We met the rest of our British flatmates over the weekend. Aisha, Jenna, and Josh are all British and are quite friendly and helpful. Josh and Jenna are not around that much (or are in their rooms), but Aisha is always around and we interact with her all the time (she is really friendly). We went shopping on Saturday and walked down Mile End about 10 minutes until we reached Sainsbury's. I kind of dreaded purchasing food, since I expected it being expensive due to the exchange rate. In actuality, much of it was as cheap or cheaper than the US. This is because Sainsbury's offers Sainsbury's brand items for very, very cheap - it is like their version of Walmart. A can of baked beans for 10 pence (20 cents)? A bag of 6 English muffins for 30 pence? Count me in!
That evening we visited an Indian restaurant (as well as an English pub) with John Sharkey, the USC coordinator in the UK, and the rest of the USC students in London. The food was quite good (and paid for by USC, which was nice) and I had a lively political debate with a few of the other USC students. At one point, a drunk Irish lady barged into the debate, exclaimed how she liked Hillary Clinton (whom everyone in the debate did not like) and poured herself a glass of wine from one of our bottles. It was quite funny (and also very awkward), and the rest of her party was really embarrassed.
Sunday, we took a bus tour around London and saw most of the sites. That evening I went and saw I Am Legend with my flatmates at the local cinema. It was only £3 with a student ID, which is way cheaper than the states. I enjoyed the movie, but I know some of my female flatmates were a bit frightened through much of it.
That evening we visited an Indian restaurant (as well as an English pub) with John Sharkey, the USC coordinator in the UK, and the rest of the USC students in London. The food was quite good (and paid for by USC, which was nice) and I had a lively political debate with a few of the other USC students. At one point, a drunk Irish lady barged into the debate, exclaimed how she liked Hillary Clinton (whom everyone in the debate did not like) and poured herself a glass of wine from one of our bottles. It was quite funny (and also very awkward), and the rest of her party was really embarrassed.
Sunday, we took a bus tour around London and saw most of the sites. That evening I went and saw I Am Legend with my flatmates at the local cinema. It was only £3 with a student ID, which is way cheaper than the states. I enjoyed the movie, but I know some of my female flatmates were a bit frightened through much of it.
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