Yesterday the weather was simply fantastic, which Kathrin (my fellow Victoria International student from Germany) and I really took advantage of: In the morning we took the cable car up to the beautiful Botanical Gardens, together with our dorm mate Claire from the US. Then we walked back to the hostel to get Kathrin’s stuff because she could already move into her residence hall – it was a bit of a shock for her, because the house is a bit run down, but nothing some cleaning and some new bedding and posters can’t fix.
Afterwards the weather beckoned us back out, and we met Heike from our dorm, who took us up Mt. Victoria in her rental car. Gorgeous views! Then we dropped off the stuff we’d bought for Kathrin’s room and headed back into town, for a nice ramble along the harbour back to the hostel, where I spent the evening chatting to the other girls in my dorm room. There’s another Swiss woman now, Liselotte from the Emmental, who offered to let me leave my luggage in the room until I can get it moved into my residence hall later today – that’s very practical indeed, as I’d otherwise have to rent at last two lockers until orientation at uni finishes.
So you see, I’m keeping busy and making friends – I’m a bit nervous about what uni here will be like (it seems to me it’s more like highschool than what I’m used at university, with people telling me exactly what I have to study and very little personal freedom), but I’m mostly just excited that it’ll start soon! I’ll be sure to update once I know what my room’s like – hopefully I can get the internet connected right away, else I can always come back to the hostel… Catch ya later, honeys! 🙂