Well, Monday and Tuesday of last week were our orientation days. Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ. WOW!! All I can say is what a beautiful university! The campus is really lovely, the people are amazing and I have already settled here very well! The buildings are all named after famous scientists and other influential people - there is the Darwin building, the Newton building, and my personal favourite, the building in which all the GAIAS offices are located, Casa de tomate - the tomato house, as it is a red building :D We had the GAIAS program orientation on Monday which involved only the students involved in this program. We went over a lot of the logistics, met all the really important people, learnt all the really important information and all in all had a blast of a day! They took us on a city tour of Quito which I really enjoyed, as even though I had seen most of the places they had taken us, it was wonderful to meet all the new faces, and to get to know some of the people with whom I would be sharing this experience.
The Tuesday was the full international student orientation. With over 200 students, we were a formidable force making our way across the campus, and we had another day of inspiring, precautionary, safety and health talks and then adjourned for the day.
Wednesday through to Friday saw our first lectures, 1-4pm everyday, though all three days we were given very generous early marks. Naturally, we had no idea where our classes where being held and so enjoyed being led around to a few of the different places and can now confidently find our way :D
Our professor is a really lovely man and the policy at USFQ, much like at JCU, is that you do not speak with titles, but with first names, which I really really like :D
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