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So I've been the US now for the grand total of... 5 days, but lots has happened already! I decided to keep a little blog to help me remember the things that happen along the way, but also to keep any of you lovely people who may be interested in my adventures up to date, however epic or plain-sailing they come to be.
'Let's start at the beginning, a very good place to start.'
The flight was a smooth 8 hour cruise consisting of meeting two very interesting people, (whom I hope have wonderful travels!) beginning the taste tests of American food (A pretzel bun?! Good work USA) and of course watching James Bond.
The first leg of the journey although tiring and knee hurting (silly long legs!) was enjoyable. It was the second leg where the real adventure began. After being accepted into the country, which I couldn't have been more surprised about, since the level of my nervousness almost definitely made me akin to the worst petty criminal imaginable; I discovered my connecting flight had been cancelled because of thunderstorms.
I was put on standby for a flight that already had 12 people waiting for it, and my confirmed flight was the following day. Faced with the prospect of perhaps having to sleep overnight at Newark airport, I decided to get chatty with fellow travellers who had also been delayed because of the weather.
I made friends with a lovely ol'chap who was travelling to Montreal by asking to borrow a pen, we discussed all sorts ranging from books to accents (of course!) It was this gentleman that helped me greatly, not only did he buy me my first souvenir, a pen that says 'New York' nonetheless, he also took me to the customer service and somehow got them to put me on an earlier standby that had only 2 other people on it! Yes, a total legend one may say.
Thanks to his kind help and generosity I finally arrived at St Louis on the tiniest plane I've ever been on with probably around 30 seats, only 4 hours later than I should have. Thankfully my luggage arrived too and I met the wonderful family that I was to be staying with for the next few days.
Off we went to Chick-fil-a in an attempt to keep me awake until their night-time.
p.s these guys do the best chicken burgers in town.
This concludes my first few hours in the United States.
More adventures to catch up on!
Cheryl
So I've been the US now for the grand total of... 5 days, but lots has happened already! I decided to keep a little blog to help me remember the things that happen along the way, but also to keep any of you lovely people who may be interested in my adventures up to date, however epic or plain-sailing they come to be.
'Let's start at the beginning, a very good place to start.'
The flight was a smooth 8 hour cruise consisting of meeting two very interesting people, (whom I hope have wonderful travels!) beginning the taste tests of American food (A pretzel bun?! Good work USA) and of course watching James Bond.
The first leg of the journey although tiring and knee hurting (silly long legs!) was enjoyable. It was the second leg where the real adventure began. After being accepted into the country, which I couldn't have been more surprised about, since the level of my nervousness almost definitely made me akin to the worst petty criminal imaginable; I discovered my connecting flight had been cancelled because of thunderstorms.
I was put on standby for a flight that already had 12 people waiting for it, and my confirmed flight was the following day. Faced with the prospect of perhaps having to sleep overnight at Newark airport, I decided to get chatty with fellow travellers who had also been delayed because of the weather.
I made friends with a lovely ol'chap who was travelling to Montreal by asking to borrow a pen, we discussed all sorts ranging from books to accents (of course!) It was this gentleman that helped me greatly, not only did he buy me my first souvenir, a pen that says 'New York' nonetheless, he also took me to the customer service and somehow got them to put me on an earlier standby that had only 2 other people on it! Yes, a total legend one may say.
Thanks to his kind help and generosity I finally arrived at St Louis on the tiniest plane I've ever been on with probably around 30 seats, only 4 hours later than I should have. Thankfully my luggage arrived too and I met the wonderful family that I was to be staying with for the next few days.
Off we went to Chick-fil-a in an attempt to keep me awake until their night-time.
p.s these guys do the best chicken burgers in town.
This concludes my first few hours in the United States.
More adventures to catch up on!
Cheryl
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