January 2012
16 posts
Last Stop
I’m at SFO waiting for my delayed flight now, on the very tail end of my 23 day trip.
It’s not over quite yet though: the jetstream at 30,000 feet is preventing my first connection from flying straight to Atlanta, and we need to stop in Salt Lake City for fuel. The pilot thinks he can do it if he takes off from a specific runway.
Ut oh.
End of Pt1
Last full day in Europe today. Did the Vasa museum and the Swedish Royal Palace, made a Swedish dinner with Margaret-Ann after she showed off how clean her dorm room finally was, and got a Toblerone McFlurry to top it all off.
Waking up early tomorrow to get my connection to Heathrow, and then onwards to the 11hr flight to San Francisco to start Pt2 of my January.
Natives
Today a Swedish man came up to me and asked for directions, thinking I was from Stockholm. He was in disbelief when I told him I wasn’t.
Laundry Day
Programming a washing machine in a foreign language when it has about 10x as many settings as you thought were possible for laundry is intimidating.
Here’s to hoping I didn’t do anything wrong with “Automatic Plus” - the only cognate on the machine.
Today, I was asked if I was participating in a no-shave January. #achievementunlocked
Obligatory Posts
In Berlin, safe. Staying with Jon’s friend and her boyfriend.
Coffee GroupMe Photo Contest
To all of the members of the Olin Coffee GroupMe: Let’s play a game where we all try to take the coolest photos of our cups of coffee in front of foreign monuments or other famous things.
Water
I’m developing a reputation with Becca and Becky, where every morning and every night coming to/from the tube I demand we stop at the nearby mini-mart so I can buy large bottled waters that I consume near immediately.
Hydration is important, yo.
Happy 2012!
Most of my photos (particularly from the fireworks) are on my camera now, so there will likely be a batch upload from a coffee shop in San Francisco when I am reunited with my computer.
Off to Cambridge tomorrow for the last of the UK adventuring.