And so it begins...

Guess who's in London?!?!?! You got it! ME! I have just completed my very first day in London, and naturally, I HAVE to blog about it! Since I will be sharing all of adventures throughout these 3 months and 10 days (who's counting?) , I decided that I will share EVERY detail of my travel to get here. And so it begins...

Saying goodbye at the airport was not how I imagined it all along; it seemed a bit rushed, and my emotions were all over the place. I could not decide whether to just quickly say bye to my parents and skip the mushy crying, or hold on to them for dear life, knowing it would be my last time touching them for a long time. I decided to go with the latter. Letting go of my parents was hands down the hardest thing I have ever done thus far in my life...but I haven't experienced my first underground trip to the city yet. LOL.

After waiting an extra 45 minutes to board the plane, Matt, Ryan (another Ursinus student) kissed the United States goodbye and finally got on the plane to begin the adventure of our lifetime. British Airways has awesome planes; we had our own television screen in front of our seats, blankets, pillows, headphone, and a sleeping mask. It was great. I listend to my ipod, and then tried to sleep. I finally started to go into a deep sleep when BAM...something jolted me, along with many others, almost out of our seats! Turbulence. Not one of my favorite things. Luckily, I fell asleep again and did not wake up until it was almost ready to land. In typical London fashion, the sky decided to sport rain clouds, midst and fog, so our plane had to hover over the airport for a while. Matt also did not get to see London from the air as we had hoped. Regardless, we landed, got our bags, and hailed a cab. The cab took us to our homestays, and my nerves too hold of my body.

My home is a flat, located on the first floor. It has 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, toilet room, and wash room. My room is the daughter's (Indiana's) room. However, I will be moving out of this room in February when the other French student moves out, and I'll be taking her room. Davinder, my host mom, is amazing. She is so sweet and funny, and I can tell she loves having abroad kids around her all of the time. She immediately showed me the closest railway station and underground, and we even went shopping for a little while in town. (No, Mom, I did not buy anything yet...I'm being thrifty haha)

The rest of the day, I unpacked and got to know the family more. They were fascinated by MY accent. YES YOU HEARD IT! MY ACCENT! haha. The daughter, who's 15, kept making me repeat words, as she giggled herself to death on the couch. She told me I talked "cute." I'll take that as a compliment. Right now, I'm watching the daughter's favorite soap opera on the television. I can tell we're going to be great friends. The french student also told me that she could not wait for me to arrive because she wants me to go out with her in the town. She's been waiting for a girl to bond with. I feel like I'm in high demand here. Maybe this place isn't so bad....haha.

Well, tomorrow I begin my orientation. I have a tour of some of London, and then a tour of my internship. Should be exciting! I'm going to walk with the French student to the underground station in the morning because she has to go to work the same time as my orienatation. Works out perfectly! Well, jet lag is setting in...perhaps I'll close my eyes...