UK TO STAY!

Well, ladies and gentlemen...I finally made it! I don't feel it's necessary to go into the nitty-gritty specifics detailing my forgetful personality and procrastinating nature. To make a long story short, I waited until the very last minute to get my stuff together and pack, and if it wasn't for my trustworthy friends on the Study Abroad trip with me, I'm not sure I would have ever managed to leave the airport. Apparently reading the emails and notifications from our professors was useful. That's what they told me, anyway.

I was driven to the Detroit airport early in the morning, and departed for O'hare in Chicago at 8:30am. Taking into account the time chance, I arrived at the airport at 8:35am central. Traveling with me was a fellow study-abroad buddy named Kelsey, and it was a good thing she was there. We had a nine hour layover in the Chicago airport before we departed for Heathrow Airport in London, so we decided to make the most out of it. We hopped on the blue line towards downtown and met my good friend Shep for breakfast on Rush Street because he has an internship there this summer.

After getting back to the airport, we still had 4.5 hours until we even BOARDED, so we sat at an airport sports bar and watched the Spain vs. Germany soccer game. When we meandered our way to our assigned gate, we realized that there were dozens of other students in our study-abroad program already there that had arrived on later flights. After some chit-chat, we boarded and took off smoothly.

One mediochre movie, 4 albums worth of music, 2 episodes of the office, 2 episodes of seinfeld, 30 minutes of guitar hero on tour, 1 hour of crossword puzzles, 1 lasagna airplane dinner, and a breakfast of a croissant and jelly later, we FINALLY ARRIVED! With various naps in between/during, of course.

Apparently I did something right, because customs was quick and painless, and my bags were actually ready to go. This is something I had never experienced. Quick...painless....easy....international flights? nahh, I must've missed something.

I have POSTED some PICTURES on the top of the sidebar to your right from flickr. They are from the airport, chicago, the flight, and initial pictures in London.

There will be much more to come. Much, much more.

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So I wrote all of the above content in my dorm room, and then the internet cut out. As of right now, I am told that I will be unable to have internet in my room even though most other students DO have internet. They do not know the reason, but the IT company apparently isn't here in the summer. So I have to publish my posts from buddy's rooms or in the basement.

UUGHH!

Last night was the first night out, and boy was it a night. A group of us went to a pub/club named tigertiger, and our RA joined us. It was extremely exclusive, and luckily I had my passport on me because they don't accept international ID's.

I have no time to continue right now because I have to run to class, but there's much to tell, so keep up to date.

PS:

There is a pub in the basement of our residence halls (omg yes!). When I was there last night, I saw somebody who looked very familiar to me. We started talking, and both realized that we were neighbors in east lansing. Literally. He lives in the house right next to me and he's on a different study abroad program stayin in the same residence halls.

wow.

WISHING I HAD INTERNET IN MY ROOM,

evan.

EDIT: THE PICTURES WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE YET. SOON!