I finally made it! Let's just say it was a bit dicey there for a while. It was smooth sailing to Atlanta and then we even got in early to Amsterdam! There's nothing like the triumphant feeling of walking off of a 8 hour flight alive. Of course, I almost wasn't considering the airline didn't have my gluten free meal on my reservation thankfully I follow the motto "when in doubt, always bring snacks" so I managed to make due. We left Atlanta at 3pm and got into Amsterdam at 6 AM, talk about whacked up time sched. (time travel anyone?) Then things got really peachy as, not even 5 minutes into my flight, I started feeling sick. Not just the "a little motion sickness sick," I'm talking the white as a ghost, feel like fainting, and throwing up all at the same time sick. JUST PEACHY. Thankfully the flight was only two hours so then I could sit in the airport and feel sick, although at least nothing was moving there. Then we piled on a bus for a FOUR hour drive to Jonkoping. As gross as it is, thankfully I finally got sick about 5 minutes into the drive and things were looking up after that! Thanks Swedbus for the barf bag I guess? And Hannah for the packing dramamine tip! Also thanks for taking us around 5 MILLION roundabouts (I know because I'd wake up every time we ramped the curb), I guess the Swedish peeps love their good ole roundabouts. Also, the whole drive the opposite side of the road as the US still weirds me out.
In pleasant news, I've heard from the wise Fran (one of the teachers on the trip with us)(btw I'm calling her Fran because apparently it's culturally embarrassing for adults to be called by their last name?), Swedish people love their ice cream! So if it would get a little warmer (definitely had to walk out of the airport sportin my sockos) I know where I'll be! For the rest of tonight (or today, this morning, yesterday, whatever stinkin time it is) we're going out to a super nice restaurant with our SUSHIs (the students of Jonkoping that help with international students, not food), our teachers, and some Swedish faculty! Salmon is about to get in mah belleh. Okay we just got back, and let me tell ya, that was the yummiest first Swedish dinner a girl could ask for. Salmon, potatoes, sorbet, nom nom nom
Now i'm off to try and catch up the the years to sleep I feel like I'm behind on. Nighty night world!
yep, this existed (only for a few minutes before I devoured it)
Such excitement.
The group pre-Amsterdam flight
Sweden: as told in selfies by Kelly Williams
My humble abode (with some sort of duvet/quilt I can't figure out)
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