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Finally I have reached internet acces in Birmingham!It has taken me two days to get everything work out.A lot has happened already and I assume I must start from the very beginning.....
Everything went smoothly till Helsinki-Vantaa airport.There we had to make some rearrangements as the gate for our flight suddenly changed without any prewarnings.However we found our way to the plane and took off about 45 min delayed.
We arrived at Gtawick airport slightly late and started to look for a train to Victoria station to catch our bus from there.We found out that Gatwick airport is pretty messy and works without any logic...as the whole London seems to work really....It took us more than half an hour to find Victoria coach station as the signs were quite crab.At the end we had to ask from tourist info desk the right way there.It would make more sense to put Victoria train station and coach station really next to each other!!
While waiting for the bus to take off for Birmingham we found a nice pizza buffet for dinner.They had really good selection of salds and different fruits as well!I can recommend Fresh pizza Company to anyone...;)
It was 9pm when my bus arrived at Birmingham central coach station.At first I thought I jumped out oon a wrong station as the whole palce just looked like some kind of ware house area.Nope,it was my stop.I had to ask my way from the station and my mouth literally fell open when I heard the guy talking to me there.Never heard such an accent before!!Bloody hell!Talking a bit slowlier would be highly appreciated....
However,I found myself at the front gates of The Maltings campus.I was showed my room by a nice tutor James.The first impression of the room was good but it looked really empty.It also feöt empty when I went to bed to sleep on my bare mattres with a sleeping bag and with my coat rolled as a pillow.It was also freezing cold as the radiator didn't warm up.I also woke up several times during the night because I was freezing!I had to put a woollen jumper on at some point!
Sunday was a cold morning to wake up alone in an empty,cold room.I had nothing to eat or drink either.At least a shower was warm so it made me feel a bit more positive..!
I took off to the city for shopping with my two fellow travellers,my dear class mates Saara and Maiju.We bought two HUGE bagfulls of homeware stuff from Primark,which is God's gift to the world...;)I only payed 20 pounds for a pillow,duvet,sheet,pillow case,duvet cover and a blanket!!After purchasing all that stuff my room started to look much nicer and now my bed looks very cosy and calling...:DI have also found out how the radiator works so it is a bit warmer now as well!
Then,today we finally went to our new school.haha,it's a great place for me as we have our meetings on the 8th floor the whole week this week....so I need to go up the stairs A LOT...:O I also made my timetable and I will have one German course and two English courses for academic writing...:O I presume I will be quite busy here!
I will finish my first entry here. I will up-date asap and/or when something happens...:D I hope the snow will be gone soon....I was shocked when I opened my curtains this morning and found all the snow on the ground!Everyone's making snow balls outside and throwing them at each other....:D
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