Day 38

Yesterday I woke up late, because my first class of the day was at 2:45 - Britain at War. I spent my morning in my room getting everything on my desk finally organized into nice, neat stacks and into drawers. Once I did eventually get out of my room, I went straight to the University to figure out where my class would be. It took me about a half hour to get to the University and then another 15 minutes to figure out where my class was.

I ate my lunch that I had bought at the train station: olive bread with feta cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and an olive aioli sauce. After lunch I headed to the reading room in the library and worked there for about an hour and a half translating the play that I had to read for Monday. My alarm went off telling me that there was 30 minutes before my class so I packed up my things and decided to go to my classroom and wait outside.

The classroom was big enough for about 20 people, but when it came time to start the class I would say that about 50 people were there. The professor called off the names of those who were registered to take the course and asked us to go stand in the hall. Anyone left afterwards was told that they didn't have a place in the class and that they would have to leave. After they cleared out, the rest of us filed back in and took our seats.

Our professor introduced himself and told us that for next week we had to write two pages on our favorite period of history so he could see how good our English was. Then he said that by the end of the semester we would be required to write a 10 page paper for the class, but the catch was that it didn't have to be turned in until the Winter Semester a.k.a. November. Hmm...

Even though class was in English, I spent the entire time scribbling notes down. We were going through the history of Britain's army compared to others as well as the British armies of colonial times as well as in World Wars 1 & 2. It was intense! Also, the professor has a very thick Irish accent which didn't help in the general comprehension of his speech.

After class I went back to the Central office and relaxed for a bit. The next class was the historical part of Austria in Context taught by Dr. Eschenmüller. We learned about the beginning of Austria until the time of the Habsburgs. It was a very interesting lecture, but afterwards I was tired! I headed back to my dorm where I made dinner with Anneke, Janaya, and Jesse. Afterwards I headed to bed!