So we boarded the plane, and I had a window seat in the emergency exit aisle. It was very nice because it had extra leg room. I sat next to some guy that didn't talk at all and seemed to be an experienced flier. On the other, the last time I was in a plane I jumped out of it last Spring and the time before that it had to have been 10+ years before I had flown on any other sort of aircraft, so it was sort of a new experience for me. The flight didn't seem to be too bad. The dinner and breakfast was sub par but what else would you expect from an airline. They showed two movies, The Express and Yes, Man; an episode of The Office, King of Queens, and The New Adventures of Old Christine. All were at least fairly decent, except for The New Adventures of Old Christine. It was extremely stupid and the only funny parts was when there was a scene of Old Christine's son.
My seat was also located right next to the toilets, so I got to see many people on the plane. I especially took notice of the women and younger ladies on the plane, and I felt (I am not alone) that were a rather high number of good-looking females on my flight. And, in case any one was wondering, I only had to use the restroom once during the entire flight and pretty much got zero hours of sleep.
When night-time rolled around, the sky was very beautiful. There was a full moon and since we were so high it was a clear sky. Below the plane, it looked like there was a never-ending sea of clouds and all I wanted to do was to stay up there forever. It looked very peaceful and comforting. Living in the clouds would be such an amazing feeling. I tried to get a picture of the view but I was not able to get one until the sun started to come up. Below are those pictures that I took that turned out fairly decent.
The last two photos are of the descent of the plane into the airport and of other planes docked at the gates at the Frankfurt airport. Once we got off the airport, we had to go through security and show them our passports and waited to pick up our bags at the terminal. Mike was joking how it would funny if someone's bag didn't show up for whatever reason. I told him if my bag didn't show up that I would slug him in the face. Luckily for him, both of my bags made it just fine.
After getting all of our bags, we had to find our way through the airport to the train station. We have to sit around and wait for the train to arrive. I believe we had to wait for an hour or so. The train ride from Frankfurt, Germany to Leipzig, Germany was 3 hours and those 3 hours were he worse of the trip. Beth and I had gotten to her seat she saved and I found on next to her. There was a man sitting across from us in the same compartment. He had a beer in one hand and talking on his phone with his earpiece. He spoke German, but I was unable to understand anything that he was saying. He finished his first beer, took a little nap, and then reached into his suitcase and pulled out another beer to continue to drink. After he finished that one, I think he passed out or just happened to have fallen into a deep sleep of some sort for the remainder of the our train ride.
Once we finally arrived in Leipzig, we walked down the end of the rail to run into our professors, our mentors, and (for those who had them) our host families. I met my family and almost immediately left for their apartment, which was only like a 5 minute drive since they had their car with them. Since their car was so small, the father had to walk home which only took him maybe an extra 10 minutes.
When I got to the apartment, I quickly unpacked my things, had dinner, and proceeded to pass out. The dinner was very delicious. I had veal, mashed potatoes, and cauliflower. Also, I had a beer for my beverage.
That is the conclusion of my first day in Leipzig.
JUST A SEPARATE NOTE: Not all my pictures will be posted on my blog. Most of them will be placed in an album on my Facebook account, so be sure to go there to see them.
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