Pre Germany/First Day in DE! August 9-10th, 2011

Leaving to the airport in the morning was probably the hardest thing I had to in my life. Saying goodbye to my parents, sister, Leone and Lilia, Seba, and Karol. It felt so weird going through that security check point alone, tears still dripping down my face, knowing that there was no turning back at that point. I immediately felt better when I saw a group of kids wearing the same color blazer as I was, waiting by a gate patiently for the flight which was now delayed 2 hours. We all introduced ourselves and kinda sat around, chilling out, talking about whatever and everything. When we realized that we might miss a connecting flight in Philly, we went up to the front desk and asked about our situation. The kiosk lady then said that our flight to Philadelphia was canceled. SIGH. What know? "We're booking you on a direct flight from Chicago to Frankfurt". Which was awesome because we would still be there at the same time, but just have more time due to the 3 hour layover. So we waited. and waited. and waited. Finally a behemoth Boeing 747 comes into gate B16 and we board safely. The flight took off at about 8 o clock local time, and flew through a thunderstorm on takeoff! Definitely one the scariest things I had to experience in an airplane, which sounds so cliche to say, but whatever. The flight was good, I must have slept an hour in total, and the movies they played were pretty good. We landed in Frankfurt 1020 local time, a flight total of 7:26. When we landed in Frankfurt, excited, nervous and mixed with various other emotions, we went through passport control, and then hopped on our plane to Bremen. The landing was bumpy, but when we got out of the plane, got our luggage and finally entered through the exit (weird way of saying that) I immediately saw a sign that said Wilkommen Jakub!!! I have seen my family for the first time, Linda, Franz, Christine, und Felix. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family! The first day we came to Schapen, we met up with a few of Felix's friends and went to a chinese resturant (in Deustchland! :D) I had my first beer here, on Felix, which I will get back for ;D and went to sleep shortly afterwards! the first day was a very cool one, I will remember for the rest of my life.

Liebe Gruße,

Jakub