Oh dear, oh dear. It's been literally ages, since my last post.
Where should I start?
Maybe I should start slow... okay, so here's the latest.
I'm In Orlando, Florida! What am I doing here? I'm undergoing an International College Program run by the Walt Disney World Company.
The flight from Sydney to San Francisco was 13 hours, plus a 4 hour stopover and then another 5 hours to Orlando airport. Whilst on the Sydney-San Fran flight something hit me, was I seriously doing this- flying on my own into a city I have never been to before, not knowing what challenges were ahead of me? This was made worse after reading my best friend's letter, the water works started. I thought to myself, MAN UP! I'll be home in no time =)
I arrived in this B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. city (officially) on the 15th of July at 11:45pm. An airport staff had assisted me with my luggage and I made sure not to forget to tip him (this actually made me feel like one of the locals!).I managed to check-in to my hotel fine and did not get to sleep until 3:30am local time, as I was skyping with my sister (Sydney time was 5:30pm). I could hardly sleep, excitement was rushing through my veins. What was I going to do in the morning? I had no one with me, no one to control my schedule, no one to depend on or to wait on. But hold on a second, it did not sound too bad at all. I felt liberated.
I decided to take my time, chill, relax and unwind. I was gratefully thankful to have been given this extraordinary opportunity. I deserved to relax and have fun, leave all the stresses behind me. So I decided to buy some pop tarts, hit the gym and then go for a swim. Man oh man, did it feel goood! Afterward, I caught a shuttle from my hotel to Disney's Hollywood Studios, EPCOT and finally to Downtown Disney (where I was meeting a few of the people who have been accepted into the same program as I have, for dinner). So much to see, not enough in the space of 4 hours and before I knew it, the 4 hours were gone. I walked back to my hotel (a 10 minute walk), chilled and watched TV a bit then headed back upto Downtown Disney, where I met my new-found friends at the Rainforest Cafe. The Lava Nachos were awesome, not to mention huge! Despite the flirtation going on between me and Clarence the waiter, nothing happened. Hahahaha!!
The next day was the Disney International College Program orientation day, where I would meet the rest of my fellow Aussies and Kiwis. I had requested for a late check out (3pm) but found out at 11:30am that it had not been approved and they were giving me until 12nn to check-out, free of charge. There goes my relaxing afternoon. I scurried around the hotel room to get all my belongings together and who woulda thunk, I managed to check-out on time *pat on the back Abz*.
I anxiously caught a shuttle taxi to my new home of Vista Way, which was about 10 minutes away from my hotel. The taxi driver did a good job of calming my nerves and when he dropped me off, he actually gave me his name to add on facebook (biggest LOL!).
My luggages were dropped off and I entered the orientation along with a few other Aussies. Here I found out my (soon to be legendary) Apartment number: room 3602. I then had to lug all my stuff to this unknown place, and as I was about to carry it a flight of steps, who came to help me? Who else but my new roomie (Tegan Livingstone)! Well, found out our room was on the bottom floor, so I was sweet on not having to suffer carrying all my stuff up. I'm with 4 awesome people (plus 1 squatter) in my apartment and I am absolutely loving it so far. I thought it would take a while before I started getting homesick...
Hm, perhaps I should continue this in my next post.
Til next time y'all!
xx aBz
