I’m in Europe! I landed in CPH around 10:45 but have to
hangout for a while. It’s about noon now.
The next shuttle to DIS doesn’t leave until 1:30.
I liked the
airport in Canada much better than Philly, but when I said something about it
being nice to the lady behind me she scoffed and started talking about how bad
the service was. That may be, but they
have an art gallery. In the airport!
They also had an installation board (not sure what it’s for) but it was
cool. I even walked out of the airport
and wandered around in front of it for awhile.
When I got bored I went through security very early and, as in Philly,
what’s behind security is nicer than the area that everyone can go to. I decided to go to the Bacardi bar. What the
heck, why not? As it turns out, I sat down next to 5 other guys who were on my
flight. They were all older, but were
going to Copenhagen, Poland and Germany for the EuroCup? (Soccer). It was interesting to talk to them and see
the differences in language. I said I
went to Muhlenberg College and they thought that meant I was in high school
since it wasn’t a university. Oh, also
they knew how to say my name and thought it was weird that my name was Colette
but I was American. Then, as I was getting in line to board the plane, a kid
saw my DIS tag and said he was going as well! Not 2 minutes later, 2 more kids
came up and said they were going too.
That was comforting, but I lost them soooo not anymore. Lol.
I keep
thinking today is still Saturday! That was a looong flight. We took off on time (8:55). The only problem was that when I got on the
plane they told me that the overhead compartments near my row were all full so
I had to put my way further forward on the plan. So I didn’t want to be obnoxious and try to
get anything out of it during flight. So
I couldn’t brush my teeth. Ugh, gross. For dinner we could have either chicken
and rice or pasta with meat sauce. I had
the pasta. There were a lot of movies
available to watch, but I started with The Vow.
The man next to me was very nice again, he was travelling to Sweden for
business but it was his first time travelling to Europe. Ever! He was 47! By
the time I was all settled it was already 11:00 and the stewardess came around
and told me to close the shade because the sun would be coming up soon. Um,
what? It’s 11:00 PM! But I peeked out when I woke up a few hours later there
really was already a sunrise! At that point I think it was about 1:00 AM, US
time. After dozing for another hour, I couldn’t sleep anymore so I watched 21
Jump Street (I guess Air Canada is a fan of Channing Tatum) and took pictures
of clouds lol. It was beautiful and
sunny in the air…but then we descended through the clouds and it was overcast
here and about 66 degrees. I haven’t
been outside yet though. Just landing
was beautiful! I can’t wait to go see the landscape…I’m pretty sick of airports
to say the least.
So now I’m
hanging out in the only Starbucks in Copenhagen, except I haven’t withdrawn any
kroners yet sooo I’m not sure if I can even get anything. I don’t know if I’ve ever actually heard
anyone speak Danish, but there was just an adorable little redhead chatting
away to her mother at the table next to me and it was beautiful. So was the French on the airplanes. So far that’s not a problem, though. All the signs in the airport are in both
Danish and English.
Well, right
now I could go for a nice cozy bed, but I know I need to make it through
orientation, get my phone, unpack, and begin to explore!
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