Arrived Here

I Made It! (for all out there who were concerned, maybe a few) Jen and I had a great last day taking public transit up to NYC for a few hours before we said our good bye's. It was extremely difficult to say goodbye to her. I already miss her. The flight itself was fine. There was a 2 hour delay to takeoff due to a storm. We were the 32nd plane in line for take off. Eitherway, I still made it into Aub Dhabi.



Now once I touched down, I went through the line to get my visa, iris scan and a trip through customs. After I got my bags, I figured there would be somebody from the school waiting for me. So I pulled off, looking around, but saw nothing. People had been asking if i needed a taxi, which i politely said no, mainly because I had no idea how to get to the villa I would be living at. So at this point, i started to make circles around the area looking for my name, or the school logo or something. But, there was nothing. I started to think of all the crazy things i might need to do in the mean time, like sleep in the airport, call a friend back in the US for some ideas. This was summing up to be my worst fear, having no where to go in a foreign country, let alone one where I did not speak the native language.



I tried to rationalize some things in my head, like maybe they were late because my flight got delayed, or since I went through customs quickly, etc. I decided to sit down for 10 min to get my bearings and thing about what I should be doing now. Finally, I decided to walk around to see if anybody was around. I looked high and low, and then, finally, I spotted somebody with the proper logo, and the school's name on back. I asked them if they were here to pick me up. They recognized my name, but said they were only here to pick up one student (that student not being me). They informed me that they thought I got on a different flight, and would not be arriving until the next day. No worries, but I then realized if that other student had not arrived on that day, and my plane was not 2 hours late, I could have easily spent the night sleeping in the Abu Dhabi airport.........................

That is it for now, I have limited access to internet. I will post more later