I'M HERE!!!!!

I made it safely and soundly through about 8 1/2 hours of flights, two airports and two plane meals (which were quite good actually) and now I am sitting in an internet café with like eight other people listening to live music via a singer and a bass player. The funny thing is that the singer just said that he wrote a song for a very famous stand up comedian in the US...I've never heard of him. 

After leaving Minneapolis we arrived at the Amsterdam airport around 11:00. I got a few minutes of sleep here and there but it's hard staying in one position for 7 hours. There were in-flight movies in front of each person built into the seat back. I didn't watch anything because I was really tired to begin with and then I decided to take a Dramamine so I could maybe get some sleep to set my body's clock closer to the time it should be. I didn't do much other than listen to my iPod (thank you Ryan for the earbuds!!) and sleep. 

The flight attendants came around with a chicken dinner and potatoes, a bread roll with butter, crackers and cheese, and a brownie. All normal drinks were free...it was fun and the food was really good. They closed the sliding things on the windows to block the sunlight so we could sleep. And then in the morning we got some sort of egg and cheese McMuffin thing. Then we had a layover at Amsterdam and had an hour flight to Edinburgh. 

We got picked up from the airport by someone and taken to our campus flats that we're staying in for 3 days or so. We each have our own rooms for the most part or share with one other person in each little apartment. We even have a kitchen and dining room! And my room has two little corner windows that open at the top...no blankets though that I've seen yet...maybe I'll find some later. 

We all had about an hour and a half to grab dinner and get back for a short meeting with the leaders of the trip and everyone else. Me and five other girls wondered around a little bit until we found a pub of sorts that had cheapish food (mine was £6). I ordered "Highland Chicken" which was a chicken breast stuffed with haggis and mashed potatoes on the side with this weird salty, light-colored gravy. It was really good! I'm surprised at how haggis tasted. I don't think I'd order it again but I liked it enough of each about 2/3 of it.

After our meeting we all agreed to check out this wireless café that we'd seen while searching for dinner. And that's where I am now! But I have to let someone else use the laptop now...Pictures and more blogging later! 

Thanks for reading!