Come Fly With Me

So first day in Oklahoma and I am really excited to explore the towns and starting the internship. It was scary at first, traveling to Oklahoma with the worries of baggage allowance, having everything booked everything correctly and taking the right documents. But at the moment I have settled into the room which I will be in for the next month and its a new experience which I am ready to get stuck into.

After the 14 hour flight (including transfer) we were greeted at the airpot by Dave (programme coordinator) waving the Welsh flag. After getting out luggage and leaving the airport, you just realise how hot it is. I have been to Turkey, Mexico and Barbados but the heat here dose not compare to them. I think I will be boiling in my suit when the internship starts. It was roughly 38c when we landed but was assured that it would go down to the mid/low 30s. Coupled with the high humidity you are sweating a couple steps walking outside. Thank goodness for air con.

We got to the University and the one thing I thought was, this place is huge and completely different from the Swansea University campus (as well as the library building looks ways nicer than the one in Swansea). When we arrived we were given gift bags full of tour guides, itinerary, sun cream, bottles of water, snacks, insect repellent etc which was very thoughtful and helpful. The rooms are very spacious and different to halls back home. You have two people to room which you share the living room, kitchen, washroom and have your own bedroom. Whereas normally you would have 6/8 people sharing the same communal area. So I prefer the room system here. With the campus, I have only had a chance to walk a small way round to find the gym, common room and the 'Cafeteria' otherwise I will end up a pool of sweat.

After dinner, we got the chance to go to Wallmart and it was MASSIVE. The big Tescos in the UK are small compared to the Wallmart I went to. So went there to get a couple of thing like Twinkies, Hershie bar, Chocolate Marshmallows (YUM!), OJ etc. A few things I had noticed was that a lot of stuff there was huge. Some of the bulk stuff is huge back home but a lot of the bulk stuff I think is cheaper and you get more of it. For example you can huge bottles of OJ which I don't think could fit in the side door of the fridges back home.

When we all went to the restaurant after the trip to the Wallmart, but the tiredness from the early morning start, long journey and jetlag started to kicked in so was falling asleep at the table. I was glad to finally get some sleep.