American girl meets international travel (for the first time)

I always like to have pictures in my stories - so here's my first picture.  It's the view from my hotel room.

I don't even know where to start with this story!  I guess the flight would be good huh?

This is my first time out of North America.  I've been out of the country (Canada, but really?) but never overseas.  So off the bat I'm going to say I'm proud of myself for making it here all by myself in a country where English is not the primary language.

I sat next to a priest on the 9+ hour flight.  I have never seen some eat so fast in my life!!  We got dinner, which was my first meal on a plane in I don't know how long, and about 5 minutes later the dude next to me was done!  It was crazy.  Did I mention that the priest didn't speak english but still insisted on talking to me?  I just nodded even after the flight attendant explained to him in polish that I only knew english!!  Oh well, I think he wanted a friend.

I tried to get comfortable to get some sleep but then they started to play The Blindside.  So of course I had to watch - I love that movie.  After about 10 minutes of a Polish version of the movie I gave up.  I fell asleep eventually only to be woken up when everyone cheered when Big Mike pushed the other football player over the wall.  Needless to say I didn't get much sleep...

So then I get to the airport - and the first step was passport verification.  After waiting in line for forever I finally got through - no problem.  I was a little nervous that they would stop me for some reason and then I wouldn't have anyone to call and I'd be stuck in a Polish jail!  Luckily none of that happened.

I even survived my 2.5 hour drive from Warsaw to Plock.  I did get lost a couple of times and I did depend on the GPS for the first part of the drive but I made it.  Warsaw traffic is a lot like Chicago.  I fit right in cutting people off. :-)  

My hotel is super cute!  And I walked through the city tonight with the other UOP guy here.  He showed me around to some of the places he had found in the two weeks he has been here.  I think I'm going to wander around town tomorrow with my camera.  There are some awesome churches.  On Sunday Tony is going to take me to the store that has it all.  :-)  So far I'm loving it here!!