First reactions: my first weekend in Wales.

Hi everyone!
So I survived my first weekend in wales, albeit not as comfortable as I'd have liked. Woke up feeling a bit ill Saturday, and by Sunday was proper miserable, but I've recovered for the most part.
Once I get a computer updates will be more frequent and include pictures and such, as if now I'm relying on my iPad and iPod touch, so it's limited capability for blogging!

I've learned a few things so far.
1) the British love their beer. It's never too early for a pint, and while they do go party and get loud, for the most part it's all in good fun and nothing bad happens (unless football is involved, then all bets are off)
2) The English love football (duh). A lot. The welsh? Not as much, rugby is their game. And Ireland have their own sport, since for the most part they are rubbish at the other major sports in the islands.
3) 3 pints of lager, 2 hours of explanation, and many confused looks between myself and my two British roommates was not even close to enough to explain cricket to me, or baseball to them. (to be honest, they can't be arsed about baseball, and I just don't fully get cricket yet)
4) it rains a lot here. Seriously. Every day since I've been in Britain/Ireland it's rained. Not always a downpour, but a decent amount. But it's beautiful here.
5) busses are expensive. £2.25 for a one way ticket. £395 for a year long pass, however it breaks down to about £1 a day with the pass, so it's well worth it that way. Once I get my financial aid in I'll be getting one.

I enrolled for my classes today, I'm pretty excited to get them started, I also finalized a bank account (through Lloyd's TSB) which means I'll have to file special taxes for having money in foreign accounts (fancy). I've got some interesting sounding courses, all seminar type classes. For those who don't know, I'm studying for a Masters in War and Society through the Department of Political and cultural studies here. This term I'm enrolled in 'War, Identity, and Society", "Terrorism: critical perspectives", and "Violence, Conflict, and Development". All of them sound quite interesting to me.

That's all for now,