Holy Jet Lag.

So after what seemed to be an incredibly long flight, I made it!

Saying goodbye to all my friends and family was extremely hard. I wont be seeing them for 4 months and will really miss them all! I am leaving everything I know behind, but that is all apart of this experience! However, my family made it a lot easier when they had me giggling in the security line because I was standing behind some abnormally tall brittish man who bonked me on my head with his computer! We all had a good laugh at that. The flight from JFK to Vienna was a little over 8 hrs and very uncomfortable! The guy sitting next to me took up the majority of the room and slept the whole time so I was trying to curl up next to the window seat, but for some reason was not able to sleep the whole 8hrs. My legs felt like jelly after we landed and it was about 2:30am CT time, so I was exhausted.

I got a little lost trying to make my connecting flight because I needed to go in the opposite direction they sent me. It got a little confusing and was really stressful because a lot of people were speaking different languages. But I eventually found my way and had a little time before the flight to Cyprus. There was much more room on that flight so I was able to sleep a little more comfortably.

As we were landing, I immediately starting getting so nervous. I kept asking myself  "what are you doing??". Everything hit me all at once! I was asked a few questions once I got off, but everything went pretty smoothly. I met my study abroad cordinators there and had to wait for two more flights to come in with more students. It was great meeting them all, but we were all so tired.

We had a meeting that night to go over the basics and then I met all my roomates! They are all so sweet and I can tell we are going to get along great! One is from the south and the other two are from the midwest, so sorry mom and dad if I bring home a slight accent. :) Later that night, all the study abroad kids went to the local bar and played pool for a few hours.

Trying to sleep is awful. I have terrible jet lag and was up until 5:30am Cyprus time. Today, I tried to make it as long as possible before falling asleep so hopefully that will make sleep a little better. Its going to take some getting used to.

 They took us all on a tour of the city today and I'm already in love with it! It was about 60 degrees which is so much warmer than I'm used to. Everything is so beautiful here! The orange trees and the architecture is so amazing! They gave us a history of Cyprus and it was all really interesting. We then went out to lunch and learned a few Greek words; "thank you" and "very good". But I've forgotten them already! The food was so amazing and it felt so good to actually have my first real meal after the flights. We also went to the 11th floor of one of the buildings and were able to see a panoramic view of the whole city; it was beautiful!

My roomates and I went to the grocery store to get food for our apartment. Most of the labels were in Greek, so it was really hard trying to figure out what we were getting; especially the laundry detergent. It was an iteresting experience.

I'm going to try to go to sleep soon and get rid of this jet lag because I've been running on less than 2hrs of sleep!