Friday, 26 October 2012

Impressions and culture shock.


Henrik Lyngås

The first thing I noticed about England was the hot dogs when i arrived hungry at Stansted. They looked strange compared to the ones I'm used to, but tasted nice. I was offered mayonnaise which seems to be the standard instead of ketchup, strangely enough. Secondly driving on the left side of the road was pretty scary the first time. It felt like I was about to crash all the way from Stansted to University. Arriving quite late I just managed to get my key card before the offices closed and got my bags locked up in my room. Next step was meeting lots of new people in the squares and eventually my friend that I knew from before took me to sub-zero. I first met a couple of my roommates at 3 am the first night when I came back to the flat, luckily they didn't mind some noise..  The rest of freshers’ week was awesome; I met lots of cool people and had a great time. The impression freshers left on me about Essex university and the students in general was very good, everyone were nice and friendly, and I feel like this will be a good place to study. I feel like I've been really lucky with my flatmates as well since they're all great people.  Academics have also been good; I find the subjects interesting and teaching methods effective.

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