I Made It!

I'm here! From the last time you heard from me...

My room here at Cora's

I managed to get a super late checkout from my hotel, so I didn't have to leave there until four. Then I took the shuttle over to the airport and used up my last two meal vouchers from the airline.  As I was lining up to board the plane, I noticed a girl with the ISA pin on her backpack, so I went and introduced myself.  Her name was Sara.  Then, on the plane, I met Alexis, who was sitting next to me.  We got served two meals, lots of beverages, and I had to lovely experience of having to pee while trapped in by a sleeping person.  I managed to almost completely climb over her without waking her up, but jostled her at the last moment. Oh well..

Then, getting off the plane we met up with 3 other girls, went through customs, etc... Then had to sit around for a few hours while our ISA representative waited for a few other flights to get in.  Overall, a sweaty long day, and I was extremely ready for a shower.  Once we had everyone we loaded onto a bus and drove to the university, where our host families picked us up.

I have the lovely fortune to be staying with Ms. Cora Halpern.  It's a wonderful apartment in Palermo, where she has one cat, a son, a daughter, and I'm assuming another student named Olivia (haven't met her yet) living here.  I connected to the internet, called home, unpacked, and go to take that blessed shower and brush my teeth. Now it's to be lunch, Bry's coming to visit, then we head over to the ISA office for orientation at four.