At Newcastle!
Hello everybody, this is to let you all know that I’ve arrived safely and am currently doing just fine in Newcastle, UK!
My trip to Newcastle was great. I had a five-hour stop at London’s reputable Heathrow airport, one of the world’s largest airports, which was such a nice opportunity to look around. I’ve wandered for hours but couldn’t see but a tiny portion of the airport. Heathrow is so big that people use metros to travel from one terminal to another!
My flight to Newcastle was a little bit delayed so I arrived late, unpacked and fell to bed. I woke up the next morning and took a walk around, checking up the places and the routes. My WLAN-equipped mobile phone and Google Maps are really doing me a great service here; I can locate any place and determine the best route to it with only few clicks on my mobile phone! :D
Anyway, I’ve been staying in hotels ever since I arrived, looking for somewhere to stay while I finish my Masters. Today I finally signed a contract governing my accommodation for the next year; I’ll be staying in a shared flat with five other international students.
Newcastle is such a great place to live in; there are endless things that I envy the people here for; the weather is great, there are almost no traffic jams and there are many green spaces around.
The town structure is very well planned, organized and friendly for first-timers. The rules that administer this place are so sensible that breaking them will simply do nobody any good!
The town can truly be described as “International” because of the great population of International students, workers and residents. Everybody here is friendly because they all realize that they live in a city that brings together a large number of nationalities from all over the world. Even the town locals appreciate this unique feature of their city and are actually happy about having such a variety of people around.
Anyway, I still have a couple of interesting “incidents” that I want to tell you about, in addition to the university … oh the university! (needs a post on its own!) but I’ll leave these for the next posts!
Upcoming events …
Ghaith gets invited by a Spanish guy to a Thursday evening in a bar and he comes over. What happens?
Ghaith is wondering around in a desolate part of the city at night and a girl gets almost ran-over trying to get to him from the other side of the road while yelling “Hey! Hey!”. What does she want?
My trip to Newcastle was great. I had a five-hour stop at London’s reputable Heathrow airport, one of the world’s largest airports, which was such a nice opportunity to look around. I’ve wandered for hours but couldn’t see but a tiny portion of the airport. Heathrow is so big that people use metros to travel from one terminal to another!
My flight to Newcastle was a little bit delayed so I arrived late, unpacked and fell to bed. I woke up the next morning and took a walk around, checking up the places and the routes. My WLAN-equipped mobile phone and Google Maps are really doing me a great service here; I can locate any place and determine the best route to it with only few clicks on my mobile phone! :D
Anyway, I’ve been staying in hotels ever since I arrived, looking for somewhere to stay while I finish my Masters. Today I finally signed a contract governing my accommodation for the next year; I’ll be staying in a shared flat with five other international students.
Newcastle is such a great place to live in; there are endless things that I envy the people here for; the weather is great, there are almost no traffic jams and there are many green spaces around.
The town structure is very well planned, organized and friendly for first-timers. The rules that administer this place are so sensible that breaking them will simply do nobody any good!
The town can truly be described as “International” because of the great population of International students, workers and residents. Everybody here is friendly because they all realize that they live in a city that brings together a large number of nationalities from all over the world. Even the town locals appreciate this unique feature of their city and are actually happy about having such a variety of people around.
Anyway, I still have a couple of interesting “incidents” that I want to tell you about, in addition to the university … oh the university! (needs a post on its own!) but I’ll leave these for the next posts!
Upcoming events …
Ghaith gets invited by a Spanish guy to a Thursday evening in a bar and he comes over. What happens?
Ghaith is wondering around in a desolate part of the city at night and a girl gets almost ran-over trying to get to him from the other side of the road while yelling “Hey! Hey!”. What does she want?
17 Response(s) to "At Newcastle!"
Devil's Mind said:
Good news, and I really like the suspension at the end of the post!! I am looking forward to know the details.
One Who Knows said:
good to know that you're ok. plz dont keep us waiting too long!
Naser said:
el 7amdellah 3al salame ....
looks like u started to have the real fun ,,,
i'll try to chat u these days to get details ,,,
have even more fun.. it is an order!!
Ghaith said:
Thanks for the comments guys!
Am spending a great time here, I'll try to post the news whenever I can, probably more when I settle in.
I'll call each of you soon, just give me some break for the time being because I've got few things to care of these days :)
ghada said:
hiiiiz
ya zalame w lesh ma elak enta sowar??
yalla eb3at
w sho hal a5bar walak elli be a5er el post
kammel ba2e elosas bsor3a :SSS
take care :)
mutaz ghosheh said:
hi man h r u ? take care in ur university and ur appartment
Ghaith said:
Ghada
I've taken some pictures but they are not really worth sending. I'll send you some good ones soon.
By the way, more things have happened during the past two days, just ask Mu'taz to tell you about it :D
Mutaz
Hello, thanks for dropping by! ;)
talal said:
Hey dude al 7amdelah 3la salameh
wo sho hal a5bar ya 3aras
balshna neshta2lak ;)
take care ok
have FUN
Ghaith said:
Hey man,
Allah ysalmak, ana kaman ballasht ashtagelkom :)
By the way, fe a5bar ajda3 men hek, you just wait :P
Sallem 3al shabab and take care!
MAB said:
Hey,
the Spanish guy i know about
the girl in the street i also know about
however, what i would like to know more about is your roommates, specially ... you know who. :P
get online soon, we have a lot to talk about
Naser said:
wala eshi
Ghaith said:
MAB
I hope you've changed your mind by now! ;)
Naser
Sorry it's my anti-spam filter, I got the link anyway ;)
One Who Knows said:
come on dude...dont keep us waiting like this, u know we cant stand the suspense! plz finish the stories and keep us up to date with u, you're such an interesting person!!
MAB said:
Ghaith, ur so lazy.
come on, get it over with.
i already know the stories.
but, i want to hear more. plus, u write in an interesting way.
so come on, don't keep everyone waiting
Ahmad said:
I'm sure she said something like, "Hey! 'Eey! Watch whe'e you're goin' Do:'k!"... Right?,
Okay, come on line soon, I have a business proposition for ya!
Catch ya later
Mesh™ said:
Holy !@#$ ! , at the end of the Post i was smiling like xD !
am so excited about the details ;
7amdellah 3al salameh sa7ee7 :P
keep us posted ,ma te2ta3sh el gawabat !
Ghaith said:
One Who Knows
Thanks, am really doing my best!
MAB
Am not lazy, some things queued up and I had to finish them off :)
Ahmad
lol, you have a slightly misguided idea about the way people talk here. Anyway, catch you online soon ;)
Mesh™
Allah ysalmak! I'll try to keep this place up to date, keep checking! :)
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