In Oregon safe and sound
Ok, so I'm here in Portland Oregon safe and sound. I arrived yesterday at 11pm. Now I'm sitting in my hotel room and waiting for my host family to pick me up. They'll be here in about an hour.
So about my trip here. It was sooooo long and tiresome. It took more than 24 hours to get here. All my flights went well, no problems there. Only I wasn't very happy during my plane ride from Copenhagen (I wrote it correctly now Salla. ;) ) to Atlanta. It was the longest flight, took 10 hours. A woman with her three children sat next to me. The youngest was about three years old. And what do you know, she cried and yelled the whole way up and also after that, as well as the way down. I blaim her mother for it. Not once did she tell the kid to be quiet. The kid wasn't yelling because she was hurt or anything. She was yelling because she didn't want to sit still. The mother was trying to keep her quiet by giving her things she wanted and saying "you'll be able to get up in a minute, baby, just wait a minute". And did that work? Not a chance. That brat was spoiled rotten. Everyone could see it. I wasn't the only one annoyed, but I was the one sitting closest to them.
The questions I was asked at the airports were very funny, in my opinion. "Has anyone given you something to take with you on your trip? Has anyone used the electronic devices you have taken with you right before you left?" I was asked a million times what I am going to do in the States and where I am going. And blaa blaa blaa. But what else can you do than to just answer truthfully and not get annoyed?
Delta lost my luggage. I'll most likely be getting my suitcase back today, however. I think they lost the luggage in Salt Lake City. I was actually quite sure they would, since I was there only an hour before my flight left. But at least now I didn't have to carry the luggage myself. :) It was expected that I would not be getting my luggage right away because, as I have already mentioned, I took four flights here.
What else...? Already I hate the fact that when buying something, you can never really know how much it costs. The prices here are shown without tax. When buying something from Atlanta, I had taken out the exact amount of money I thought I needed only to realize that it wasn't enough. Is it so hard to add the tax to the prices beforehand?
I'm kind of tired, so I'll stop now. I have to be getting ready to go anyway. I'll write more later on. Happy New Year everyone!
So about my trip here. It was sooooo long and tiresome. It took more than 24 hours to get here. All my flights went well, no problems there. Only I wasn't very happy during my plane ride from Copenhagen (I wrote it correctly now Salla. ;) ) to Atlanta. It was the longest flight, took 10 hours. A woman with her three children sat next to me. The youngest was about three years old. And what do you know, she cried and yelled the whole way up and also after that, as well as the way down. I blaim her mother for it. Not once did she tell the kid to be quiet. The kid wasn't yelling because she was hurt or anything. She was yelling because she didn't want to sit still. The mother was trying to keep her quiet by giving her things she wanted and saying "you'll be able to get up in a minute, baby, just wait a minute". And did that work? Not a chance. That brat was spoiled rotten. Everyone could see it. I wasn't the only one annoyed, but I was the one sitting closest to them.
The questions I was asked at the airports were very funny, in my opinion. "Has anyone given you something to take with you on your trip? Has anyone used the electronic devices you have taken with you right before you left?" I was asked a million times what I am going to do in the States and where I am going. And blaa blaa blaa. But what else can you do than to just answer truthfully and not get annoyed?
Delta lost my luggage. I'll most likely be getting my suitcase back today, however. I think they lost the luggage in Salt Lake City. I was actually quite sure they would, since I was there only an hour before my flight left. But at least now I didn't have to carry the luggage myself. :) It was expected that I would not be getting my luggage right away because, as I have already mentioned, I took four flights here.
What else...? Already I hate the fact that when buying something, you can never really know how much it costs. The prices here are shown without tax. When buying something from Atlanta, I had taken out the exact amount of money I thought I needed only to realize that it wasn't enough. Is it so hard to add the tax to the prices beforehand?
I'm kind of tired, so I'll stop now. I have to be getting ready to go anyway. I'll write more later on. Happy New Year everyone!
posted by anniina @ 9:27 AM
3 Comments:
At 11:33 PM,
A-V said…
I heard about your succesful arrival from father (who had heard it from Jussi). Sounds like a LOOOONNNG trip to spend next to a wailing baby. I'd prolly gone mad or something.. :P But u made it, so it's just a memory now ;) (even if a painful one..heh)
But hey you gotta send me all the questions they asked you so I can think of some smartass ways to answer to each and every one of them.. ;) HEHE.. Naah really, I think asking stupid questions on arrival from tired people just shows how idiotic the nation is. I hope I get my communicator before the trip so they can try to figure out what it is... hehehe...
Salt Lake City? Well there are a few common letters in the name.. heh.. Hope your luggage gets to Portland OK.
Already anxiously waiting to hear what your host family is like..;)
Take care sis!
At 2:02 AM,
elina said…
Yup, I heard from Elisa who heard from mom. Good to know you're OK.
We actually had a similar experience on the bus from Pori after X-mas. These two brats were screaming behind us all the way from Huittinen to Helsinki. Grant you it was only 3 hours, but their voices were REALLY loud. It's annoying how you can't just tell parents to shut their kids up.
And thanks for coming over on New Year's Eve. It was really fun to sing with u and Jussi. ;)
Take care!
At 11:29 PM,
elisa said…
Gotta love the tax. If they marked on the prices the people would think it's like the stores idea to have a little bit higher prices and people would not get it that it was actually the government taking their money. Or maybe it's just a historical thing.
Oh but I'm glad you got there safe. Take care.
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