I'm here!

Wow, after a ten hour plane ride, a two and a half hour experience in baggage claim (luckily not at my expense), and a thirty minute car ride from Heathrow airport, I arrived at 56 Princes Gate. The streets are totally picturesque. Our house has a reception area and office once you walk in and then the 'basement' and four floors above it. My room is shared with luckily my closest friend here, Elizabeth. We are on the basement floor along with two other girl rooms, the kitchen, the student lounge, computer lab, and laundry facilities. The third floor has all of the classrooms, fourth has boy rooms, girl rooms on the fifth, and finally our visiting faculty on the sixth. A tall house, but I usually only go between the first two. Our room is spacious but you can tell it is very old and we luckily have our own bathroom with the smallest shower I have ever seen.

Not too many adventures in London so far. We are having orientation this week so today we went on a walk around our neighborhood, South Kensington, and later we're having lunch and a meeting. Last night we went to a local hang out spot for the Imperial College students. It has been very fun getting to know the new students here and some of the old ones. There are about 12 new students and the old ones are returning slowly. Classes start on Monday, so pretty soon they'll all be back. I look forward to updating you all again soon. Cheers!