New era, new job, new continent, new adventure; Check!
This time I had only one week time to see my family and friends in Finland before heading abroad again. I managed, but honestly speaking I could have reserved a little more time to unpack my 6 months life in Belgium and pack again my life for the next 5 months:) Again lesson learned! Seems to be my style that I only learn the hard way;)Keeps you awake at least;D
This time I find myself in a totally new continent, in The Big America! 5 months internship for the Embassy of Finland is about to start on Monday in Washington DC and therefore I arrived yesterday to the International Student House here in DC. I had a long day yesterday because of the 7 hours time difference and the 10 hours flight, but luckily everything went well and I found my way here rather easily. And YES, the airplanes really are as big as in the movies:D
Living in a dorm, like in Belgium, fits me perfectly! In an apartment I think I would feel myself lonely. I just arrived yesterday and I've already met so many people! + This place is amazing! I feel like entering Hogwarts, the school of Harry Potter:DD Really! Only old wood, AMAZING rooms with huge doors, tree times your size. If you don't believe me, see for yourself, I really thought these kinds of places do not exist:
In addition to this we have breakfast and dinner included and today I went to the breakfast for the first time. Seriously? We have literally everything to choose from: fresh fruits, porridge, yogurt, bread, salad, muffins, waffle machine and even a guy preparing an omelet for you if you wish for a one:D I also visited the small gym already today;) So yes I see myself living here for 5 months:D
In the day I went for a walk and I have to say that my neighborhood looks awesome + it's only 25 minutes from the White House.Whaat!:D Also the Embassy of Finland is just by so I'm lucky here;) One thing though; the weather!:O It's SO humid, warm?more or less yes, but the humidity makes it feel like in the desert. Something else that also needs a little adaptation are the time difference, dollars and the fahrenheits :) In my head I need to turn everything into the "Finnish way" to understand for example how much does something really cost. That if something takes a lot of energy. You kind of start to appreciate the Euro zone, which makes traveling in Europe rather easy:D Also dealing with the time difference is weird since I can't contact home in the middle of the day, cause they are already sleeping. At the moment I have also no idea what's the temperature, but I'll leave it that way for the moment to avoid traffic in my brain:D
Today I also had time to go to do some shopping and I remembered how hard "the normal chores" are in a totally new place. Here it's even harder than in Belgium since most of the products are totally new for me and it takes so much time to figure out what to buy and also how to move in the city etc. One thing that I noticed while shopping was that everything is SO BIG here! Twice the size than in Finland. How am I supposed to carry anything home from the shop with out a car if the things are twice as heavy??
All in all I've already found many new things and I've been here only 24 hours so we'll see what is still ahead:D I'll keep you posted;)
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