I Have Arrived !!

To start from the beginning of my travels, I will bring you to Newark airport. I first became alarmed when I received my boarding pass that read "gate not yet assigned" for my connecting flight. So I asked the receptionist where to go, when I land in Germany,  to find out what gate my flight would be departing from. She replied "I have no idea." I asked if they would speak english and again she replied that she did not know.

I put that all aside and decided that I would cross that bridge when I came to it. I found my gate at Newark, where I learned there is no free internet in airports, and sat for over two hours before we began boarding the plane. The plane may have had 30 people on it; therefore, I had an entire row to myself! That was glorious, although I was unable to sleep because it was not normal sleeping hours. I watched three movies, red a book, and perused through the different games that were available, while making friends with the boys near by who were also on a journey to study abroad. When we departed the flight, I easily discovered my numer gate and I proceeded on my way.

I landed in a world where no one spoke english, there where lifts instead of elevators, and toiletes instead of restrooms. Within the first ten feet of traveling through the foreign airport the wheel broke off my luggage and I was forced to awkwardly pull it the rest of the way. My gate happened to by the last gate at the airport, which is gigantic, so I traveled for about twenty minutes before I reached my destination. While waiting for the plain I made another friend who actually have me contact information in case I need anything while I am in Ghana, although I am sure I wil never use the information. We finally got on the plane after an excruciating three hour wait. The plane was once again partially empty and I was able to stretch across the seats, where I peacefully slept for about two hours. Then the pilot called for a doctor because someone on the plane was getting sick, and there was a baby that cried the entire rest of the way. I survived the plane ride and discover three other individuals who were in my program so we were able to void off all of the unwelcome attention from men together and find the man who would drive us to the hotel.

We are living in luxury currently. We arrived at the Coco Resort at around 5:30, got dinner (which we didn't eat because we had eaten on the plane), then sat outside at the bar. Everyone is so pleasant and seemed to get along very well. I have made some great acquaintances already and I am sure we will get to know each other better everyday. The hotel is beautiful and the workers have been so kind to us.

The hotel not only has toilet paper, airconditioning, and a pool, it also has hot water in the shower as long as you turn the heat on thirty minutes before you use the water. I only left it on for ten minutes before my shower, so I took a cool shower. However, it was refreshing after sitting in the heat for several hours. I also have wireless internet here and tomorrow will begin my real adventure. We will be taking public transportation and going to the mall to get cellphones! I will leave you to ponder what tomorrow holds for me, because it is time for me to get to bed. We have breakfast at 7:00 AM tomorrow !!