This campus is very different from the one I am attending at home. At home I am on a very urban campus. The university is surrounded by the city, and not only the nice parts. This university is much more open with a few quads. This campus may be bigger, it sure feels like it (I already have shin splints from the first week).
The architecture is a mix of neoclassical and modern (old modern and recent modern). I like old buildings so thats whats here.
I chose to live on campus to simplify the process of housing (or accommodation as they call it in the UK). It comes with a meal plan which is really nice. Again, that is to simplify everything. It would be fun to my cook my favorite food for friends and have them share their favorite food with me but there is no great way to get to a grocery store. Cabs are too expensive to use often or alone and I’m not sure about the bus route.
I am a junior studying biomedical engineering. I am from America and have lived there my entire life. Traveling around America is wonderful but I have never been outside the borders. As you may have guessed from the URL, this semester I have chosen to study in the UK. This space is to keep track of what I experience and see while abroad. It also serves to let my friends and family follow my travels and daily life in the UK, and to help future student learn from my experience.
My family and I hiked Jane Bald near Roan Mountain today.
My family and I walked around the Smithsonian Museum while we were in Washington DC this week. This is an image of a Fresnel lens used on a light house. It can redirect light into a more beam shape allowing it to be brighter to ships.
This weekend my family and I went to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Even though it was winter, being at the beach was fun. We took a day trip to Savannah, Georgia and had beignets at Huey's on the waterfront.
Today my family and I ran the Turkey Trot 5k. I ran at my baseline pace of 9:54 minutes/mile.
For Oktoberfest my family and I hiked up the trails to the top of Sugar Mountain ski resort then took the chair lift back down. The trees had turned pretty fall colors.
My dad and brother and I rode RAGBRAI 2010. Here we are dipping our front tires into the Mississippi River in Dubuque.
This week my friends and I went to Chicago for spring break. We had a fun time, ate deep dish pizza, and saw the Chicago river dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day.
