So far I really like the city. There is plenty of public transport (a lot more than Pittsburgh). Riding the tube is a change from Pittsburgh and so is paying for a weekly card to travel on the tube and the bus. I really like it because it is fairly easy to get around despite the network being so large. Between the tube and the bus, it is easy to get anywhere in the city (even when a tube line is closed or delayed).
London is also similar to Pittsburgh in the way that there are different districts. The difference is that some of the districts go by more than one name (that makes it difficult when you talk to someone who calls it by a different name).
Perhaps the biggest change is the road markings. I still haven't learned what they mean. For me it is really difficult tell from which direction the traffic is coming from. Fortunately at many cross walks there is a message writtten on the road saying which direction to look. The traffic rules aare also very different. For instance, cars and bikes have the right -away on the road and sidewalks (pretty much the complete opposite of the States)
My programs orientation was nice. There were actually two seperate ones; one for Global Learning Semesters and one for the University of Westminster. The orientation for GLS was very casual (actually held in a smoothie bar). It was a nice thing for it to not be such a formal lecture (as other orientations I have attended have been). The one for Westminster was the next day and rather a long process immediately followed by class. It was still nice though to meet the people in all of the other program.
I promise the next post will come a lot sooner.
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