John and I viewed a flat this morning. It has three bedrooms, two reception rooms, a kitchen, and an outhouse in addition to a regular bathroom. The bedrooms are upstairs. Everything is a little smaller than we are used to, and we are pretty sure that there was no refrigerator (we are unsure whether there were hook-ups for one). And no, there is no dishwasher either. But there are hook-ups for a washing machine.
We tried to get a
bank account today and were unsuccessful. Maybe tomorrow. We need an international student account and only the branch at the college can set one up (we were told by the branch in the city center). We took a taxi to campus because it is rather a long walk from our hotel. The branch there can indeed set up our account, but there is one employee who handles those accounts and he had no appointments open today.
We made the most of being on campus by walking up to the
law school (Earlham Manor - pictured). We also sampled the
Union Pub.
Our taxi driver for the ride back was very amusing. He started talking to us about his kids, and at first I thought he was just a family man, but then...
"I've got two little boys just down that street there. 19 months and 5 weeks. Down the next street I've got another boy, and around that corner is where my 6 year old lives, by another mother of course. I've had a busy life."
He was also recommending pubs, since we are new in town and all. He highly recommended the one he works at occasionally. Most people would probably tell us not to go there, but if you make friends with the right guys at the pub you can get into wrestling matches in Yarmouth for cheap.
Back at the hotel, I have set up an appointment to meet with my contact at the
Memorial Library on Thursday. I also e-mailed the
museum to try and set up an appointment next week.
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