It's a very odd feeling. The weather and the first few days off made me feel as if I am on vacation, so it's proving to be a bit difficult to get back into school mode. It almost feels wrong.
However, after being here a week I have come to appreciate the Bellarmine International Office. While I may have felt a bit neglected while trying to figure out everything to study abroad, they really take care of their international students. I'm pretty sure the internationals have a week long orientation and each get a peer mentor along with a BU roommate. At USFQ you get a half day orientation which mostly just talks about safety and security. There was a tour, which lasted about 30 minutes, and featured a lot of pointing. And then you're just thrown into the university the next day, a university which is kind of known for being full of snobs (it is the most expensive university in the country). But when there are over 150 internationals I assume it might be a bit difficult to be as hands on as Bellarmine. However there was a meeting about Tiputini and I think I will be going either in January or March. I still need to purchase clothes for that trip because apparently cotton is not good in the jungle and apparently all I ever really buy is cotton, or at least the clothes I brought all seem to be cotton. I am greatly looking forward to the trip though!
Adios!
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