The grand adventure has started! The flight to England was fine. Didn't get as much sleep as I had hoped but some is always better than none. Once we arrived safe and sound in the UK that's when the "fun" started.
My house is about an hour away from the airport. And once we got the rental car it took us 12 hours to find the house.... Yes you read that right 12 hours... Keep in mind the flight itself was only 10 hours... we had maps (no GPS though) and we stopped many times to ask for help. It was ridiculous with learning all the road signs and just how different things are posted (or rather not posted) out here compared to home. In the middle of all the driving people were honking at us more than normal. We soon realized we were driving without any lights on! In the dark!! Before giving up we decided to give it one more try. And then we found the house!!!!! YAY!!! But it was 1am and the only roommate who had arrived was alseep. And the doorbell didn't work. So we pounded on the door and finally were able to wake her up. Poor roomie and her mom had been waiting all day for us worried!!!
After a good nights sleep and getting rid of a migraine we were into day two! Which ended up being much better. We traveled to Liverpool and stayed at the world's only Beatles hotel, called A Hard Days Night. The hotel was beautiful and filled with amazing pictures! Also was right next to the Alley where the Beatles first played and drank together!! So much magic there!
Turns out some of my friends, Cat and Kevin, from the Redlands Footlighters Theatre, were in Liverpool too, so we had a pint with them which was super surreal! Never thought I'd be in England with Cat! It was awesome! Thank you again for the pirate beanie Cat!
That night we went and had a nice dinner in the hotel and then went to see my first show in England, Wicked! The second day in Liverpool we got to be entertained by a fantastic Beatles museum.
After our stay in Liverpool we traveled to Scotland. We stayed in Glasgow and saw lots of sheepies and beautiful sceney. We went to to visit the MacDonald Massacre site. It was incredible to be there and learn more of the history of my peoples.
As our journey was coming to an end we had a 6 hour drive back to my house. By now we had the hang of driving and navigating the roads. We arrived home and meet all the roomies! Using the rental car the next day we ventured to ikea and Costco to pick up some items and food. The following day was the first of our orientation days at school.
It was very exciting to meet my fellow classmates and get to talk to them in person instead of just online. :-) turns out there are about 20 of us and I'm super excited to work with everyone!
I showed Mom around campus and introduced her to a few people before sending her off to the airport.
Now it's time for the next set of adventures!
Stayed tuned for more updates! :-D
