It's Raining....

Hello Everybody,

So like the title says, it is raining here in Treforest/Pontypridd today but that didn't stop Greg and I from going into Ponty to get a few items...we got soaked, but were able to get a few essentials for our flat.

Unfortunately for us, because we have no car, and are basically at the halfway point between the Treforest train station and the Pontypridd train station we have to walk about 15 minutes into Ponty to get anything we need. There are stores closer but they are more expensive, and much smaller. Because of this we can't get everything we need in one go, so we are basically living from our suitcases still and eating only the essentials.

The campus itself looks pretty nice but we havent done any exploring around just yet, we havent had the time. We all seem to be suffering a bit from jet lag aswell, sleeping in until around noon local time, right through our alarm clocks. Luckily we have nothing too important to do just yet.

We tried to set up bank accounts yesterday but because we need a specific letter from the school we can't get accounts until Monday at the earliest. This means we won't have cell phones of internet in our flat until likely the end of next week.

The beer situation is an interesting one to say the least. There are a number of brands here that I recognize like Carlsberg, Grolsch, Heinekin etc, but the only beer here that I liked back home is Carling and Coors Lite. I'm not opposed to trying all the other beers as well, the pubs so far have house brews as well as other local beer I'd like to give a try.

We arrived in town a little earlier then most. International week starts tomorrow, and many of the english and welsh students wont move in until around the 20th leaving the town a little bit empty at the moment, so we havent met anyone other then Dan, Jess and a few of their friends.

Anyhow, I better take off, its getting close to dinner time here and we still need to go pick up a few snacks for tonight.

Take care,
Kyle