Hi everyone!
My husband, David, and I arrived in Leeds on Tuesday, September 4th. We quickly settled in a found a lovely apartment a few blocks north of the University of Leeds, very close to a nice outdoor park. The area we are living in is full of students and young professionals. So far, we are finding our way around well and are really enjoying Leeds as a city, as well as, the area we are living in.
I have already made several contacts with Rotary here which is great! I can tell they are going to be very involved and helpful to us during our year in the UK. The Rotaract club is still very small at Leeds despite the size of the University (30,000.) There are several other Uni's in Leeds brining the total number of students up to 60,000 for the city. Rotaract is mainly made up of international students so we are really going to work at getting some people from the area involved this year as well.
On September 20th, I will be having dinner with the District governor as well as the other Ambassadorial Scholars assigned to this area. We have all begun communicating via email and are very excited about the upcoming year!!!!
It's a bit cold here already for September. The sun is shining, but I still need to wear a jacket if I am walking outside....very different from the very hot summers back at home! The picture is of the lovely neighborhood area near the park and University....
Hope all is well. Bye bye for now :)
Laura
