Planes, Trains, and Freshers Week

I've been here for 4 days now and haven't had time to sit down at my computer long enough to post until now. The whole journey here was long, but it went very smoothly. I learned pretty quickly that asking for help is a good thing. Everyone was really helpful, from telling me what stop to get off the bus to literally carrying bags up 2 flights of stairs (elevators not so much at the train station). I got to take a taxi, which drove on the wrong side of the road. Of course I knew it would do that, but it still seemed very strange. The Scotland countryside is beautiful, so picturesque. Driving into the campus was a cool experience. We went past the golf course and came through the town.

I finally got to University Hall around 5 and was shown to my room. The hall is a huge stone building that remind me of a castle. It's really old so all the rooms are unique. Mine is a single in the corner up on third floor. It's rather small, but nice. Once the radiators start working, it'll be even nicer. I've met a lot of the people on my hall so far. We have meals together and participate in "Freshers Week" activites, which is like orientation.

I've gone into town several times, and I've absolutley fallen in love with it. As soon as I can figure out how to post pictures, I'll put some up. The University buildings are scattered throughout the town. My hall is on the west end. Three main streets run parallel east to went, all ending at the old catherdral ruins. It's a very small, quiant town. I've seen a lot of really fun shops, but I'm trying not to spend all my money (bad exchange rate!) so only window shopping so far. Well, except for Tesco's (grocery store) and Woolworth's (everything else store). I go there one or more times a day to buy stuff as I realize I need it.

After several attempts, I got a phone, so now I can call home. The phone is crap, but it was really sheap and it's not to expensive to call the states. With the 5 hour time difference, I've had some difficulty (mostly because I can't subtract). I've vowed to be online more, and to stay addicted to Facebook, so hopefully keeping in touch won't be too hard.