It has been a while, well we are in U.S. for 2 weeks now and I can promise you it is great!
Actually it is a long story before our departure from Holland, Lisa and I still had to move all our stuff to the storage. That was not nice, not nice at all, however we were able to succeed. (do not ask us how :P )
Well on our way to Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport) we had 4 big (huge) suitcases and 2 small suitcases and 2 full backpacks and too much weight, you can imagine... where is the luggage going with the 2 little girls...
First impression of U.S. ... huge people... not tall, but huge... however the people are very friendly, really.
We almost got lost at Chicago airport to our connection to Minneapolis, well we have survived :).
We arrived Friday (31 August) evening at the campus, it is HUGE... and very nice.
Right the next morning we had a trip to the Minnesota State Fair, it was as you already might know... huge, thousands of people. And everything was on a stick, ha ha... Hot dogs on a stick, spaghetti on a stick, fruit on a stick, just anything you can imagine. It was fun though just watching around, people (eating) everywhere.
The night of Sunday was kind of different I would say, there was a Fire Alert at 3.45 a.m. and trust me that is not funny. It took Lisa some time to get me out of bed. At the CHN (Uni. in NL) it is usually falls-alarm so this time it didn't bothered me to get out of bed. In the end we looked outside the window in the hallway and saw all the other residents of the whole building already outside... oooops... runnn
. So you can imagine how everybody was looking at us when we came out...
After 1 hour in the cold we could enter the building again, someone was playing with the fire-extinguisher that was the reason.
Another joke... right the same morning at 11 a.m. the Fire Alert went off again, and yes we had to go outside for 1 hour. This time the staff were cleaning the powder of the fire-extinguisher.
And in final at 12 a.m. the Fire Alert went of again as monthly routine checking, so it was fun... Horrible I would say... We sure hope this wouldn't happen frequently. We have been told that it is even more fun in the winter with the snow, nice and cold... >_<> we have treated ourselves and bought ourselves a bike to explore the town. The bikes are cheap and antiques... fun though.
About the Uni... loads of homework. We were planning JUST to have fun in U.S.... however we forgot the homework... :(
Well it is time to hit the bar down town, the homework can wait...
And tomorrow we have a Renaissance Festival, so it is going to be funnnn...
Take care, and hope to hear from you from where ever you are :)
Smiles from U.S.A. Wisconsin-Menomonie
7 comments:
Esther & Lisa...welcome to the US of A!!
I'm in HI right now...very nice and warm :)
hope your American stay will be nice. Have fun in school
John
Hi there,
What’s up? I am really proud you all for bold steps you ladies took go to the United Sates as exchange students. Hope that everything is going fine! I wish you all the best in your studies and stay.
See you soon
Joe
Hi Girls,
You two make me very proud while going to the USA as exchange students.
Please do not forget to party a lot. Hope to see many party photos in future on your blog. Perhaps you could turn on the fire alarm the next time. ;-)
If you need something Holland that I have to send to you. Please let know. Perhaps some real original Dutch bikes? Perhaps a bike repair guy can pimp up your present bikes?
With love, your Sista
Zhen Shan
He Hallo Lisa , Ik hou van je , neen een beetje flauw , we missen je , we hebben vervanging maar dat is het totale tegenbeeld van jouw persoonlijkheid, staat je trouwens goed een masker op , ....... GRAPJE he veel plezier en veel nachtrust en laat die bijna failliete met iedereen oorlog hebben wat vreemd uitgevallen amerikanen een poepje ruiken , groeten uit Leeuwarden.
Woooow thats a annoying fire alarm.!!! Most of the times just for fun i guess? I would continue to sleep if I lived there :-)
Hope your flight was pleasant and now its time to explore the states! yeah!
Ahong
Seems like u 2 r having fun over there huh :p Hope everything is going all the way fine. Take care of yourself, and we might see each other again in Holland, Thailand, or Hongkong.
Pom
Hey laydies how ya doing, i know how much fun ur having on campus cause i also lived on campus. 2 mounts ago i also when to a baseball match in tampa was crazy. enjoy ur staying much love sistas
u girls gotta go to miami remember thats the paradise of US so forget about the cost cause u only live once
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