First days in Leicester

In my previous post I mentioned that I am moving to Leicester to continue my education. The flight to London was very exciting as I got the opportunity to be in the pilot’s cabin for a short introduction and chat with the pilots. We met with another Bulgarian, who is going to take his Bachelor’s degree in the University of Leicester so we got the chance to exchange some information about the city and the university. Initially I thought that there won’t be many people from Bulgaria, but that wasn’t the case – we met nearly 10 people already and we expect more to come.
During the last 3 days international students have experienced the welcome programme which, in my opinion, is very intense and exiting. We have lectures about common problems for all international students like how to open a bank account, accommodation issues, how to register with a GP, interesting facts about Leicester’s history and many more. The most interesting was the Open Tour of Leicester which leaves me thinking about how many places we have to visit in the forthcoming year.
For the evenings the Students’ Union have organised interesting events like games in the bar, disco, Irish Dancing Party, Karaoke Night and even Wine and Cheese evening for postgraduate and PhD students. It is very funny to watch more than 300 students who have no previous experience in Irish dancing moving around and trying to follow the steps of the instructor. The events so far leave me in wait for the beginning of the academic year.
Tomorrow we are invited to meet the mayor of Leicester in the oldest museum in the town and as for Sunday we have booked a trip to the Warwick Castle.