Almost there

I’ve arrived in Munich, and it is currently 9:43 am local time, which is 3:43 am in Ottawa.  The plane over wasn’t too bad.  I watched a couple movies, got a little bit of sleep, and had an aisle seat so I was able to stretch out my legs a little bit.  I must say though that for the first time in a long while, I was very thankful that they did the announcements in two languages.  It served as a bit of a reminder that I was traveling to an area of the world where I would have difficulty communicating with other people.

I just finished what is quite possibly the most expensive breakfast I’ve ever had.  $22.50 CDN for a cup of yogurt, fruit, granola, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.  Yeah… doesn’t seem so bad in Euros (€10.90) but the conversion is a killer.

Edit (Jun 18, 2010 @ 4:05)

- Okay, I had the conversion wrong.  It’s only $1.25 CND to the Euro… which would make breakfast only $13.63.  That’s still expensive, but not as bad as I thought. -MW

The airport here beats anything I’ve seen in Canada.  They’ve got some really nifty things here too that are both amusing to see that they exist, and very good ideas.   The neatest one I can think of is the “Nap Cab”.  Basically they are booths that have a bed and are apparently soundproofed.  The idea being you pay to rent one so that you can either do some work, or get some sleep.  They look pretty comfy, but I’m too cheap to pay to try one out.

Also, I swear that the colours on my computer are off sometimes, and that everything has kind of a red tinge to it.  But then I look closer and everything appears to be just fine.   Either I’m really tired, or going crazy.  Or both.  Either way, I’m going to try to get comfortable and rest my eyes for a bit.

Cheers!

- Mike

It has to start somewhere…

Welcome to my blog!

I wanted something really exciting and mind blowing to say here, but currently I’m coming up blank so I’ll just start writing and hopefully something good will come out.

I’m starting this blog just before going to Turkey for the summer through AIESEC.  I’m super excited to be going.  I’ve got my visa and tickets.  I’ve got a new camera that I’m just dying to use.  I’ve got some Canadian paraphernalia (or will have shortly to be exact).  I’m not packed yet though, which I really should get to doing.  Instead though, I’m procrastinating by writing this blog post.  Hurray for procrastination!

Have I mentioned that I’m excited to use my new camera?  Yes?  Oh, well I’m excited to use my new camera.  It’s my first SLR camera and I really look forward to seeing the quality of pictures I can get while I use it.

If you will notice, there is a flickr panel on the sidebar.  The pictures you see at the time of this post (June 15th) are not mine.  They are good though, aren’t they?  As the summer progresses, I will be uploading the pictures that I take so my pictures will start to show up there soon.

I will be leaving for Turkey in two days… oh man… two days!  So excited!  Anyway, I will be leaving for Turkey in two days and there is so much to do.  So, it’s time to stop procrastinating and start getting ready to go!

I think I’ll try to come up with a catchy sign off phrase for next time.

Until then!

- Mike W.