Playing Catch-Up

So, since I have not been able to post about my phenomenal time in the UK yet, I'll give a brief over view.
Orientation week was just okay. I felt like I learned some but not a ton but I did meet some amazing people and gain a good perspective for classes!
I also got involved :) Surprise there right?! ;) I am one of the international representatives for the international students on the union board! I'm super excited for the opportunity to get involved somewhere new and meet new people and hopefully help in making a difference!
UClan planned a day trip to Blackpool for the international students. The trip was fun :) We went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which is an amusement park, and we walked around and saw the Blackpool Tower and got pictures with the ocean and it was great!
The next day, a group of 10 of us went to Liverpool for a night. We did all the touristy Beatles things and saw amazing places and learned so much. We went out that night and the district down there is great! We went to the Cavern which for me was the highlight of the trip, and saw a band play and just had an awesome time being somewhere so historical and great for rock n' roll music!
We stayed at a hostel in Liverpool and it was very nice, clean, and SAFE. So everyone who worried about me staying in hostels, no need to fear :)
We got back Sunday morning and relaxed for a couple days and then headed off to Amsterdam on Tuesday! After it taking forever to finally get to the airport in Liverpool, we got through, had our flight and went to what I think is one of the most, if not the most, amazing cities in the world! The city is beautiful, everybody is nice, and the attractions are the best! Of course we hit up coffee shops, but might I add that I stayed true to myself and didn't smoke while there so I'm still 100% smoke-free :), and did the touristy things like the museums and things, I'll post pictures on FB ASAP, but we also stayed in another hostel, which again was clean, safe, and fun :) and hung out with my flatmate's friend Brett. Brett was great and showed us the most amazing hospitality. He's also a phenomenal musician so check out his stuff! http://www.myspace.com/brettwalling
Amsterdam is a place that I definitely want to try and make it back to before I leave this semester! It's, again, just absolutely amazing!
As for my flatmates, there's Mike from Cali, Lena from Germany, and Andrea from, coincidently enough, NW MO ST. Lol. Everybody's great and we really have a good bond and pitch in a lot. It's a great feeling to live with good people.
I'm gonna make a separate posts to talk about "feelings" and all that good shit. Lol.
So if you have questions or wanna know more about any of the things I've done, PleasePleasePlease comment :)

Positive-I'm in England! That's totally enough.