LONDON IS SO COOL!!!

[quill2006]

Well, no one who reads this knows me, so you don't know that I'm studying in London for a semester. Last week, Monday September 1st, was my first day here. The next day several of the other students and I decide we need to purchase some water bottles because there are no water fountains in the dorms. We walk over to the big Boots (a sort of

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[aidendavis]

I don't mean to be too personal or anything, but where are you studying? I was considering studying abroad in London, but I'm not sure where I would go. And it sounds like you're really enjoying yourself, so far.

[quill2006]

No problem. I'm tired of being this random name without a personality. ;) I'm studying through AIFS (http://www.aifsabroad.com/) in Kensington, London. I'm going to a school called Richmond, the American International University in London (the longest name for a school EVER). It is a full time small university with a huge number of international students. I have to say that I can't give it my highest recommendation, mostly because there really aren't any British students here. The classes are quite good, however, and the staff are really nice. We're just down the street from Kensington High Street and Kensington Palace, and the area is really safe and very beautiful. If I were going here again, I would try to find a school with more British students, but Richmond would still be in the running, mostly because they have a great location and are accustomed to having study abroad students here. The school is very like a small liberal arts college in the U.S. If you have