The traveling to Scotland went fairly smoothly. No real delays, and I managed to get everywhere I was supposed to at the time I was supposed to. I have however determined that I don't like the JFK airport. It's very large and confusing.
The Virgin Atlantic flight was fine. Unfortunately, I sat in the middle, so it wasn't the most comfortable thing ever, but each seat gets its own movie screen, which was nice.
Our hotel in Edinburgh for orientation is very nice. The hotel is located in the heart of the city, right near the castle.
They have us pretty well scheduled with all sorts of things for the next few days. Hopefully all the information will be useful. There's also enough downtime to allow exploration of the city. We move into our flats/dorms on Saturday, with classes starting on Monday at the University.
I took a walk with some people in the program around the city, going up to the castle, looking around outside, then down into West Princes Street Gardens and then down onto various streets just looking around before we had to be back at the hotel for dinner.
I am now heading off to bed to finally get a good nights rest after being awake for far too long on about 2 hours of sleep. They have us up pretty early tomorrow, but given that I'm going to bed at 8, it shouldn't be too bad.
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My goodness--you're in Scotland already! I'm glad that you were able to find your way to the hotel and everything is working out so far. It seems like I won't be in Australia for forever! Have fun Sarah!
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