I have officially been in Edinburgh
for one week now. While much of my time has been spent getting lost running
around town buying essentials for this semester, I’ve been happily and expectedly overloaded with new experiences. First off, I am proud to say that I
can now navigate international airports alone, which is a huge feat that had
been daunting me since turning in my application to study abroad. During this
time, specifically in the Washington airport, I was lucky enough to run into my
future roommate, Sophia. Her and I hit it off pretty quick, so she’s been by my
side along with my two other roommates, Marina and Julie, whom I later met.
After the four of us dropped our luggage off and spent a few days recuperating
from travel, we hit up Princes’ Street, the main drag in Edinburgh. With
getting ready for our academic semester to start, we haven’t been able to visit
many of the bigger tourist attractions, but today we enjoyed some much need hot
chocolate at the Elephant House. This cozy café is supposedly where J.K.
Rowling was inspired to write the Harry Potter series, so it was kind of
awesome. Besides that, we befriended our first Scottish person, whose name is
Maurry, earlier in the week, I got lost multiple times trying to make my way
home on the bus line, my roommates and I are already planning side trips all
over Europe, I’ve pick up playing poker, and school starts tomorrow. Finally,
as expected, I am starting to sense what might become some home sickness. I’m
not too worried because it’s only my first week, so I have very much to keep me
preoccupied. I’m just getting a feel for this city and am super excited to
experience what it has to offer, and since I now have all the essentials out of
the way, it’s my plan to take as many pictures as possible for here on out.
Cheers!
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