Now that I've been back in America for 36 hours, I want to talk about what is shocking to me so far. The variety here is nuts. Just nuts. But it's the best kind of crazy ever. Today for lunch I had chicken salad and also a bagel with cream cheese because, hey! I was in NYC, and I haven't had a bagel for a year, OK? I also am really enjoying having my American cell phone that reaches 98% of the people I love through multiple different functions at any given times. And the best part about that? I don't have to worry about what the cost per minute or text is! See ya never, 9cent texts!
Also, I've noticed we have A/C in just about every place. So, environmentally conscious Europeans, yes, you're right, the "Klima Anlage" is everywhere, but you know what? IT IS HOT HERE. I mean it. I've been sweaty for about 35 hours now. Plus, in places like Wyoming it gets hot but the air is dry, and so we don't have A/C in my house there because guess what-- we can live without it. But here on the East Coast, my feet are cold because otherwise I'd actually just be a puddle and you'd never see me again.
The biggest shocker though is all of the English around me! I'm so used to, if I hear American English being spoken, automatically thinking, "Oh my gosh! Americans! I wonder where they're from and what they're doing here." I'm used to the conversations around me being in German and as such not paying attention to background noises. But I can understand everyone here. It's really, really, really a strange feeling. I can't really describe it.
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