I'm Here!

So Saturday (the 20th) I drove from home to Boston with my mom to start my trek over the ocean to DIS. My first flight was from Logan on United and if there is anyone out there planning on bringing an overweight bag on United - DON'T. We had to pay $200 to get my bag to Denmark because it weighed 64.5 pounds. So don't do what we did. But it was worth the money to not to have to stress about packing two checked bags and finding enough space in my purse/bag for my laptop. Then I got my tickets and watched as my purple duffle sailed away on the luggage belt, hopefully to be seen again.

After checking in I grabbed some food and said good bye to my mom, which was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be! I got nervous and sad when I went to Germany because it was so far away, and this was the same. So we did a quick goodbye and off I went through security, which was very quick. I met a girl going to DIS at the gate, her name is Josie and she lives with me! She's my neighbor and classmate, so we'll be seeing a lot of each other! We flew to Dulles in DC and met even more DIS people, including my friend Tom who goes to AU with me. I was sad to be in DC but not be able to visit everyone and go to my favorite places. That will have to wait until January, I already have a list going of where I want to go.

The plane ride had the worst food I've ever eaten on a plane. It was dry and gross - who serves spicy food on a plane?! Go with mild flavors!!! Probably the best food I've ever had was on Virgin Atlantic. But anyway, it wasn't very good. After I ate my food I tried to sleep a little and then we landed! Not very interesting. When we got to Denmark, customs was a breeze and before we knew it we were being welcomed by DIS interns splitting us into our groups! We got on big buses and headed out into the city to go "home". I live in DIS shared housing, which is basically another name for a dorm. I chose it because I wanted to be in the city with a lot around me to do. I didn't want a host family and then have friends visit and be stuck all the way out there without them, even though I don't know how many friends will actually visit.

 My room! Well my half of the room. The white box is the entrance to the cafe on the first floor, so it can't move but we are using it as a comfy place to sit. See our plant in the corner! So nice of them to give us a plant. 

My bed and desk, plus a nightstand thing and the rug plus art they put on the wall for us. Strange but I'll go with it. 

Once everyone arrived we ate pizza, got to know each other (there are about 25 of us - guys and girls) and then some people went out but I stayed in to sleep. I was so tired. Then those of us who stayed in talked for a while and went to bed! I'll put the details of today and tomorrow in a blog tomorrow night, I'm too tired to post that much now!

Bye!
dwh.