Jan 26 2008
United States of America!
Finally, 1 week after my arrival I can feel that I am all settled in. The temperature right now is -6 celsius. A couple of days ago it was down to -22 celsius. So how about my big trip? I started off from Malmö at 05 am and went over to Copenhagen at 06 am. But the queue for London was really huge, so be in time if you’re ever going to London and Heathrow airport. I enjoyed myself throughout the trip but my arrival to Heathrow airport was a disaster because you had to run from terminal to another. Actually, you can’t run. You have to take the bus because of the vast distance between the terminals, see below.
But the security was not as you’ve probably heard on the news. It was standard despite after everything that has happened. So I was on time to my flight to Chicago.
But now we’re at the interesting part of my entire trip. I had to go through three security checks in USA. I gotta admit that the security in the USA is way better than in Great Britain. But there’s explanations for that too. So the first check was the customs where they thought I “looked” a bit funny and suspicious. So I had to go to another room where they put all the suspicious people to question them. I loved their question. But the police officer was really kind and respectful which is probably a thing you don’t expect them to be. Although their religion, political, etc. questions were pointless, it made me almost miss my flight to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
And of course, I almost forgot. They lost my bag in Chicago. So if you ever plan to have a flight connection, choose another city. But I was impressed that they found my bag and delivered it within 36 hours of my arrival. So I was satisfied in the end. In the end, everything will be alright.
After almost 40 minutes of my arrival, I was met by 2 girls from UW-L (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse) who really helped me out the first day/night. The city of La Crosse was really beautiful from the airplane. For more pictures, look for me at Facebook.
This has been one of the best weeks so far. One thing I miss though on campus is local night clubs like in Sweden. But that’s an adjustment I have to make. We went out a couple of days ago to a bar and they either played country or hiphop music. I admired the skills of the deejay where he basically pressed stop and play all the time. I think somewhere along the road he lost the concept of being a deejay which is: TO MIX MUSIC!
Ah, God. I wanted just to go up there and call him names but I was busy with having fun with the bartenders. I asked a bartender to mix me a drink and he looked at me in a weird way and said: You’re not making any sense. This was after I told him that I wanted Bacardi Raz, Vodka, Sprite and a bit of lime. I asked him to just take a small zip of my drink and he was suprised how good it tasted. People don’t know how to drink around here. Oh well, I guess I have to teach them what good music sounds like and how to drink the Swedish way. Elements in the Mix!
The food, my God! Everything taste good around here. I was at an Italian resturant yesterday and it was heaven, I almost cried of how good the food tasted. Also, I got a phone now with an american number. So if you want it; join Facebook.
On Monday the classes will start. I will be taking psychology courses only during this semester which are as follows: Advanced Social Psychology, Theories of Personality, Psychological Testing and Assessment and Advanced Research Methods. I think this combination will be interesting. Alot of things happened during the last week but I will find some time to write about it.
Next week, we’re off to Minneapolis and the biggest mall in USA; The Mall of America. PS. The address to my blog is now: http://www.elements-usa.com
