Grayson Heights

When I received my accommodation assignment, I saw it as a good sign, since my nephew's middle name is Grayson.  It's a post-graduate dorm for international students.  Perfect.

Grayson Heights is a tall high-rise building - I took this picture on a typical cloudy day.  There are 3 flats per floor, each with a locking outer door in the vestibule near the elevator.  My flat is on the second floor and has 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a lounge area. 

Want to see the tour???  Here's the video link.  (I'm all high-tech now with my new iPod Touch.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boesk5xTqPc&feature=youtu.be

As mentioned before, my dorm is a 40-minute walk to campus with a lot of massive hills.  (There are buses that run to campus but I don't have a bus pass yet.)  The major grocery store here is called Morrisons and it's a 10-minute walk, which is really nice.  There's not a whole lot of restaurants or cafes around, but I figure that if I eat out, it will probably be on campus anyway and I'll just cook back at my flat.

These are my flatmates: Shu Ping from China, studying marketing; Seinya from Sierra Leone, studying bio-conservation; me from the USA, studying international public health; Eunice from Zimbabwe, studying sustainable development; Louise from the UK, studying conference interpretation (French & Spanish).  I love the fact that the 5 of us are from 5 different countries.

Funny story: Before we moved here, Louise googled "Grayson Heights" to get more info about the dorm and she found my blog!!  I had already updated my page and included my new mailing address, so it came up in her search!  She told me that she read a few of my entries and recognized me when I was in the lobby on moving-in day.  Ha ha, too funny.