The Ladies Have Arrived in the Motherland!!

Steph and I have arrived safely in England! Our flight left last night at 11:40 from Toronto after some tearful goodbyes. We arrived in Manchester at 11:30 AM, purchased a ticket and then boarded a train to Leeds. The scenery was absolutely beautiful- rolling hills and scenic countryside. We arrived at the train, found our meet and greet team and then were transported in a van with other exchange students to the university. We were told that a bus would be taking us to our residence at 630. at 6:15 we received word that the warden of our residence had left for some reason and decided to call it a day so we are stuck sleeping at another residence nearby. We had dinner in the cafeteria and were very glad that we both did not purchase meal plans for the year. enough said. We plan to move in tomorrow and register, grocery shop, get mobile phones within the next couple of days. We have met students from Canada, Denmark, Germany, USA, and I'm sure there will be much more to follow. We are exhausted and will either pass out shortly or take our own walking tour of the city. I apologize if this entry is somewhat incoherent- I did not sleep too well on the plane- jet lag. I am so far absolutely in love with this country, as the British are tremendously polite, as gentlemen have been helping Steph and I with our bags all day long!! I shall update very soon and more thoroughly as soon as we settle in! Regards.