Liverpool is such a gorgeous city. I love it.

We flew into Machester yesterday and took a sketchy looking bus (box shaped) to Hope's campus. Our bus driver let us know off the bat that he was hungover and therefore not in the mood to chat. It was interesting. :) We listened to such classic hits as 'Sexual Healing' and 'Hot in Herrrrrre' on the radio so it was good times all around. The flight was long and most of us didn't sleep although the ones who did might have had a little too much of the complimentary wine ;) I watched the Golden Compass movie which was....lacking in Daniel Craig-ness and Martian Child which was cute mainly for the reason that it had John Cusack in it. While people were sleeping they decided to play the Office which was a horrible idea because I couldn't stop laughing. Apparantly Mitch and Katie could hear me laughing the whole time...whoops. It is impossible to watch that show without laughter. I dare you to try. They even played Monk and Psych on the plane which was AWESOME!!! But yeah, I just digressed.

Anyway. We got to the University at last after a few close calls traffic accident wise. I was super excited because I saw an IKEA on the way!! (Best store ever) Julie had gotten really sick on the airplane and they had to call the paramedics but she is ok now and we are living in the same dorm that is on the opposite side of campus from everyone else. We live in Austin Hall which is old as old can be. There are spiral staircases and the ground floor is 0. We are on 3. That is a long way to haul luggage. The room is pretty nice but the windows don't have screens and since the heat is perpetually on the window remains opened. There is a sink in my room so that is nice but also sketchy since there is a glow in the dark sign on it that says 'NOT SAFE TO DRINK.' Therefore I am terrified to even touch it. The sinks also have two spouts, one for hot water and one for cold so that is taking some getting used to.

Apparantly our bathrooms are not as sketchy as other dorms but there are two toilets each in, essentially, a box. The light flickers when you turn it on and to flush you have to pull on a chain hanging from the ceiling. I'm not joking, I will prove it with pictures at a later date. (Side note: Unfortunately I won't be able to upload pictures until I get back....sorry) There are seperate rooms for the showers, well, bathtubs. That's right, there are only bathtubs. There is however a metal circle thing you can attach that has holes in it so that the water can slowly and creepily drip out. It is an experience that is not necessarily recommended.

Before I forget, as Drake so kindly pointed out, Liverpool will not be in the soccer match this weekend so I will be unable to go to the match but I will be in London and will hopefully be able to catch a snippet of the game in a pub down there. There is however a pub on campus which is pretty sweet if I must say so myself.

I crashed last night hardcore so I did not go out with some of the other folks but apparantly some people had a bit too much fun...haha We are going out to the city center today so we will be hitting up some clubs out there. :)

This is getting random but my mind is scattered so forgive me. Blogs are hard.

I woke up this morning to a hornet in my room at 6 am...no more open window no matter how warm it gets.

Julie and I went on a walk this morning after breakfast and it was GORGEOUS!!! We are going out again as soon as I finish this....which will be now. Maybe another post later if I feel so inclined. Until then....