York: Travel and Day 1

I made it to York! Woohoo! but not without some difficulties.

I left home the morning of the 27th. Everything was going well until my flight to Chicago was delayed. Luckily, the American Airlines people were helpful and they transferred me to a Delta flight that actually left before the flight I was supposed to be on (and Delta goes to Chicago from MSP like twice an hour). I had to go practically across the whole airport but I got there with like 15 minutes to spare. That flight tied for shortest flight I've had--47 minutes. Then, in Chicago, because the airport is HUGE, I got to walk through like half of it. I got there with plenty of time to spare... and then we were delayed. When we were supposed to start boarding, the plane wasn't even a the gate; it was just coming from the hangar (yes, it was late from the HANGAR). And when it eventually got to the gate, there was a mechanical problem. We boarded and left the gate an hour after we were supposed to be gone, and we took off and hour and a half late.

After all that, I made it to Manchester. From the airport, I got on a bus provided by the university. That bus dropped me (and others) off in a parking lot to catch a van to Wentworth College. I got checked in and all that. Finally, I was in my room.

After I unpacked a bit and figured out my internet, I went to the "free store" to get some dishes and hangers. I unpacked some more and then went on a campus tour (which didn't make a whole lot of sense). Last night the Graduate Student Association (GSA) did a karaoke event. I went by myself but after a while, a girl sat down at my table and we discovered we are in the same program (YAY). We were joined by a woman doing a Phd in politics and then later by a guy from Germany I had met earlier on the tour (he's only here for a semester).

This morning I walked around to see if I could figure out were stuff is, which I can. I also saw a ton of geese... like I'm pretty sure there are two kinds of geese here. I took some pictures too, which I will put up later.