After 24 hours of traveling, plane delays, some mechanical errors, Heathrow Airport (holy huge!), and the wonderful grace of God I finally made it to Derry! It was so neat to fly into Northern Ireland on a tiny plane and see it from above- so green with lots of sheep. I traveled most of the way with my friend Lacey and after landing in Derry we had no idea where to find a bus or taxi to campus. Fortunately we found another American in the same situation and after standing on the sidewalk for a while and feeling totally jet lagged we found a taxi. I couldn't believe it when he threw all of our suitcases in the trunk- we had so much stuff!!! On the way to campus he told us about the city and how smart we were to choose Derry and not a huge city. The people here are really friendly, but I have definitely encountered some people I can barely understand. I think it'll take some time for me to get an ear for the accent. I'm living in a flat with 4 other girls from the US, Canada, and France who are all great! It's nice to be living with other girls in the same situation as me :-)
We had our first day of orientation today which consisted of a short tour and a meeting with professors about registering for classes. It was so great to meet more international students- I still feel so weird calling myself that.
I have walked a bit around the city yesterday and today which has been neat- definitely a lot of exploring to do :-)
I hope you are doing well- I would love to hear from you! My camera has been acting weird, but I hope I can post pictures soon!
4 comments:
Yay! I'm glad to hear you made it and that you found some friends in the same situation. Way to be an international student! And the green fields with sheep... I'm jealous. :)
Sounds wonderful Sara...I'm so glad you are there safe and sound. Have fun, make good choices and know that we love you very much! I feel so cool "blogging" (is that a verb?).
XOXO Mom
Yay Smac! I'm so glad you made it there safe! I am so jealous that you get to listen to amazing Irish accents every day. Sounds amazing friend!
Hello my international-student-cuzzz!!!
Praying for you and your time there!!
Keep the posts coming! Pics too!!
xoxoxoxo Court, from boring, un-international, California!! :)
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