[August 26] Seattle, Washington --> Århus, Denmark

Hej! Finally, I have my own computer up and running. It was surprisingly tricky to find adapters once I arrived here in Århus. I'm lucky that my Uncle found me some! So now I can blog and share my adventures... Ten days of catching up to do on here!

Traveling from Seattle to Århus was nerve-wracking for me. Flying makes me really nervous and I think my lack of understanding of how FLIGHT actually occurs (I don't think I will ever understand how a gigantic hunk of metal full of people can get it's big butt up thousands of feet up into the air) contributes to this anxiety.

Seatac -> Dulles Airport, Wa D.C. = 4 hours

Dulles -> Copenhagen = 8 hours

Copenhagen -> Århus (Train) = 3 hours

This of course doesn't include fairly short layovers and train confusion in Copenhagen. I felt so scared about not knowing what to do once I arrived in Copenhagen, despite my Uncle's very handy instructions. It was all so new and the train station is one busy place!

Here are some photos I took from the airplane while we were still flying over Washington:

Uncle Maung Maung (I will call him Uncle or Mgmg in this blog, as I do in 'real life') met me at the train station with two bikes! I was VERY wobbly on the bike because although lowered completely, the seat is still too high. I saw some guys laughing at me; they probably thought I was drunk. But here's some photos of the bikes with my luggage loaded on the back as we stopped at a small organic market on the side of the road:

I slept A LOT the first 1 1/2 days at my Uncle Mgmg and Aunt Jette's house in Århus. I thought adjusting to the time difference would be no problem, but it really was challenging! After my first 6 hour nap, Uncle lectured me on politics. Oh boy! It seems he has made it his personal goal to turn me into a Liberal/Socialist/?. I would consider myself to be an Independent: sometimes I agree with the right, sometimes the left, sometimes neither. As I told him, I feel that I've been more educated on propaganda than on government and politics, so I'm always extremely skeptical of 'facts' from either side. AND the way those 'facts' are presented.

But anyways!