I Have Arrived!
Hi all. It’s finally happened! I am finally here in Liverpool. It has been a wild few weeks for me, but I am thankful to be here and settling in. My fellow YASCer, Charlotte, and I arrived early on April 9th, and were warmly welcomed by our site supervisor Mal, and our new housemates, Sam and Ian. They kept us quite busy all weekend. We had a tour of the cathedral, and were introduced to many people before having a little tour of the city. We were even treated to the real Liverpool experience of watching an intense football (soccer) match in a pub. I had my first service in the cathedral on Sunday, and it was lovely. The choir was probably my favorite part! I was able to do a little more exploring before testing positive for COVID on Tuesday, April 12th. I started isolating in my room, and watched loads of Netflix for ten days. The isolation pushed me to completely unpack, which would have been a much longer process without the isolation because I am a procrastinator! As I try to look