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Dearest America,

you suck.

Regards,
Luke & Merrie

P.S. The following is a list of what Merrie has eaten today:

Chips (fries)
Smothered Chicken (bacon, cheese, bbq...)
Peanut Butter Pie (which was consumed before the chicken)
Sea Salt Crisps (chips)
Garlic Tortellini w/ ham and onions (which she made... and was good)
Baguette w/ olive oil
Toffee mousse
Interspersed with handfuls of Kellogs "Crunchy Nut"

After retelling this list, Merrie has decided she is now sick and not feeling well.

But why, you ask, is this alright? WELL America, because we have probably averagely walked 10 miles a day so far. One trip to campus is around a 4 mile round trip, while any other activity requires copious amounts of walking. We're not complaining, we're just hungry.


.... Let's start from square one.

D-DAY:
-KLM: good food, awesome free personal tv screens, good nap
-Amsterdam: creepy
-Leeds-Bradford: little puddle-hopper, short flight, cloudy. Airport was tiny and had a rural feel.
-API program leader (Rachel) was late. met the other 4 people in the group (Sarah, Meg, Chasity, and Anthony)
-had a quick drive through the countryside to our housing in Headingly. I was last. It was cold.
-I live in G block, Merrie lives in D block. They're close. Everything is old and dirty and every, single door is a "fire door," so they all slam and we get fines if they're wedged open. (This leads to a very social environment).
-After we threw our bags in our rooms we then proceeded to go on a 4 hour walking tour of the city. This would have been wonderful if we had had more than a few hours of sleep in the past 20+ hours. We ate at a bagel place inside THE LIGHT, an "American" style shopping mall (no),and we also saw Town Hall, the art gallery, the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Parish Church, Millennium Square, Kirkgate Market, and a bunch  of shopping arcades in the centre.
-Naps ensued.
-If my memory serves me correctly, Merrie and I ate out at a bar called "The Box." We had our first of many Carlsbergs and a pizza named after Fabregas and some other football player I don't care about.
-Long, good day.

Pictures:

The view from my room

 Meals on the Plane

 Tetris

 Neat info

 Neat info in SI

 flight tracker

 Awesome screen on the plane (many movies were watched)

more food (breakfast)

D-DAY+1
-we began the morning with an extended campus tour. It didn't really cover the whole campus, (which is huge). I still haven't been all the way to the other side yet.
-had lunch at a curry place in the student union (apparently Leeds is known for the best curry in the country?). Ergo, it was good. Unfortunately, it was a "to go" kind of place so we had to eat outside...
-After lunch (maybe before?) we had an LU orientation as well as finished up immigration and registration culminating in our very own whitewashed Leeds University cards. <3
-From there followed a 3 hour API orientation. We have more pamphlets then you could shake a stick at.
-I believe from there we all ate dinner at The Eldon, a local pub. Fish and chips platter, local pale ale, meh.

More Pictures to come...

I'm tired. I'll post more Sunday.