Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 5

Hallo alle miteinander, hier kommt meine nächste Geschichte. Vorab, mir geht es weiterhin gut in den Vereinigten Staaten. So langsam beginne ich ersteinmal zu begreifen, dass ich nicht in Europa bin. Es sieht zwar alles absolut nach Amerika aus, aber der Gedanke, ein Jahr weg zu sein und sich momentan auf einem anderen Kontinent zu befinden, wollte sich in meinem Kopf bisher nicht so ganz setzen. Jetzt hat er zumindest schon mal an einer Stelle angedockt, flattert aber noch ein wenig. Einer der deutlichsten Gründe, warum dieser Gedanke jetzt zumindest nicht mehr wild in meinem Kopf umherschwirrt ist, dass sich mein Englisch DEUTLICH verbessert hat, ich das selbst merke und ich auch immer wieder mehr oder weniger subtil von anderen darauf aufmerksam gemacht werde. Ganz besonders war es so in Minneapolis, wo ich - um es ... read more

I drove to Minneapolis and before I could even board the plane we found out that the plane we were supposed to take had mechanical issues. This caused the plane to turn around and head back to Chicago. By the time the plane was ready and on its’ way back to Minneapolis, our flight from Chicago to Dublin was about to take off. All four people I was traveling with from our group jumped on the phones with American Airlines. Three of the four of us had purchased travel insurance, but each of us was put on different flights to different places. I was supposed to have a 26 hour layover in Chicago which would cause me to get to Dublin a day late….and I would travel the rest of the way alone. One of the ... read more

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A 3 hours trip from LAX i arrived at the airport (middnight). They call minnesota, 'The twin cities' because two major cities connect, minneapolis and the other city being St Paul. The whole of minneapolis is divided into uptown, downtown and the suburbs. They streets sound so simple because they name them by numbers so 1st street (downtown)to 100th Street (uptown). But its super big and confusing to me! Driving the streets is intersting because you can see 'gangs' walking around, while ive been told there not racist, people still describe each other as black, white or asian. or the new one i learnt "hipsters" (people who wear tight jeans and glasses with no glass). They are very gun friendly- its normal to have a gun in the glove box of your car which i just ... read more

After mulling over what my first blog entry would be about I decided against attempting to write the minute after minute observations that can be found in my travel journal. The places, the people, and the sounds were all recorded and after scanning through my pages, I realized that 95% of my friends and family would probably stop reading after the second page. So here you will find a general overview of my trip, far less rich and exciting than the real deal, but hopefully enjoyable and informative to read. The trip begins in Minneapolis, and ends in Pune India, nearly 8000 miles away from home. Welcome to my journey. 11:14 AM, Minneapolis I've been missing everyone back home. While my flight was delayed I realized that I had been second guessing myself all week about ... read more