here we go

so i am a little late starting on this. okay about one month and ten days late. so bear with me as i recap the last month.


 as most of you know i left the u.s. on  the 6th of sept. well that day was hectic to say the least. i dont think i have been more anxious for a trip. korea was close but this was the beginning of my new life. let's just say i love it here. we flew out that afternoon and after a pit stop in detroit landed safely in london, u.k.. we gathered our luggage and attempted to find a snack and where to find a coach (bus in the u.s.). i bought a phone card to call home which ended being the best £5 i spent. shortly after my phone call we got our tickets for a coach. oh and when i say we i mean me and the five other girls who won the same scholarship as me. christina isom, tori strecker, summer hill, valerie vernon, and aleshia richardson are all here with me until december when we return to our respective uni's. (uni = british word for university which is different than college, i will explain later) by this point i am pretty sure i was awake for over 36 straight hours not including the time change. it was such a long day but we got on the coach and i passed out. 4-5 hours later we are in swansea, wales. my new home for the next few months. we get dropped off and we get a taxi to take us to the university. from there we check into our rooms and kind of but not really unpack things. we first try to get internet since we need it to contact home and set things up. that didnt take very long so we then make a run to tesco and city centre that needed to be done for supplies. after shopping around for things we needed at the time (phones) we ask this nice looking old lady where is a nice place to eat. her answer= pizza hut. seriously?! we came all this way to eat more american fast food. but we decided that was safest being we werent sure how we would react to the food around here. so far i must say i like it. a little on the bland side but that is just like korea. after dinner we head back and get more settled. i unpack all my things and set up my temporary room. i actually quite liked the room i had because it had a decent view of the park behind the campus. which is above i dont know how to put it right here yet. anyway it had been a long journey and i was just happy to have a bed to crash into and sleep. everything seemed like it was going to be alright. maybe even amazing since i am kind of on a once in a lifetime adventure. but the details of some parts will show not all things here are fun, most but not all. until next time where i hope to condense the first week, nos da (goodnight in welsh) :)