Family, friend and foe!
Good morning to you all and welcome. I woke up at 5.30 this morning when my roommate went to work and reality hit me. Yesterday I left Gothenburg at 9.00 in the morning after saying goodbye to my wonderful Anders. The flight was long and boring and they did not serve enough food. (Hint British airways). Starting with paying 400 kr extra for the overweight bag I flew to Heathrow, sitting beside an older woman, terrified of flying. After solving the cross-word puzzle in svenska dagbladet I was then her therapist for the remaining flight time. Inspite of arriving to the same terminal as my plan to DC I had to go with underground transit subways to get to my gate. Very "day-after-tomorrow". By then I smelled like curry after 2 hours in line for safety checks in the middle of little India. Well on the plane to DC Dulles I sat right in the middle, between a woman with obsessive-compulsive disorder who kept washing her hands in hand sanitizer, and a pakistan woman who kept giving all her food to me. I didn´t take it, and so I went hungry instead.
8 hours later I arrived, with all of my baggage in order. I took a taxi to town, and at 8 local time, I rang the bell of the apartment where I have rented a room for the entire year. Jessica, a 25 year old 5th grade teacher, opened the door and we went late-night furniture shopping at Target. Bought some nice stuff, aiming for that true american feeling ;). You will see pictures of my room. I have a fullsize (dubbelsäng) bed that folds into a couch so there is plenty of space for anyone to come visit. Other than that the apartment looks great and I live in Rosslyn, 10 min walk over Key Bridge, potomac river, to Georgetown, where I work.
It is now around 7 am and I am thinking about going to work. I still need to buy a phone, chords and stuff, and hopefully the guys at work know more. If they are there. I didn´t call them yet so it will be a surprise, to them and me.
Stay calm, pictures will come. But first thing is first. I need to hook me up with some electronics.
During my year as an intern at the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce Inc. I hope to enlighten those of you who are interested in my whereabouts, my thoughts and my experiences through this site. My hope is that this blog will inspire many of you to come visit me or at least that you do not loose hope for your friend in the west. Stay in touch and good luck on all of your own adventures. I would love to hear about them.
Hoping for a magnificent year!
I will soon be back with more. When I do, you can register to get an email through the link on the left.
Welcome everyone to this one-year tour and welcome Emmy to Rosslyn and D.C.!
Yours truly
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