…a brief glance…

Saying goodbye to Harper Collins for almost two weeks didn’t exactly bring tears to my eyes. I do miss my buddies and you know who you are. After spending a couple of hours ironing and packing, I was more than ready to go by the time the cab arrived at 2:30am. Got to Victoria a lil after 3am and caught the Gatwick Express to Gatwick. Needless to say at 4:45am, when I was checked in, I was somewhat at a loss of what to do next. So what’s a girl to do but hang out at Mickey D’s till boarding time. Got on the place hoping to snooze and of course i happened to be sitting next to someone who obviously had bladder issues considering I had to get up three times…hello, it’s an hour flight!

After an interesting experiencing of trying to get to registration, ie: getting hopelessly lost with many others…we were faced with a very long line which last hours. I met a couple of girls, and we hung out. After we got our things a few hours later and had lunch, we parted ways, bound for our own accomodation places.

Of course, mine wasn’t going to be opened till 5:30 so I had to kill a couple of hours outside with a few others. Let’s just say I am not exactly charming with no sleep…but one did her best.

Met my team and got settled…acoomodation = Gymnasium Floor with about 150 other people. That sleeping bag sure came in handy! Worst of it all….COMMUNAL SHOWERS!!! Hence, I shower in the middle of the night. My team consists of mostly German’s which sure makes my three sentence German Vocabulary a little inadequate. My team and I are beginng to bond and we spent most of the day yesterday laughing. Admittedly I was the instigator of silly giggling. But, what’s a girl to do! Did the job…broke any ice that still needed ti be broken. Today we had a free day so we tried to wander around and do touristy things, but it’s pouring like mad. Got to climb the St Peter’s Tower thing. 509 steps…hmmm…halfway through it occured to me that I was afraid of heights. Good one! What was one to do but repeat the words ‘I can do all things…’ over and over again. When I got back down my knees were shaking and a toilet run was more than necesasry!

Tomorrow we begin our tasks….not that we know what they are just yet, but blessed are the flexible!

I ran into Dan, Jeanette and Mary by accident while waiting around for our Food rations (the fun part of WYD, the many lines), I just saw Mary and realised who they all were, and I screamed out Dan in a less than a lady like fashion and just like a really bad and cheesy scene from a movie we ran to each other in slow motion before hugging. Soooo funny! It was sooo good to see them. Brought back memories from our time ins Italy!

Lorena arrives today and we are going to be in touch via texts, but she’s stationed about 2 hours away so chances of us seeing each other are looking rather slim at the moment.

Anyways, I better go. I am doing fine. Having a good time meeting new people. Today I travelled back to the accomodation on my own, which is a plus since the whole German Transport system is confusing. Hope you’re all well…update coming soon.