I left Denmark on Thursday on the 22nd at 9.55 am. It was a really
weird feeling that I wouldn't see my parents again for ten months, and I
didn't manage to not cry when I had to say goodbye. Thankfully I
travelled with a girl called Annahita and talking to her really helped
me get out of my head. It was really nice to have someone talk to.
Unfortunately we only travelled together to Paris, so I had to take the
next plane alone. We helped each other finding our terminals, and then I
was on my own. I had spent a little too much time trying to buy lunch,
so I had to run down to the gate. I made it in time and found my seat. I
sat between a boy and a girl a little bit older than me, but we didn't
rally talk (I'm pretty sure they were both French), so It was a bit
awkward. And I can also say, that 9 hours in a plane does not make your
back happy, but besides the back pains it was a pretty good flight.
In
Atlanta I had to go through immigration, which took some time. I also
had to recheck my bag and go through security. It went pretty painless,
but I did have to run to get to my next plane. This time I sat besides
two Americans who were very nice. They talked to me and told me things
about Salida, and they were pretty funny as well. About 20 minutes
before we landed in Colorado springs airport, I saw lightning in below
in the skies (a very crazy and a very pretty sight) and I also saw some
of the infamous fires Colorado has been having lately. This one was on
the border of Idaho. When the caption said there was 10 minutes till we
landed in Colorado springs, there started to come more and more
lightning. It went quite crazy, and it didn't take long before we were
told that we wouldn't be able to land in the Springs, because the
airport had been shut down. There was a crazy storm, and it wasn't safe
to fly. Instead we landed in Pueblo airport, where we had to sit in the
plane for 3 hours. I was very happy that the men next to me talked to
me, otherwise I probably would have been more bored and scared. Because I
wasn't really scared, even thought there was like 4 lightnings every
second , everyone was really calm and there was a pleasant vibe. After 3
hours we were up in the air again, and we landed in Colorado springs
airport about 10 minutes later. Then we had to wait for the gates to be
reopened, and that took another half hour. When we were finally allowed
to walk out of the plane, people cheered.
Christi and the
girls had been waiting for me for little over 3 hours, so they were all
tired, but we had to wait again for the luggage to arrive, since there
were several planes that had landed at the same time, due to the storm.
When I finally found my suitcase (Which Riley helped me locate and
push) we ran out to the car (it was still raining) and drove to the
hotel. I think we got there around 12:30am so everyone was really tired,
and we just went straight to be. I think I ended up being awake for
26,5 hours that day! The next morning we all slept in. Once we woke, we
got breakfast, where I tried peanut butter and jelly on a bagel for the
first time. Not as disgusting as I thought it would be, and Riley and
Audrey told me it is there favorite kind of sandwich. They are really
excited to have me as their big sister, lots of hugging going on. After
breakfast we went to Target to pick up some stuff I needed. Target is
huge and has everything you can imagine. They even have 4 isles with
cards for different occasions! I bought some of the basic school
supplies, which were a bit hard, since I don't know which classes I am
going to take yet. I also got some new shoes. After Target we had lunch
in a restaurant called "Chilli" and it was really chilly in the
restaurant because of the aircon (sorry for the bad joke, I just had to
;D) and then we went to Salida.
Salida isn't a very big
town, it is the kind of town where everyone knows everyone (Christi says
hi to about every second person we meet, I find it very impressive how
she knows everyone) I noticed that the houses look very different and I
think that it adds to the personality of the town. I will upload some
pictures later, so you can see the town, house and my room. Speaking of
my room, it is completely purple and it has wooden doors, and I think it
looks very homey.
We didn't really do much Saturday, they didn't wanna fill my first few days with a lot of stuff.
Today
we went to church. Since it was the first service after summer
vacation, it was held at the park. I must say that church is a lot more
exciting here than in Denmark. The music is more modern, and they had a
full band and 4 singers, and the priest (or pastor, or father, or
minister or what whatever this domination of Christians call the dude
that preaches) was way more enthusiastic and fun to listen too. A lot of
people showed up, and people got really into the songs (waving hands
and saying amen and stuff). After the service there was free food (The
best thing ever!) which was barbecued brisket, potato salad and some
kind of macaroni. After we finished eating Christi introduced me to
girls from the high school. They were all really nice and I especially
like talking to two girls named Audrey and Jamie. They told me about two
different youth groups and asked if I wanted to come, and Audrey
offered to show me around the school, so that was really nice. I think
they were both juniors, so hopefully I will be a junior too. I also met a
guy who said I could borrow one if his guitars, since I couldn't bring
my own ;D After church we went to Wallmart, who apparently everyone
hates here (Christi said it is because it is the only big store they
have, so people find stores like Target more exciting - the grass is
always greener) I thought it was great. I bought the necessary
toiletries which I forgot to buy at Target. On the way home from Target
we stopped at the library and got me a library card.
Tomorrow
I start school and I am really excited and a little bit nervous. I
don't know what grade I will be in, so I will start the day at the
counsellors office where I will get my schedule.
I think this is all for now, I will try to update tomorrow about my first day of school.
- Malene
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