 Welcome to London!
Whether you just landed, been on the road with Wolfgang, Brian and Christine, or came early to do some acclimatizing on your own, we are delighted to meet you at last.
Don’t worry if you find London a bit intimidating at first – it is a huge, sprawly, higgledy-piggledy metropolis and it can be confusing. There’s no street grid, the traffic is on the “wrong” side anyway, the blocks aren’t often rectangular and the streets have names that duplicate – there are twenty different Gloucester Roads. And what it is probably hardest to comprehend, at this point, is how totally normal this will all seem to you soon, we promise!
Be sensitive to the fact that – especially in these first few jetlagged and exhausting days – the tone of your phone and email conversations with your parents can easily be misinterpreted and cause needless anxiety on their parts – they might still be agonizing over a small adjustment issue you mentioned when you first got here while you can barely remember what it was that was bothering you at the time. Cultural adjustment is an ongoing process, and it can – and should be! – challenging, but you are the one who is here and who has to deal with it personally to move forward.
Concentrate on settling in and setting up your flat, and bring any questions and concerns to SU London staff and student guides (they wear orange t-shirts so they are easy to find). We are all here to give you as much information as we can to help you to make this semester everything you want it to be, and the more we know about you – what you’d like to do here, see here, be a part of here – the more we can help you hit the ground running…
Good luck!
Meredith Hyde PhD
Director
London Student Discount Oyster Scheme
You can register for the Transport for London Student Discount Oyster Scheme from TODAY!
Simply go to www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets, and under 'students and children', click on '18+student' and follow the instructions from there!
Please note that as from today the debit/credit card payment for registering on this scheme has been increased to £10.
The Fall 2010 Travel Seminar
The Travel Seminar is an orientation session to familiarize you with all of the Syracuse-organized field trips over the course of the semester.
We also impart some knowledge about independent travel in the UK - so you can get to know your new adopted home better!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR - for the Travel Seminar on Tuesday 7 September starting at 6 pm. It will be held in the Faraday House Auditorium.
Love London Weekend:
15 - 19 September
Keep your calendars clear for the Fall 2010 Love London Weekend!!
Activities begin from Wednesday evening 15 September and run full on through Sunday 19 September.
Click on the Love London page of this website for activity listing or the Stairwell bulleting board for details.
Sign - ups for all events begin at 12:30 on Thurs 9 September in the Student Lounge.
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