So finally touched down yesterday in my new home for the next 28 months! It was a long 48 hour journey from the Ontario airport to St. Kitts but I'm here now so ha!
Left Ontario Wednesday morning and flew to Dallas, then to Miami. I had a 14 hour layover in Miami which is over their 12 hour bag holding limit and so I had to first go get my bags, then drag them all to the hotel for the night. Good thing I had my trusty travel buddy with me to help me with all the bags. My friend Aroon came down to Miami on the same flight heading to the Ross Medical School so we at least got to start the adventure off together. As his flight was about 7 hours after we touched down we decided not to sleep that night and headed down to South Beach Miami for the evening.
Definitely a fun time ta boot.
After a very long evening, I picked up my bags at my hotel room(which ended up being more of a storage area for my luggage than a bedroom) and headed down to check in and go to my gate. A few hours later and I was in St. Kitts!!!
We got our luggage(most of us as apparently our airline couldn't fit all of it on a plane because of some weight concerns) and headed to the dorm complexes on campus. Found my room in the basement of one of the dorm buildings which was a little creepy walking to at night with flickering lights and a strange echo that seems to come from nowhere.
Once a dropped my bags off in my room I headed back to the orientation group van and we all went to the grocery store to help stock up on our mini kitchenettes. The first thing I must say is the exchange rate really messes with the mind sometimes. My bill came out to about 650XCD which ended up being a little under 250USD. We just had enough time to get back and drop off the frozen food in the freezer before hopping back in the van to head to dinner, it is now 9pm. Mind you... I have not slept yet.
Finally got back to my dorm and had a few minutes to put some food away and partially make my bed before falling asleep, (my fitted sheet rolled up around me and I woke up as a mummy, I wish I had another person to take a picture of it because it must have been pretty funny seeing it on the outside).
I have a lot of activities planned over the next few days but I hope I have some time to make a few quick posts. In the mean time I hope this gives you exciting incite into the fun activities of a soon to be caribbean vet student. (I'm getting all the fun out now before I spend the next 28 months inside with a book attached to my face).
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