looks awesome. And you in the phone booth is so much fun. So, is that the phone you will actually be on when we call you???? How fun is that. The buildings all look like they are right out of a book or travel magazine. There must be so much to take in. Remember you have a whole semester.
It was the BESTEST hearing you on webcam tonight.
Have a great day on Wed. Friday and down in the heart on London is right around the corner.
All our Love and Prayers are with YOU. Mommy, Daddy, Courtney and Chelsey
Tiffany,
Everything looks so wonderful. We tried to sign on but I am doing something wrong so all of out messages are from anonymous. Will try to find out how to log on later. Glad to hear everything is going well. The girls say "hi" and they are very excited to visit your web site to see what you are doing. Have a great week.
Missy
wow...you live in a castle. How cool is that????????? Sounds like you're having fun, your pictures are great!!
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