A week in the life – DSD edition

Every year UEA arranges Do Something Different week. All classes are cancelled, and the students are encouraged to try something new instead. There are lots of different events on and it’s a great time! Here is a condensed version of everything I did during DSD, including meeting my parents in London and showing them around the university. 

Monday 

10am – Introduction to British Sign Language

11am – Lunch with some friends at Blend

2:30pm – Worked as an accommodation representative, meaning I showed people around my flat

5pm - Dinner

Tuesday 

10am - Filmmaking workshop

12pm – Lunch with another friend at Zest 

1:40pm – Spray painting/ stencilling – we made colourful owls!

4pm – 2 hour nap (sometimes that’s just what you need)

8pm – course reading

Wednesday 

10am – Office hour for international office

3pm – Work training 

Then packed for London!

Thursday

9:30am – Bus to the train station (which only takes 20min, I just wanted to have some extra time)

10:30am – Train into London

12:20pm – Arrived at Liverpool Street Station and met up with my parents, then went to the hotel to figure out the luggage and check in 

2pm – Lunch at a cosy French bakery 

3pm – Went to House of Minalima which is a very cool little Harry Potter museum 

4pm – Went to Picadelly Circus and then walked through Chinatown to Covent Garden

6pm – Ended the night looking around Westminster, seeing Houses of Parliament, Big Ben etc. 

7:30 – Delicious dinner at a beef restaurant by the hotel 

Friday

9am – Breakfast at the hotel

11am – Went to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens 

1pm – London Eye! I’ve been to London many times, but never on the London Eye. Was worth it for the view. Then we walked around Southbank for a bit. 

2:30pm – Went to London Dungeon, which I’ve done before, but I wanted my brother to experience it, and everyone seemed to enjoy it 

5pm – Walked down Oxford street for a bit, then had a very fancy dinner at McDonalds because we were all hungry and exhausted 

8:30pm – Train to Norwich, then checked my parents in at the Broadview Lodge and enjoyed sleeping in my own bed rather than a hotel 

Saturday

9:30am – Breakfast at Zest/ Campus kitchen 

10:30am – Went into the city, looked around, did some shopping. We saw Hill, the Market, the Forum – the classic Norwich sights.

Then we ended the night with Dominos. 

Sunday 

9am – Took my family on a mini campus tour

9:30am – Breakfast in Zest again

12am – Sainsbury’s centre 

2pm – My family went home 

Then I just relaxed and did some reading for the following week.