The only real pain about living in dorms is the fact that there is no room in the fridge or freezer. It takes about 20 minutes rearraing everything to be able to fit just one small package of chicken. And even then, it takes another 5 minutes trying to figure out what the heck is blocking the door, making it so that you can not close the door all the way.
And the fact that I am terrified that someone is going to steal my milk!! You need milk to drink tea, and people have a habit of knicking whosevers is just there. I put my name on my milk, and wrote on there, "Do not drink... Grrr!!!!" Hopefully that will ward off anyone who tries... (haha)
Oh. Another thing is that practically everything in the kitchen is always dirty. I don't care if someone just washed it and it is sitting on the drying rack... Even though these boys all seem to know how to cook - their cleaning skills arn't as great. I am beginning to get into the habit of washing/rinsing my dishes before I use them...
OH! ANND when you get up in the morning, get all of your stuff and are ready for the showers, and the cleaning lady is taking her sweet time cleaning the them. I appreciate a clean shower - but she has always managed to begin cleaning them whenever I need to use them.
Let's just say, I prefer to live in a flat with just me... or maybe one other person. Not 12 others!
But it's okay. I can deal for 6 months. Besides - these people are pretty cool, and we all get along well; which is awesome!
Today I got up at 7am and left the flat around 8a. The people that were going to tag along for a day-out-on-the-town bailed last minute because they decided that it was too early for them.
I got on the bus and made it to the 9am mass at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist. It was built in 1894 and was designed in the Early English style of 19th Century Gothic.
The mass was just like every other Catholic mass - except for the British accents; which I found amusing at times. Is it sacrilegious to giggle at the way the Priest just said something??
The only bad part about the Cathedral is that it was FREEZING! I wanted so bad to put my beanie back on, but I felt that that would be inapppropriate.
St. Johns
Once mass was over, I got back on the bus and headed to the Town Centre. There I got off and began wondering around the city. I eventually ended up at St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The tower of the church was built in 1478, with the rest of the building erected around 1506. It had a beautiful set of Organ pipes that were put in in 1908. I wish I could have heard what they sounded like.
I'm oviously not good at taking pictures or uploading them, so you will just have to deal with this and cut and paste with your mind!!
I again kept walking and found a few cool sites to take pictures at:
Kinda Creepy?
A cute little/Very empty side street
Norwich was once the second most populated city in England. I don't remember when, but a Looooong long time ago.
(I think even before you were born, David!! ;-) I guess you're not that old!!)
This is part of the remains of the wall that surounded Norwich to keep enemies out.
"THIS FORMS PART OF THE OLD CITY WALL. Build during the 13th - 14th Centuries"
If you look at a current map of Norwich, you will see that there are a few streets that basically form a circle. Those streets pretty much follow the place of the walls of long ago Norwich. (There was no wall when it came to the river. They used that to their advantage)
(Dad - I might go to jail for putting this up here... but this rock is from that wall. (I swear it was just lying on the ground!) And it is for you!! Shhh.....)
To end my day, I came back to my flat and did laundry. I know. Exciting. I just wanted to show you that I was a cheap college student who refuses to use the dryers, and so hangs everything on the radiators/chair/door frame...
And now, off to make a cup of tea and much on a few digestives before bed :)
