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I'm posting some photos from London on Facebook. Hope you have a Facebook account, otherwise, you won't get to see them! I still have a few more to post, but it's getting pretty late.

I made it safely to Santander, Spain - not without some travel stress. We flew small airplanes and small airlines, so there were some difficulties - not to mention language issues. My Spanish is pretty terrible, but I can say a few key phrases - enough to purchase food and find my way around. A couple people here speak Spanish really well, so they help out when necessary.

We got here yesterday evening. Teresa, one of my roomates, had attempted to ensure we'd be able to check in a day early, but there was a misunderstanding, and they thought only she was going to check in a day early. Brian, my other roomate, and I thought we'd have to sleep in the park across the street. Apparently it's a very busy weekend in Santander. It's a resort town, and there is a big military festival here. The King of Spain was in town today, so that's kind of crazy. Anyways, we were able to work everything out, and 6 of us crowded into a room last night. It wasn't completely comfortable, but it was better than sleeping in the park!

I woke up kind of sick this morning. I had a seriously sore throat, and my body was achy. I think all the running around has gotten to me. Plus, we've been sleeping with windows open, and I've been around a lot of people smoking lately. I'm exhausted, and still trying to adapt to the time change. I spent all of my time in London running around and trying to squeeze in as much as possible. But I took some medicine, and I feel a lot better. I had a good meal today, and I took a nap.

We were able to switch to our permanent room, and I've unpacked and everything. I'm all settled. It feels nice. We had orientation tonight, and it was nice. There was food and drink, and it was cool to meet everyone. There are some people from other law schools here, including a guy from Willamette, so that's cool.

It turns out that tomorrow is a holidy of some sort in the town, so there's no school. It's awesome, because I'm so tired. But it also gives me more time to do homework. Also, Prof. Peeler (way cooler in Europe) has organized a bus tour of Santander. It will be nice to see more of the town. We should be done around noon, so that leaves plenty of time to go to the beach, relax and read our assignments for Tuesday.

I haven't really taken any photos of Santander yet, but I plan to soon - especially on the tour tomorrow. I'll also post some pics of my room and stuff soon. Meanwhile, it's almost one a.m. I opted not to go out with everyone tonight because I was so tired and wanted to go to bed early. So much for that happening.