Goodbye

Today was the official departure day, and so the entire student body (minus about 5 of us) left today. It was a strange, sleep deprived day- we all stayed up late last night, and then got sleep in 1-2 hour chunks in between waking up to say goodbye to the next busload of departing friends (the castle provided buses to Heathrow, staggered according to flight times). The first one left at 4:30 am and the last one at noon.

Afterwards, it was very eerie and quiet at Bader Hall! I'm the only one left in my entire corridor, and there's only about 10 of us in the whole building (including student services staff members). Also adding to the odd atmosphere is the fact that (for the first time since I've been here) there's a thunder and lightning storm going on right now!

I had already done a lot my packing, so I had lots of free time today! I walked the four miles to Herstmonceux and back, took more pictures, finished packing, and watched some movies with my friend who's still here.

Tomorrow morning I'll be taking a taxi to Gatwick (sharing with another student also on my flight) and catching my flight home around noon UK time, to arrive home a bit after 2pm Vancouver time (aka 10pm UK time).

I return to UBC on January 4th, to finish the last year and a half of my degree.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this blog. I appreciated your interest and comments! :)

Here's a few parting shots:

view from my seat in Seminar 1, where I wrote
most of my exams 

view from my window

view from my window, after the rainstorm yesterday

See post directly below for some photos taken during my walk to the village today.