A lot can happen in a day, especially if it's a 36 hour day. And as much as I would have loved to make this post one of yesterday's happenings, jet lag is a force to be reckoned with. Anyway, I am here!
After one of those movie-esque goodbye scenes with my family at O'hare, and 12 hours spent in either a plane or an airport I've finally reached my primary destination. And lets just say, its been a journey already.
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The Stockholm area of Sweden |
Ah my flight to Stockholm. Easily the best flight I've ever been on. The food was great and I had an "entertainment screen" to use. Heck I even had a person behind me who was cool enough to let me actually recline my seat (a first for me)., Speaking of people on the flight, I've never been around so many other blonde haired people. I was actually told numerous times that I looked Swedish, which for me (I dressed up as a Viking at the renaissance fair, whatev's) was awesome. Oh and about halfway through my flight, over Greenland I lifted my window shutter to see the northern-freaking-lights right next to the plane. After 8 seamlessly knit hours, I watched the plane land in Stockholm via the camera they had on the front and bottom of the plane.
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Oh Sweden, you so safe! |
After a short leisurely drive on the autobahn, we were home in Zwingenberg. By this time, I had gone about 20 hours without sleeping and after navigating a foreign airport, I was dead tired. I was running on "Germanthusiasm" alone because by this point the coffee I chugged throughout my flights was working against me. But I persevered, and was able to eat a delicious lunch, handmade by Marius' mother and do some catching up. It's really kind of disheartening, how good their English is. Especially when my German leaves a lot to be desired (like the confidence to form a full sentence).
All in all though, it was a nice, uneventful day. Which was just fine by a "jet-lagged-out-of-my-mind" me.
I burst out laughing at the line about all the blonde people around you...you're finally where our people are accepted! ;) but I bet they had blue eyes...
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