After over 24 long hours of traveling, I am finally in Melbourne! I am sitting out on a bench in a little garden next to my hotel wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and I couldn’t be happier. The locals keep telling us that it is a chilly day – but it’s almost 80 degrees.
My first flight from Boston to LA was horrible. I have never felt so sick, so suddenly. My mom and grandma both had a terrible cold before I left, and sure enough I must have caught it. I was afraid that I was going to have to stay the night in LA and wouldn’t be able to make it another 16 hours on a plane. My face was burning, but I was so cold that I couldn’t stop shivering – it was miserable. I bought some medicine at LAX, chugged two Powerades, and boarded my next long flight with hopes that I would feel better soon.
Luckily, I slept almost 12 hours straight on the leg of our flight from LAX to Melbourne and it really helped me feel better. I also got extremely lucky that I was in an aisle seat and the two seats next to me were completely empty! I was able to spread out and lay down a bit.
Right now I am waiting for two of my friends to finish showering, and then we are going to head down to the beach. We are also meeting our advisors for dinner tonight since we are the first students here. 🙂
I will try to post some pictures later tonight.
xo,
Jaclyn