"I'd have to say that's a little posh, posh."

It is around 10:30am here on my second day in London and I am positively beat.

My bed isn't the comfiest I've ever curled up upon but I'm hoping I can hunt down a mattress pad some where.

Yesterday was absolute madness. Both my flights went very smoothly and while I tried like crazy to sleep on my flight over the ocean, apparently that was not going to be an option for me. 

When we landed in London Heathrow it was pretty foggy out so I couldn't see much from the sky but I still felt my excitement beginning to grow. 

When I got off the plane I headed straight to customs. When you normally think of customs, you think it's going to be someone asking you this boat load of questions that you know no answers to. I must admit I was quite relived to walk up to the desk, they asked me 4 questions, and I was in. 

Next was grabbing my bagged. Check. And then as soon as I walked out of the terminal I was greeted by a pack of Queen Mary students who helped get me situated and on a bus to the school.

    On our way to the school I passed by a bunch of well known land marks. The London Eye, Big Ben, Hyde Park. It was incredible just seeing all of these things and being like, "Wow I'm actually here."

When I got to the school I picked up my keys and headed up to my room. I live in a 10 person hall where we all share a kitchen but have our own rooms, bathrooms, and fridges (score!!!)

I think what I've found the most amusing is that there is literally a wall switch for everything. The plugs, the heater, the stove. Like EVERYTHING electronic has a switch.

When I got here I had to finish enrolling which turned into this massive process that took longer than it should have because I forgot to print out some paper work and it ended with me taking THE WORST student ID I have literally ever taken in my life. Jet lag does not look good on me. 

Once I finished all of that I headed back to my room and continued to unpack where upon I finally began to meet some of my room mates. Most of them are British but the girl who lives in the room next to me is American. 

I ended up spending the whole night getting to know all my room mates. We had quite the laugh and I only departed their presence after I felt like I was going to fall asleep on our kitchen table.

Today I have tons of errands to run and currently no one to run them with. I had met a few study abroad students but at housing we all got separated and I haven't seen them since. I must admit I'm a tad scared to go out on the city alone but it'll sure be the best way to get to know my new environment. 

Time to be my adventurous self and find out what this day has to offer.

Cheers,

Caitlin