Tuesday, 6 December 2016

USA Tour 2016 - New Rochelle

5th December 2016

The Ursuline School - New Rochelle

Natalia


I woke to a drizzly, cold winter morning with the smell of a freshly cooked breakfast wafting through the house. It was lovely to feel the hospitality of my new home for the week.

We have finally made it to New Rochelle, New York. With many of the girls only 10-15 minutes away from the school, we all ran for the heat of the school. We travelled around the school for the day learning the lay of the land with many of the girls attending English, Italian, Physics, American History classes, but my personal favourite was lunch in the cafeteria. The menu, ‘Chef’s Special’ (aka nuggets, grilled cheese sandwiches, vegetable soup) and a salad bar was warmly welcomed, as they do not have morning tea here, so it can be a long time between meals. All I could hear was girls talking and laughing, just like home, and it was hard to spot us through the cute blue Ursuline jumpers with koala prints (their Ursie bear is a koala!). The most wonderful thing was seeing the halls and walls adorned with the statues and familiar quotes from Angela, making the me feel very much at home.


Tonight, many of the girls will travel into the city to experience a Broadway show, ice skating, a basketball game or the many exciting cultural attractions. Tomorrow we all travel into Manhattan for a day in ‘The Big Apple’, with a chance of snow on Friday!


Ursie also met the TUS Koala!


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