Freshers’ Week

“Freshers’ Week” seems to be a loosely defined phrase for the period right before the term starts when students are moving in and “freshers” (first year undergraduates) and other new students are madly running all over town to take care of a considerable list of things to be done before term starts. So far I have applied for a bank account, hunted down an ethernet cable, picked up my identity cards and had them programmed for propper access to buildings, registered with a general practitioner, met with my tutor (a fellow of the college who helps with everything not directly related to my course), obtained a UK SIM card for my phone, signed the admissions book in the Wren Library (an awe inspiring place), attended many parties (of both the wine and tea varieties), took a tour of the useful parts of town for graduate students, purchased a BA gown, stood in a matriculation photograph (with all of the new graduate students), and become lost more times than I can recall. I’m sure I missed a few and I still have lots more to do (such as purchasing a bicycle).

Now I must go dress up all fancy (including the gown) to go to a wine and cheese party for new graduate students, followed by a formal meal in the hall, followed by more wine. Cheerio.

View to the south

View to the west

My room from Green Street. I’m on the corner, on the very top.

The Cam

The Cam

Dining Hall from across Nevile’s Court, under the Wren Library.

Path across the Trinity backs (west of the Cam)