Olivias expectations

Now we have arrived to New York, and I have taken the time to sit down and write a little. Before we left Denmark, we were asked to think about our expectations about this trip. I can only say that I really didn’t want to go. We had so many assignments to write before leaving, so many things to pack, and so much time to kill during the transportation, just to get to the US. For me it was sort of terrifying to go so far away in so many days. We all know about their gun policies and we have heard a lot of frightening stories about people getting shot, bombed and all sorts of thing. I knew that I would be excited when we finally arrived, but it would probably take a couple of days, because we would all be very tired when arriving to the big apple. Now I can say that it all seems all right. I miss things at home, like the food and smaller towns, but it is, too, exiting to be in a city this size with so many different people in all sorts of colours. I didn’t thought there would be so few white people, even though we had touched upon the numbers of different nationalities in the US.

We are here!

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 Our tickets from Copenhagen Airport to Newark Aiport, New York!!! That was around 10:30 danish time the 1st of October.

Here we a re driving into New York from the airport by bus - that only took 2 hours... Damn the traffic overhere :D
We arrived with the plane at 14:35 local time and 20:35 danish time, but we were not at the hotel before 19:00 local time... So we almost travelled 24 hours - therefore we went to bed at 21. We will tell more about the travel overhere when we are back from the Statue of Liberty.

Thats it for now :)
Stine and Isse

Stine´s expectations

27/9
Hello, Awrite!
Me name is Stine, and I will keep you updated on our trip to the United States - and I will try to do it with a scottish twist, because I pure like it!
Now there´s ´ardly four days till departure. So many things to be done before that!
I bought twa books about New York and Washington, so I´m prepared. I wonder if I´m gonna break me neck of all the looking-up at skyskrabers? And all the yellow caps and light. I believe New York to be full of life. And how I would like to see the White House, the home of president Barack Obama - bloody fantastic that´d be! The flight; I will watch a movie and relax, because that´s a long trip! We´ve heard so much about USA as a melting pot, the home of immigrants - are they pure that different from us? Me predjudices will be tested, that´s for sure. Se ye later!
Stine

Preconceived Impression

At school we have done a lot of "pre-work" for the trip so that we have an image of what we are going to experience. Of course I had/have some prejudices against Americans and the country e.g. that they are fatter in general than we Europeans, everything is bigger over there, always great weather (seen in movies), and that they are way more religious.

In one way I hope that I will get a more positive view on the Americans or anyway a different view and learn something from the whole trip - not only about the Americans and the USA but also about myself. I have been travelling a lot before in many European countries but only been out of Europe two times before - in Tangier in Marokko and Ceuta - so I'm really looking forward to this trip!!! I have some assignments I need to write before and some stuff to pack, but I will manage sometime to be able to focus on the fact that I'm travelling early Monday morning.

So until then I have to make sure I get ready for the trip and do all the stuff I have to do before travelling.
We will write you when we get closer to the hour of departure.

Till then - best wishes :)
Isse ♥

Getting started

It's almost time - we are soon crossing the Atlantic for the first time!

Olivia, Stine and I (Isse) have made this blog so you guys can follow our trip to "the Big Apple" and to the capital Washington D.C.. We will update you right before we take off and again when we are "over there". So follow our blog and we will try to get some pictures and interesting information on the site :)

Wish you some nice days till we write again
Stisol - Stine, Isse and Olivia

Written by Isse