So the picture thing is going to be harder than I thought, because I probably won't be able to connect my own computer to the internet at all. Right now I'm using one of the computers in the school computer lab. I'll probably try to burn some pictures on a cd from my computer and then I can post those. I need to buy a surge protector first though, because I've been warned that the power here is fairly unreliable. But anyway, I'll tell you all about what I've been up to or at least some of it...
I think the last time I wrote we were about to leave Delhi. To get from Delhi to Dharamsala, we took a bus. It was a little worrysome that the whole back corner of the bus had duct tape all over it, but it was fine. We drove for about 10 hours with a few stops the first day. We spend the night in a hotel in Pragpur that had a very British Colonial feel. We spent the morning there, and I caught my first glimpse of the mountains. It was just a very breath taking sight that I feel like I can't really describe without sounding corny. We then spent another three hours on the bus. We arrived at Dharamsala in the evening. Right now we're staying at a hotel on the Sarah campus (the school we're studying at), but we'll be moving into the dorms here next week. Everyone else has already met their roommates, but mine was in Delhi at the time, so I haven't met her yet. I spent the morning while everyone else was meeting their roommates talking to a nun. She just arrived here from Tibet less than a year ago, and she said that she didn't speak good English, but she spoke enough for us to communicate (and I thought she spoke very well). She taught me a few phrases in Tibetan, the only one of which I remember is "Ni mila Katie sugiyu". I don't think I spelled that right at all, but it means my name is Katie. I'm pretty scared and excited to start learning the language. Classes start monday. Last night the students here put on a culture show for us, which was really fun, and I have lots of pictures and a few video clips, so we'll see if I can at least post a few pictures. I had it figured out at the Imperial, but my battery died right in the middle. I should probably get off the computer because there are no more open computers and I'm sure people have more important things to do than I do right now. Also the basketball game between our students and the students here is about to start. Until later...