Sooo.... the flight itself was pretty uneventful. There was your usual crying baby, and I kept notes in a little journal on some of the other characters present. The seats were 3 and 3, and the one in between me and my neighbor was empty. That was nice. However, the person behind me seemed to love to dig their knees into my back. Not enjoyable. I made a diagram of my dinner in my journal. Maybe I will try to post a picture of that later.
The adventure really starts with the Tegel Airport in Berlin. I was the first person to arrive, which I assumed to be no big deal... Until I actually entered Tegel. I give them credit for making the process quick, but it's not like any airport I have ever been to before. Passport check was right after you got off the plane, and I mean RIGHT AFTER.... just two dudes chillin' in cubes. then immediately after that was baggage claim, which was meant only for planes at that particular gate, meaning you couldn't just wait there for everyone else to arrive because their baggage claim was elsewhere and blocked off by a wall. So I leave baggage claim and realize that this airport has 0 seating and is laid out somewhat like a mall. I find out what gate my teacher's flight will arrive at and conclude that I will go there and await his arrival. And so I waited. And watched until the very last person had come out and the area was shut down by a security guard. No teacher.... um... what?
Starting to get nervous, I find the gate for the arrival of a flight I know a fellow student is on. I head over there. So I'm sitting and sitting when I see a familiar face out of the corner of my eye--a kid I had met at one of the program meetings. And by 'at one' I mean 'the only one'. So we link up. Long story, but he is also accompanied by his close friend's grandparents after accidentally arriving too early. He tells me that the teacher was planning to meet at gate 10 at 10 AM. This was never sent out in an email, but was later confirmed by the only other student we found at gate 10 within and hour of 10. Apparently they both had called him for several reasons, but I still ask, why no email?! How was I supposed to know?
So 10 rolls around... and 10:15... and 10:30... no one, and the van comes to take us at 11. In the end we manage to gather 5 students and soon thereafter learn what happened--our teacher and the other students missed their Frankfurt connection. Oops. They are apparently in Berlin or on their way here as I write this from a conference room at the Institut.
So we are driven to Wittenberg and then walked to the school, which is really pretty, by the way. We get some nifty gifties and then people are starting to be taken away by their hosts. Except me. loljk, Holland, you have to wait till 3 PM all on your lonesome. Actually it's fine and the staff is really sweet. I chose to stay in and try to call my mom and to update this blog and check facebook and email instead of going outside. I am just way too tired for anything physical.
I guess that is all for now. Maybe an edit later to talk about mi familia?
Ciao!
Holland
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