Day 1

I have arrived in the US of A! What a place. Today has been a great day with the fellow Scots going to different camps and it already feels like we've bonded... shame we have to part ways in the morning. Oh, and the one Northern Irish person I spoke to is friends with my friends (of course) and apparently hung out with us on the beach last week. Small world.

I've already eaten my own body weight in food (bacon cheese fries and Oreo milkshakes being mostly responsible) as well as the homemade brownies given to us which were the size of bricks. 

We took a cab to the Jersey Gardens mall (yes I'm adapting my lingo) and I was giddy with excitement every time I saw something we don't have at home - you can get cupcakes filled with ice cream *gasps*. And everything is oh so cheap... no exaggeration the Hollister prices were about the same as Primark.

I've learned two important lessons already. Firstly, nothing is free. I discovered this when I excitedly kicked my shoes off to go for (what I thought was) a free aqua massage in the middle of the mall. Secondly unlike Scotland you cannot set foot in a bar until you are if legal drinking age (unintentional law breaking on day 1).

More positively, Shout to The Lord was the first song that came on the radio on the bus from the airport. (Esther if you're reading this you were right when you said He is with you wherever you go).

Tomorrow I head to camp!