Leeds

Well Leeds so far has been nice :). Room has been good although every time someone goes to the toilet in my flat the entire plumbing groans loudly. Oh and the lock on the toilet broke but we are getting that fixed (is now fixed). I have 4 other flat mates, 2 Canadian girls called Kaelen (from Montreal) and the other called Camilla (from Toronto). I also have two guys one from Singapore called aliff and the other is a britt who we rarely see and no one knows his name..... Also he takes days to wash up his stuff... Ah well the others are all really nice :). Bini has been spending so much time in my flat that she's been named a ghost resident.

Bini is in a different building to me and she's with all permanent residents hence her flat is larger and nicer than mine. Her flat mates are called Clare, E J, Aaron and Nora. They're all really nice and the flat has a really nice happy feel. 

The first two weeks were good. The first  day we went and picked up our welcome packages which included heaps of uni info and a sim card which we didn't use. Then we got our student cards and went on a campus tour. 

On the campus tour we met a girl from France called Gwen (Gwenaelle). She's is super nice and very very similar to bini and I... So maybe not that nice but eh. She's become one of our good friends here and we tend to do what bini and I call a "Gwen night" (a night we spend with Gwen) once a week. 

The two Gwen nights we've down so far have been a pub quizz in the uni Old Bar where the questions were all about Scotland and other random general knowledge facts.... We got 14/60 but had fun and ate some waffles. The next was a harry Potter quizz night also in the Old Bar where we got 46.5/70 which we were much happier with as the top team only got 62. :)

Also we have decided to join a muggle Quidditch team. The sport is kinda hard to explain. There's three hoops and a Quaffle (Volley Ball) that needs to be thrown through the hoops to score. Also there are three  Bludgers (Dodge Balls) which can be thrown at players to make them run back to their hoops. Also everyone has a broom between their legs... Fun sport :D (There's also a snitch but lets not go there)

Anyway we play this twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays which is good exercise to keep us from getting too fat from eating too much pasta.

Speaking of which.... We've been eating a lot of pasta...... Becoming true uni students. Also had a lot of cider... Apart from that we've had bean fajitas, baked potatoes, nachos and today we are having tandoori/tikka chicken with salad which is a bit of an experiment.

At uni I am doing 5 subjects which hasn't been easy, Bini is only doing three because her subjects count for more "credits". Ah well we only have to pass here and a pass is 40% so she be right.

We are pretty happy with the location of our accommodation because there is a sainsburys (A super market) and a Wilko (like a big W). Both are good although sainsburys is a little more expensive than other. Also as we are in the land of Harry Potter we have notice there is harry potter stuff everywhere and it's all really cheap unlike back in Adelaide.

Ah yeah. Leeds. It's good am looking forward to the next six months. Thank you all so much for reading my next blog will probably be in April when we are going to Amsterdam.