When Olanike Adebayo left her native Nigeria to attend university in England, no travel guide could predict the culture shock awaiting her. From the moment she stepped off the plane, Olanike found herself thrust into a new world that was foreign on nearly every front. Her struggle to adapt goes far beyond learning a new language and adjusting to English weather: from shopping and hailing a cab to learning British colloquialisms and adjusting to the laid-back atmosphere of university life. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that England was not an island of dapperly dressed white people, as her studies back home in Africa had led her to expect. Instead, she found herself part of a teeming multicultural assemblage, from whom she learned as much outside the classroom as she did inside. From her own experiences as an international student, Olanike has crafted both a memoir and a helpful guide to other exchange students contemplating the challenges of studying in the United Kingdom.