Greetings from the U.K.!!

I've made it to London!!! I can tell that this is going to be a fun city to get to know :)

For our trip over, Syracuse Abroad set up a group flight for us with Virgin Atlantic. We were about two hours delayed leaving Newark, but all-in-all I thought Virgin was a great experience. They offered a tasty meal on the plane and had numerous options of TV shows and movies you could watch during the flight. Since it was an overnight flight, I didn't take advantage of all of the movies they had, but that's something to look forward to for the plane trip home.

We arrived in London yesterday morning, and then we had orientation that afternoon. After the orientation, the Law in London group went out to a nice dinner with our Professor. I had the traditional English meal of "bangers and mash." It was sausage links and mashed potatoes. Based on some stories I had heard about English food, I prepped myself coming over here that the food was going to be terrible and bland. I was hesitant last night at the restaurant, but it turned out to be not so bad! Also we had this delicious white wine with dinner, and I think that had a hand in helping the food go down smoothly!

The place I'm staying is nice. It kind of feels like summer camp in that there are a lot of students around. I live in a "flat" (London vocab for apartment.) I have 4 roommates. 2 guys and 1 girl are from Syracuse, and then there's another girl in the triple with us. It seems like it will be a nice place to call home for the next 7 weeks. Dan, (my friend from Albany Law School who is also in the London program), lives on the floor right beneath me, so that's nice to have him so close.

Today we had another quick registration meeting with our Professor, and then individual meetings regarding our placements. After that, Dan and I had lunch, and then it was the search for the cell phone. To make a long story short, it took us about 5 hours of exploring the city to actually get a cell phone and figure out how to make international calls. Crazy! But exploring/slightly getting lost in London was fun :)

Also ladies, I wanted to let everyone know that the fashion biggies here are black tights, skinny jeans, and flats - which were to be expected. I haven't seen anything too terribly progressive yet, but my eyes are peeled! And gentlemen, it appears skinny jeans are also in for you. Fun :)

Alright kids, that's it for now. I think a bunch of us in the program are going out tonight, so I'll be sure to let you know how the London nightlife is!

Cheers :)