1/11/09

Today was rather dull. It rained a dreadful amount. I asked all the IFSA ppl if they wanted to go to the largest movie theatre in the country today, and no one wanted to go outside. So I started out to go to the art gallery that is only a block away. It was rainy and windy and the wind kept changing and I was battling with my umbrella and it kept going inside out. So I turned around and went back to my flat. A little later it stopped raining, so I tried again. This time I made it to the Art Gallery! It was huge, I was there for 2 hours and I don't think I got to see everything! Here are a few pics of the paintings I saw:

After the museum, I went to Iceland (grocery store) and finally bought some food to cook and put in the fridge, since i now know what I can use in the kitchen! I made some delightful noodles w/butter and cheese on top tonight! I definately bought too much to carry the mile and a half home and now my shoulders are soooo sore from the bags.

I love that people are so amazingly friendly here! My roommate, Paula, is very nice, I haven't talked to her too much, cuz she left to go to her "boyfriend's flat" (thats what Emma told me, at least) and said she might be back late. Her best friend across the hall, Emma (also extremely nice), said sometimes Paula doesn't even come back, which works fine for me! I really like Emma, and I usually talk to her when we're in the kitchen. She gave me the second Twilight book on audio CD to listen to. I don't know which room she lives in, tho, to return it. I'll ask Paula when she gets back.

I also met April today in the hall. We passed each other a few times and said hi, and finally she stopped and said, are u international? i think i saw u at orientation. I said yes and chatted, then ended w/saying we should get together sometime! Then, walking down the stairs, I ran into the guy I danced w/at the Ceilidh! I can't remember his name, tho. But we chatted for a little. Finally, Emma and I were in the kitchen and we met another new girl. She had a thick accent, and neither of us could understand what she said her name was. I don't even know what kinda accent it was if Emma couldn't understand it (Emma is from Bristol, England?)

Is it terribly pathetic that I feel like I am living in a Harry Potter movie? I love Emma and Paula's accents and listening to them talk is quite amusing! Do these pictures not scream Harry Potter?! Everyone here is always comparing it to Harry Potter, even Emma and Paula and the australians and the English and Scottish, etc.