Thursday, January 7, 2010

Home? Well Kind Of...

Since leaving Boston life has been rather interesting!
The flight to D.C. was rather quick with no interesting stories. Flying to Frankfurt on the other hand was very special. First of all I have never been on a plane that huge! I was amazed! We got in at the middle of the plane and there were beautiful large cushy chairs which I assumed I would also be sitting in. Come to find out that was not the case. I actually had a rather average sized plane seat. It was a little disappointing, but I just had to chuckle at myself! I don't sleep very well in general so the flight was filled with two movies, dinner, music listening, a lot of fidgeting, trying to get comfortable and a neighbor that had a secret cool kid hangout and only sat down when the seat belt sign was turned on. From there I flew to Vilnius.

As I stepped out of customs I was met my Lara!! She is friends with my buddy Frank and was the sweetest lady in the world. She was soo sweet and loved me so much! She gave me a huge hug, which was an amazing entrance to the country! Everyone thought I had known her so ever even though I have never met her. I met the other study abroad students and program leaders and we were good to go.

Most of the students are from Azusa Pacific University, a few from Messiah, Taylor, Bethel and Eastern. They are amazing and tons of fun!! So far I love them a lot!!

We spent the first few days in the capital city, it was beautiful! Very modern except for the Old Town which was more old school. It was pretty sweet! I will post pictures shortly. We walked around a ton! Especially the first night so that we did not fall asleep! It was snowing tons, I guess God didn't want me to get too home sick since it doesn't snow a lot of here.

We stayed in a hostel which kind of reminded me of mini dorm rooms. They said it was a pretty nice one! We went on a long tour of the city. The coolest part was going to the catacombs of a church! It was awesome! Kind of dark at parts, but we got to see some tombs and old floors and such! Sounds kind of weird, but pretty sweet!

We moved into our dorm a few hours a day and it is glorious! It's actually really nice and I like it a lot! My roommates aren't here yet, but I'm excited for them to come this weekend!

So we are actually seven hours behind so here's the scoop!
Boston Lithuania
8 am 3 pm
9 am 4 pm
10 am 5 pm
11 am 6 pm
12 pm 7 pm
1 pm 8 pm
2 pm 9 pm
3 pm 10 pm
4 pm 11 pm
5 pm 12 am (next day)
Facebook/ Email for Skype dates!!

Here's my mailing address for real:
Kretingos 36, LT - 92307 KlaipÄ—da, Lithuania, LCC International University, Neuman dorm, campus, W306, Chrissy-Jonassaint

Sorry for all the confusion. Well that is all for now!

Much love :)

2 comments:

  1. YAY!! i'm so glad you made it there safe and sound. and can i just say my favorite line from this entry is, "a neighbor that has a secret cool kid hangout and only sat down when the seatbelt light was turned on." i can hear that coming out of your mouth right now. and i love it. miss you and love you chica! hope you're having a blast <3

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  2. Chrissy! I'm glad you're alive and doing well! Are you at a Christian school? Can't wait to hear more updates! Things are much warmer here in AU. Wish you were here in the sun with me! Send my regards to the snow <3

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