First Week of Uni

Hello!

Can't wait for you to hear all this cool stuff I've had going on in London Met! There hasn't been actual teaching yet but this Introduction Week has offered a lot of activities (and food) for new students and I've been trying my best to enjoy it all! My favourite days were Tuesday and Wednesday so I'll be focusing on them in this post!!

Tuesday - Treasure Hunt

Our mission in treasure hunt was to find our way to The Calcutta House where some of the teaching happens sometimes. We were also given about 30 questions about our school building and the landmarks nearby. 

This treasure hunt gave a great opportunity to adore the local area! London Met is in the heart of the city and the cool and reeeaaally tall buildings, including my personal favourite, The Pickle, are all near my school! :3

When we had found all the answers to the questions given we headed inside the Calcutta House where we were offered foods and drinks while waiting for the results of the hunt. The food looked and tasted delicious. I'm crazy about the lemon cake they make here! It's so lemony! :'p <3

Oh you wanna know who won? My team of course! ;) We all got £20 vouchers to Amazon!! (^_^)

Wednesday - Cruise on Thames 

This school day was mostly about this two-hour cruise and thankfully we were blessed with beautiful day with sunshine! :) Our cruise started right from the London Bridge and because the boat was so tall they had to lift the bridge for us!

I spent most of the cruise enjoying the weather and the view although it got a bit windy and cold towards the end.

It still feels so surreal to think that I'm living in London and getting the opportunity to study in this amazing school surrounded by wonderful people. If this is a dream, never let me wake up :') <3

But it's back to serious business on Monday when the actual teaching starts!

Enjoy your weekend and hopefully I'll see ya in the next post! :)

~Saija~

New Beginnings

Hello!

This is now my second day in London and in my new apartment and everything's just perfect!

I'm so excited, I don't even know where to begin!! Let's try starting from the landing:

We arrived to London early (9am is pretty early tbh) in the morning with mom and grandma. I was way too excited to waste time so we took the train to Victoria Station and from there to taxi which took us to my apartment. It took quite a time to get there since it's in Northern London but I wasn't in the mood to feel bored.

So the apartment I moved in is some kind of campus but it's not attached to an university. The people are from different unis around the London... Basically student apartments, that's the right word, I think. I have my very own room and toilet/shower but I'm sharing the kitchen with 6 people. There's also study room where you can do your homework and read some books. And then there's a room for hanging out and there is a TV and ping-pong table and some other games. Those two rooms are for aaaaaaaaallll the students living in this big big building.

It's really difficult to find proper words to describe this place! I LOVE IT! I had only seen pictures of my room and thought it was okay but it turned out to be million times better! The room is much bigger than it looked in photos and in really good condition! It was love on the first (real-life) sight<3 I'll be showing my room you later on because at the moment it's just a horrible mess.

But the yard! oh my god the yard! 

THERE'S A GIANT CHESSBOARD OUTSIDE! It looks so amazing! I have no idea how to play chess and I have not made any friends yet so I have no one to play with or to teach me. But maybe one day! I'm also loving those lamps that are hanging there! I can see them from my room's window and they light up my room a little when I turn off the lights in the night :3 I don't like sleeping in the complete darkness so I'm a big fan of those little lamps out there!

Tomorrow my school starts and that's just one more thing to be excited about, I wonder when I'll be able to catch my breath.. My summer vacation started on March and so much stuff happened in these past six months, I can't believe it's coming to an end.

See ya next week with my thoughts of the school and maybe I've cleaned my room so I can show you around :)

~Saija~

Prologue

Hi!

Welcome to my very first blog :)

I'm 19-year-old girl from Kuopio, Finland about to venture out to the big world!
Tomorrow I'll move to London to study Tourism and Travel Management and thought that might as well blog about it! So this blog works as my diary (for like exciting things, not planning on posting about my breakfasts and showers) and it's also a nice way for my friends to know what I'm up to! :3

This post was just a small introduction to this blog and the first proper post will hopefully be up this weekend! (^_^)

So hit the subscribe button and join me with this new exciting journey I'm starting tomorrow!! (^3^)/

~Saija~