Arrival

I'm finally in London! I've been looking forward to this day for so long, but it seems like I haven't had the chance to fully appreciate it... being incredibly busy with school and finals and Rose Bowl week nearly deprived me of that opportunity.

Yet here I sit, drinking coffee out of my new Queen Mary mug, sitting in my flat just before orientation. Hooray!

I'm all unpacked and had a relatively smooth trip to England (disregarding a minor hold up at customs). I've met 2 of my flatmates - both study abroad students as well - and took a shopping trip to get some essentials. Unfortunately, I'm still in need of a towel. That made this morning's shower interesting, to say the least.

This is a picture of the very front of my apartment building. The door off in the distance is my stairwell. I'll put a picture up of my room once it's done being decorated - I have yet to learn the British term for "thumb tack," and have gotten strange looks from the clerks I asked to point me in that direction, so right now my cork board is sad and empty.

More later, but for now I'm off to Orientation and a bus tour of London! =)