The first day
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The first full day in Leeds is coming to an end. After the exhausting last few weeks and very little sleep last night, I actually fell asleep over my laptop. Things are off to a great start.
Today, I headed into the city again, this time to the tourist information center to pick up some material on what there is to do in this beautiful city over the next few months. On the way, I accidentally stumbled across the visa check-in for international students. It doesn’t apply to me, since as an EU citizen I count as a “home student,” but it was good that I stopped by because we discovered an error in the data the university had on file for me. I also learned that the first week at university generally consists of parties. Stereotype number one: confirmed.
In town, I bought a SIM card (finally reachable again at a reasonable cost and with mobile internet on my phone) and some cheap plastic tableware (it only has to last a few months, after all).
In the afternoon, I started working on the last term paper for my semester in Bamberg.
In the evening, there was a campus BBQ. It was a nice idea, but the execution left room for improvement. Hungry and in a somewhat mediocre mood, our flat soon headed back home and, in doing so, missed the first party of the semester.