Freshers' Week(end)

Edinburgh is strange, there are two move-in days, so most people moved in yesterday but a few have come in today. The orientation stretches along for a week, and then classes begin next Tuesday.

The rooms are the nicest dorms I have ever seen. They are all singles, maybe 12x12? They have private baths: shower, sink, toilet. I have a pretty view of Holyrood Park right through my window that can only improve as winter comes along. It's nice to be near so much greenery in a city.

The corridor, not hall, is mostly girls. I'm near the entrance stairwell, but the one room before mine belongs to a girl here on semester-exchange. My neighbor to the other side is a boy. And the room directly across from mine also belongs to a boy. Somehow I am the one surrounded by boys, but I can't say I mind. Since the rooms are apartment-like there's no reason not to have mixed floors. Then again, most people here have formed single-sex grouplets so far.

The weather has turned cold and blustery. Luckily I bought myself some supplies to make tea and coffee, and better prepare myself for the cold ahead.