Traveling 5-29

Well the day started off pretty well. My stomach was in knots and we couldn´t find Midway. But then things started to look better, we got there, I got checked in fast and switched to an aisle seat and got to the gate fine. Still nervous, I flew from Midway to Newark, NJ. I had a four hour layover so I spent that time getting some food and then reading. I was looking around hoping to find someone that I thought would be in my program but no luck. At the last minute they changed my gate number so I had to run to the new gate. I got there early so it was all good. The plane ride was interesting. I met an Italian man whose name translates to Paul. We watched the sunset from the window and listened to each others music. Italian isn´t so bad- he had never heard of ALFREDO sauce though apparently its not authentic (he said thats an Italian name for a man), we even named the clouds according to what they looked like and watched the heat lightning. I had a few drinks and felt less nervous- except for not knowing Spanish or how to contact someone if they didn´t pick me up. Luckily Paul knew Spanish and went and found the institute representative. Our program guy- Anival. Hés 23 and fun, we goes out with us. Anywho a lil later I met 6 people from U of Maryland. All were landscape architects. We road on a pimp bus to the hotel---stacey told me the wrong one so my parents tried to call and couldn´t find me (they got scared then). We met the rest most from U of Buffalo and then went to dinner after unloading our bags. It was fun but I was super hyper and I dont know why. The people probabaly wondered what I was on but it was a combination of being tired and being in an airport alllllll day. I was soo excited that the people were easy to get along with even though I will be lost when we talk architecture or landscape acrchitecture. There is one other UP person.