In the spirit of travel, I will be posting in military time because that's what all the airports use.
First and foremost, jet lag is a whore. DFW to Toronto to London Heathrow to London Gatwick to Bonn equals a good 17 or 18 hours of flying, barely worth the 300$ I saved by taking the scenic route. Anyways that flight I was supposed to sleep on was from Toronto to London, a 6 hour flight with 4 hours of darkness. Long story short, by the time I was taking the shuttle from London Heathrow to Gatwick I noticed my right peripheral vision in my right eye was a little "dark" but I ate some food and took a nap on easyJet airlines to Bonn and I am doing fine now :) Just be careful fellow travelers, the Atlantic is more formidable than you thought.
I am living with die familie Friederick in their humble abode in Bonn. They have four kids which is culturally comparative to someone in the US having like seven. Sven-Yannick, Ann-Cathlyn, Phil-Matyce, and Grace-Jaclyn (they are totally rockin the double name thing) are all under eleven years old and are a freakin blast. Today we did gymnastics in the living room together and tomorrow me and Phil-Matyce are going to play some computer-spielen together. One weird thing, the girls have friends over tonight (which makes 4 girls) and they all like to hide behind me or peek in my doorway then giggle and run away when I look at them... whatever.
Anyways just wanted to dispel all your fears for my journey - I am indeed alive and well.
Also here is my itinerary, some dates tentative, all dates excellent:
May 22 - June 5 Bonn
June 5 - June 9 Barcelona with Alex, Cody and Max
June 9 - June 27 Bonn
June 27 - July 3 Study Abroad bus trip through Germany
July 4 - July 12 No Plans yet (please pray)
July 12 - July 21 Rostock, Germany working with a church plant organization
July 21 - July 26 Vienna with my sister and the missionary family she is working with
July 26 - July 28 Paris with Aaron and Anna
July 28 - July 30 Cannes with A&A
July 30 - August 1 Carcassonne with A&A
August 1 - August 2 Tours with A&A
August 3 - August 4 London with A&A and flight home
I'll put up a cell phone number once I get one.
p.s. everyone should be a member of Skype by now
Deepest Love,
Thomas
8 comments:
You are there!! I'm so excited for you! Take lots of pictures, and have a freaking blast. Enjoy the computer-bluter. Praying for you
p.p.s. they don't use daylight savings over here so it's 9:08 and still bright outside
is that your real family??
tom tom! im so excited for you!! your family is so lucky to have you because you'll be such an entertainment for the kids and a help to the parents. have so much fun and safe healthy and safe!!
Yep, that is the Friederick family
As pan said: "have so much fun and safe healthy and safe!!"
So true... What?
I can't believe thats the actual family!
SO much plaid.
Adorable.
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