I finally made it to Europe! After a smooth 9 hour plane flight, I landed in Frankfurt at 7:00am this morning. I was crossing my fingers in the hopes that nothing else would go wrong, but the buses arrived late (they were supposed to be there at 9) and then we had to sit and wait for all the GTL students to arrive which took until almost 11am.
We stopped for lunch along the way and overwhelmed a German Burger King, where I had my first foreign Whopper and Coca-Cola... Let's just say it doesn't taste the same. I also noticed that personal space isn't too important here when I went to the bathroom and found three urinals in a 5 square foot room without any separating panels. This trip could get very interesting...
After arriving at Metz, I moved into my room with Kris Moen and we have since unpacked our stuff and thrown it all in the closets and desks. The room itself is actually very large and should work just fine for the time we will spend here during the weekdays. (I will attach pictures that I took when I get a chance)
All in all, I'm doing well and can't wait for my first trip this weekend which should be to Nice, France. The beach sounded like a swell place to start the summer off, and I might even get a chance to visit the famed casino town of Monte Carlo although I probably don't have enough money to bet on anything serious since the place is full of millionaires and billionaires. Oh well!
Orientation starts tomorrow morning and then first day of classes on Wednesday and hopefully by then I will have recovered from the severe jet lag and bus ride that kept me up for over 24 hours today with about 1 hour of sleep scattered around somewhere.
Until next time,
Brian
