Thursday, May 21, 2009

What am I doing?

First- I am here, in one piece, and I found my hostel. However, I felt extremely overwhelmed the moment I stepped off the plane. I am not prepared at all- even though I have a daily itinerary written out. But, I am trying not to get too discouraged since this is only day one. I think i was expecting an arrival party for me or something. I did feel a little relieved when I saw a familiar sight within the first hour of my arrival- somoeone singing in the metro station- thank you DC for that. I did watch two movies on the plane- Australia (my sleeping movie, sorry mom), and Bride Wars (which totally reminded me of karyn).

I am also officially not jealous of backpackers because I hate, let me re-iterate, I HATE my backpack- although it is only 25 lbs, it is bulky and heavy, and annoying. My shoulder is almost literally rubbed raw because of it! stupid back pack.

I almost got the whole middle aisle to myself on the plane ride, but I was nice enough to give up two of the seats to someone who was crammed next to someone else she didn´t know. So, I only had two seats, but I was able to lay down and sleep, which was very nice. Well, I am not sure if there will be much more going on today, I think I am just going to walk around and try to orient myself with where I am, but I will let you know if something interesting comes up.

2 comments:

  1. Try to stay awake as long as you can for the first few days, it will help with jet lag. Also, you are going to have a fantastic time!, just keep thinking about the jealous ones back home :-) Right now you should be drinking some fine spanish wine and eating tapas..

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  2. yeah, you better be downing some fine wine and killing jar after jar of olive oil

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