I Woke Up This Morning and I was in a Different Country

I'm here safely!

So, Monday - saying goodbye to my mom and dad was really hard. :( I had done pretty good about not crying until that point.

Detroit Airport is pretty neat-o - got to hold my first iPhone. Then we got on board! It's scary to enter an aircraft, knowing that if something goes wrong, it's completely out of your control to fix it. Out of my hands. Thank God for...God.

The flight to London was long, but not bad. I'll have to do a post in the near future about the people you meet on airplanes. We flew over Canada, up by Greenland and Iceland, over Ireland, and into London. It was a pretty cool set-up - each seat had its own individual screen and I opted to play Solitaire, watch Kung Fu Panda, and track the flights progress. I didn't sleep much - I was too anxious about the fact that I was 40000 feet above the ground.

As my dad asked, I hummed the little British Royalty tune upon landing. I even got to go outside and touch English soil. I really want to go back - it was so neat to be surrounded by people with real British, Scottish, and Irish accents!

Other than that, all I've seen of London is the airport. And what an airport it is - I had to go to several different terminals before I was at the right one (weird, but I had to go to one terminal for my boarding pass and another to check my bags). I had quite the lay over, so I was able to catch up on sleep in the shape of little cat-naps.

Then, finally, I was able to board, and we flew over the Black Sea. I saw the shoreline! :) We landed in Brussels - the airport is crazy nice, just to throw that out there! I took a taxi, arrived, unpacked, and went to sleep.

This morning, we had a nice breakfast of bread, cheese, and yogurt, then it was off to day 1 of orientation. Not too much to report there, but I did get to see a bit of the city. I am soooo in love already!

I'll definitely post more on the city and will put up pictures, but I'm having a bit of trouble with my internet right now, so I'll have to be back!

But thank you all for your prayers and love and support and more!

Sarah