Traveling went very smoothly on Thursday. We all met at 2:30 at Charlotte Douglass Airport. Dr. Brantz gave a rundown for the parents and we took pictures. All of us were cracking up, it was still a little awkward, but the parents wanted pictures. We went through security and down to the gate to meet the two Austin Peay students and Dr. Brawter. I realized at the gate that I had left my ipod in my car. Thankful Dad was at the airport so he went out to my car to get it and then came to the gate to say bye to me and meet the professors. He also introduced me to the flight attendants and crew. I was so glad he did that because they really took care of us on the flight. Cale, a guy on the trip, also knew one of the flight attendants and she gave us beer and wine.
I watched the Kings Speech and Due Date and tried desperately to sleep. I didn’t sleep at all. We got through passport control with no problem and then on to the bus. The drive from Frankfurt into Strasbourg was beautiful. It reminded us of North Carolina, with lots of farmland and mountains in the distance. Dr. Brantz told us not to sleep and try to stay awake for the whole day. The problem was we arrived to Germany at 7 am, but 1am our time at home. So we were up all day for a total of 36 hours.
We got to the Chateau and it was absolutely beautiful. (pics will be up later!)To try to keep us awake we took a long walk, but we were all so exhausted. We went to dinner at a little restraunt outside of the Chateau that night. They brought us salad and this cheese bread thing. I thought that was the only thing we were eating and maybe desert, but then they brought chicken and French fries, then apple pie. I was SO full by the end of the dinner, but definitely needed to eat. That night we all tried to go to bed early since we had breakfast early in the morning and class at 9am.
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