The English Have Arrived!

Sorry for the lack of updates, but the Leeds students arrived on Monday so we've all been getting to know each other. We've gone out to a couple of pubs for football games, but I was more interested in socializing than in the games themselves. All of the new interns seem really cool. My roommate, Sara, and I had to switch cabins and move in with 4 other USC on Monday before the others arrived. Then we got 4 Leeds girls who are pretty awesome. On the first night, they all went to the Tesco down the road and came back with a 12 pack of beer, each. If I've learned one thing from them so far, the English can drink. Of course, I joined them with my bottle of wine and made a few friends.

Work has been minimal. Monday-Wednesday I was "Camp Intern" where I basically just stayed at Camp and did whatever was asked of me. So I took inventory of fleece jackets and track pants and laminated signs for common areas. I finally got to go back to the Park yesterday and was assigned to work in the Velodrome, where the cycling events will take place. I met Allan, the Venue Cleaning Manager, and he showed Katherine (his intern) and I around and down to the floor and the track. The incline on the track is intense! I tried walking up one of the steeper areas and only made it halfway before I decided that I would fall over if I kept going. Katherine and I did a little bit of research on the facility to be included in a newsletter for the income staff. There was an issue with my biometrics card, which gets me into the Park, in the morning so after work I had to go back to that office to reactivate it. The rest of the night was pretty laid back at Camp.

This morning, I had to collect some new arrivals and bring them to get their visitor passes and then bring them into the Park. They were very nice, 3 Irish and 1 Australian. Once we got into the Park, I was asked to go back to the Velodrome where I will be helping with preparing the rosters to go out to the staff. But I've been here for an hour and a half and Allan hasn't been in the office, so Katherine and I are just hanging out.

Apparently, people are going out tonight and I'm pumped! So ready to party with my new English friends!

Cheers!
-Megan