OK sooo i had written quite a bit here, but then Firefox crashed... soooo I'll write a shortened version. On Thursday I got to the airport with my mom at about 3 pm. Security and everything went super smooth and once I got to my gate I got to talk to a few friends before I left. All in all pretty good. I get on the plane and after the flight attendants announce boarding is finished I realize no one is sitting in the seat next to me. BOOYAH!!! So I start getting settled for the 8 hour trans- atlantic flight when not an hour in air the pilot comes on and tells us we are having a technically difficulty and they are not sure what is wrong, so we are going to return to Dulles immediately. When we land several fire engines swarm under the plane and disappear. The pilot tells us that our breaks are too warm so the firemen are hosing them down. 20 minutes later we taxi to a gate and several firemen come down the aisles and rush to the back of the plane. People start taking picture and calling family to let them know what's going on. About 20 minutes after that we are told that we are going to leave the plane and should take all our belongings with us. So we get off and wait or about 3 hours and they us that we are going to leave tonight, but the problem was with the oven so they are giving us 20 dollars to use at the restaurants in the terminal. I go and get some pizza and drinks down the way since everyone went to all the closer places and the lines were ridiculous. As I am walking back they say over the loudspeakers that is is final boarding call, and everyone starts to freak out! They had never had a first boarding call! Turns out the attendants thought it would be cute or funny to do that to get us back faster, and that this was hopefully the final boarding call for our flight. haha. SOO finally we do get on the plane and everything is working just fine. I couldn't sleep, but that had nothing to do with anyone else. In the last hour of the flight the begin to tell us what and where our connecting flights are. My flight from Copenhagen was now supposed to be at gate D4 at 14:15 ( or 2:15 pm). When we land I go with basically the rest of the people on my flight to the transfer center to get my new boarding pass. Unfortunately my US phone wasn't working as I had hoped and wouldn't keep a signal. The German phone did work, but I had no minutes on it so I was stuck and had to somehow let my host family know when my new flight was. ( I had e-mailed them before, that my flight had problems and would now be arriving later.) I did eventually get to text my dad the info so no worries, but at the time I had no idea if he had received it and shared it with Alexander (dad in host fam). I get to the gate and wait 3 hours with another girl from my flight headed to Berlin. We chatted a bit she was really nice. We notice that no one is coming to our gate and it is almost time to leave so she runs to look at the departures board. We then both realize that our plane is at a gate at the complete opposite end of the airport and we only have 10 minutes to get there! So we get all our crap and haul some seriously exhausted ass to the other gate. Thankfully we see as we get closer that it is full of people and have not yet begun boarding. The attendant tells us after she swipes our passes that our flight is being delayed due to... you got it, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! So we just look at each other and laugh. Thankfully this wait was only about half an hours so not too bad. Finally I get on the plane and arrive at Berlin-Tegel with shockingly all my luggage and as I exist the baggage area Alexander greets me and takes some bags. So in the end not too terrible lol.
The Horns live in Zehlendorf, it seems kinda like a suburb of Berlin, but since Berlin is HUGE it fits well within the limits. They have a 2 story home with second story used for students like me and as Elisabeth's office. The parents (Alexander and Elisabeth) sleep in the basement, the kids (Jannik 16 and Maibritt 13) sleep on the middle floor with the kitchen and living/dining room, and I sleep in my loft upstairs over looking the awesome backyard (pictures to come soon). Alexander has so far done all the cooking and is REALLY good at it. The first night he made 4 diffrent pizzas from scratch, dough and all! And last night he made this really awesome potato, bacon and egg dish, kinda like quiche with no crust. It was OMG awesome and for breakfast this morning we had rolls with cheese, Nutella, butter, and or strawberry jelly. Some of you may have notice I skipped a few meals, that is because I slept until 4 yesterday. Jet lag really bothered me lol. Today I am going to meet up with Marybeth at the Uni (short for university) for our orientation. OK well That is basically all that's happened so far... bis später!
Tschuss!!!
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