Such Beauty

Hello,

Before I start writing, let me put a little disclaimer out there--if I write something that makes no sense, or has some intense grammatical errors, please forgive me.  It has been such a long, and adventurous day; my mind is worn out!

As of now, I am sitting in a hostel in St. Johns.  I am on the top bunk, while a guy from Bangladesh is below me.  On the other bunk, a guy from Ghana is sleeping on the bottom and a guy from Pakistan is just above him.  They are very nice people and in the same boat that I am in, which is being in a new, unknown environment.  I am glad that they are here with me.

Dad and I before departing Charleston. 

Gosh, today has been such a long day.  It all started at around five in the morning.  My parents dropped me off this morning, along with my 85 pound luggage bag (haha it looked and felt ridiculous), at a little before 6 o'clock.  Between then and arriving in St. Johns at 7:30 at night, I went through layovers in Chicago, and in Toronto.  Everything went fairly smoothly, except for when I nearly missed the flight from Toronto to St. Johns lol.  I felt like I was in one of those movies where the guy is running through the airport to try and catch a loved one before she boards her plane.  Granted, I made it there 20 minutes before the plane left, but still, the call to board had already occurred which is cutting it a little close for me.

I feel bad that I am saying this again, like I said on the last blog, but I am about to pass out.  Before I do, let me just say that as we got closer to the town of St. Johns, and where flying over Newfoundland, I was in awe.  The views were like nothing that I have ever seen before!  As I looked down from above, I saw multiple masses of land, completely surrounded by ocean, with waves crashing up against the mountainous, rocky shores.  On the islands (we passed about 4 nice sized islands/peninsulas), there were green rolling hills, with these quaint cities spread out amongst the islands.  Not only where these towns surrounded by ocean, but they seem to be covered almost 25 percent by various lakes.  The towns are literally surrounded by water.  Such beauty!  I tried to take some pictures from the plane, but it didn't turn out as great as it looked in person, so I don't think that I will show them.  I will possibly upload them later, or just try to get better ones when I am coming back from Ottawa in a couple of weeks.

Sincerely,

Benjamin