Arrivals.

I write this from a teeny tiny room in the richest borough in London. Crazy, right? 

For those who ever get to go overseas, TAKE VIRGIN ATLANTIC. The seats were uncomfortable but for a 7 hour flight I think no matter what seats you get (unless they are 1st class) they are going to be uncomfortable. But in the headrest of the seats in front of you, they have these TV/computer things that are connected to this remote thats on the chair of your arm.. hard to explain, better visually. Regardless, you can play games (I played Tetris of course), watch TV shows, listen to music and watch movies.. or track your flight. Since the plane ticket was so expensive, I feel like I should have used it more but I tried to sleep as much as possible. It's not that I wasn't tired, it's just hard falling asleep when you are uncomfortbable. I put on 500 Days Of Summer but fell asleep so I mostly just tracked my flight.

When we got to the airport, it was the LONGEST WALK EVER to get to "Reclaim baggage". Reclaim makes so much more sense because the baggage is ours in the first place.. then we met a woman from FIE or something FIE related to take us to Metrogate (our housing- which you all should look up!). My roommates name is Caley. She has two friends that came with her but they wanted to room with different people so that's nice. Our room is small but it's live-able. I'll post pictures on facebook but basically it consists of two beds (no under bed storage), 1 wardrobe, a desk, two nightstands, and a mini-fridge. There is a built in closet, two baby shelves, and a 8 inch TV. And for those of you who have seen my TV.. 8 inches is rough. And we only have 5 channels. Luckily, there is a common room with a bigger TV and way more channels. Our bathroom is about like 4x2 (okay maybe a LITTLE BIT bigger) but the shower is soooo small. I know, at least I have my own, etc, blahblahblah. I'll live.

We are in the basement, we take the "lift" down. It is absolutely freezing in our room, they just put the heat on.. and it barely works. But luckily my bed is right next to it. There are about 300 other students coming to Metrogate and the other housing, but not until Thursday. Us Drexel students get here really early apparently. So right now it's just us. There are two Drexel programs here- regular Study Abroad & a Fashion program and there's a pretty clear division. The "fashion girls" get to go to Paris tomorrow for a few days, so it will just be 10-15 of us around here. 

So in my 50 odd hours that I've been here, which by the way it already feels like a week, we have seen some pretty cool stuff. They LOVE, i mean LOVE, Diana: Princess of Wales (that's how they say it). She lived in Kensington Palace which is about a 10 minute walk from my dorm and apparently was very friendly in the neighborhood. We (me and my two friends Amanda & Lisa) went to the Natural History & Science museum yesterday. I've been to 2 pubs, 1 restaurant, and I've had fish & chips. I've taken the tube-- London built their tube system when America was having it's civil war!! I've been grocery shopping- but I need to go again. In about an hour we are going on a bus tour of London which I'm really excited about. Lisa's sister & sister's boyfriend are in town and they (well he, his name is Jim) have some friends here. They are mid 20s / late 20s and completely spoiled. They have traveled a ton. One of their friends is actually from Germany, but has lived here for 4 years so he was telling us places to go. We are meeting them tonight at a Piano Bar. I had my first 'legal' drink, it wasn't that exciting. However I don't foresee much drinking due to my monetary funds (or lack thereof) and I really don't like 'pints' or 'spirits'. 

Sorry this is so long, but most of you asked for it, or are use to it!