The Airport:
I flew Chattanooga to Chicago, not so bad, but had a 13 hour layover in Chicago. I had my whole day planned
out: make some phone calls, watch some movies and tv shows, surf the internet blogging, get a chocolate milkshake (around hour 6 or 7), but then my power cord to my computer didn't work so I made an impromptu trip to Chicago. I've never been to Chicago, but the people at the airport told me to take the Blue line all the way to the Washington stop to the middle of the city. From there I wandered for a few hours looking for a Staples/Office Max/Best Buy sort of store but I couldn't find my power cord anywhere :( The rest of the airport was pretty uneventful after that. From Chicago, I had a flight to Frankfurt where I met Flo and Stefan at the airport!!!!
Germany:First few days were not too interesting to blog about...drove to Ulm, got caught up on some sleep, the usual trans-Atlantic transition stuff. The weather was so nice here Flo and I went to a few beer gardens and read in the park.
Work:I have an internship with Nokia in Ulm. The building I'm in is pretty cool. It's the Energon: the world's biggest passive house office building, which means it's very energy-efficient. I can't find an English site for it, but the pictures are pretty good.
The people are really nice and last week we got happy hour cocktails:
Some other random stuff:
We went to Ikea Friday to get some boxes. The boxes are a lot better for my clothes than piles on the floor. they look a lot better now and the labels Stefan and I made are sehr gut for my german. last night was taco night...and I finally took a picture of this clock at the Rathaus (town hall)! Every time I walk by there's a group of tourists taking a picture of this clock. I just found out that it's been ticking for over 490 years. This clock tells the time, zodiac signs, and some other things. Also, market time is back!!!!!! The last one is a picture of the Munster with some German flags.
