Roehampton & London Tours

Today was our first full day at Roehampton. We began our day by headed to Asda, which is basically a British Wal-Mart, for groceries for our kitchen. We learned how to navigate the bus system too. Last night we were given our Oyster cards, which allow us unlimited access around Zones 1 and 2 in the subway system in London (very nice!)

When we got back to the university, we had a brief orientation and went to the library to get our student IDs and such. Two campus tour guides greeted us and gave us a tour of the campus. They also explained how to do laundry here, which was very helpful since we have been living out of our suitcases for two weeks in hostels with no laundry facilities. We then headed back to the lecture room for another orientation and lunch.

After lunch we headed into London for a bus tour of the entire city. This lasted almost 2 hours. It was really cold, but we learned a lot about the city. My favorite parts of the tour, of course, were seeing all the foreign embassies in London, Margaret Thatcher’s house, and the Ministry of Defense. London is such a well-kempt city. We had dinner at a restaurant in London paid for by CIS.