Flat: [noun]- An apartment on one floor of a building.

To my wild friends, let me apologize.  I know that when you ask for pictures you don't mean pictures of inanimate objects but your just going to have to keep holding your breath.  Partying pictures will come soon, I promise. 

The layout of my flat works like this: there is one long hallway and all five of our bedrooms plus the kitchen have doors to this hallway. 

Below you see a picture from the door of my room.  The door on the right leads to my bathroom.

Two shots of my lovely bathroom.  That Neti Pot has really come in handy so far.

My closet.

A family portrait.

My bed.  Considering my budget and the fact that I can't bring any of the stuff home, it's not too minging (British slang to be defined another day).

My desk where lots of studious things will happen.

The view from my window.

And that concludes the tour of my room.  Next up, the kitchen. 

A view from the kitchen door.  As far as student residence goes, I think this kitchen/living space is amazing! It's huge, which is excellent for the number of people who come over to have drinks before we go out.

That's all the pictures for now.  In about an hour I'm going to head over to the University for a meet and greet with all the first year students in my program.  During the University of Leeds' induction week, there is a lot of partying, but also a lot of going to a variety of welcome lectures.  Why am I going to a meet and greet for first year students, you ask? A number of reasons.   Technically I am both a first year student and a second year student at the University and because of this I decided that I would attend a mix bag of events for both years.  To be entirely honest though, the main reason that I'm going is the free food.  Who cares about making new friends when there are mini sandwiches being handed out just for showing up?  Another plus about this event is that it is being held in the University's art gallery.  This will be my first time seeing it and I'm pretty excited about it.  I'll let you know how it goes!

One last thing: I'm loving everyone's comments! Keep 'em coming! Special shout out to Aunt Betty, can't wait to come across some animal tongue.  Who knows, maybe I'll even try some.