I didn't sleep on any plane ride this trip and I suffered for it. My flight from Seattle left at 6am, which meant a 3:30am wake up, a 40min drive to arrive at the airport the scheduled ~2 hours early. I got everything checked in OK bags weighing 50, 50, and 41lbs besides my backpack with some books and computer. UGH! Packing was a bitch and I still feel like Ive missed somethings. India was so much easier to pack for. Winter clothing takes up LOTS of room and 7 pairs of shoes (excessive??) is more of an issue than I would have thought.
The Chicago airport wasn't bad, but MAN that was the LONGEST taxi ride from landing to getting off the plane. I think that ride in itself was 30minutes. WTH? I had a 4 hour layover but because I had to transfer terminals and get re-checked in on a different airline, it was only a 2.5 hr layover where I was sitting and doing nothing. Seriously, if you have to do anything in Chicago totally leave yourself LOTS of time between planes. Lucky though, it was a direct flight to Sweden. Not so lucky was the seat next to the SCREAMING baby girl. She was mean too. She also was singing something to the tune of London Bridges Falling Down...and would scream FALLING DOWN (in English) when she got to that part. The rest of the song was in what I assume is Swedish. She slept for about 3 hours of the 9 hour flight. The rest of the flight she was screaming/crying/yelling/singing/running/beating/kicking. I didn't sleep.
The stewardess on SAS airlines were a mixed bag. One lady was a total B*ch. I almost panicked because my little TV thing didn't work at first and this lady literally waved her hand at me and walked away. I could not imagine 9 hours on a flight with a screaming child and nothing to block the noise. Lucky for me, I talked to another stewardess and she got me fixed up for the most part. Still the best airline is Quantas, however SAS was better than United (the first time I came to Sweden) or Delta.
I arrived at 8 am Sweden time, but didn't leave the airport till 9am because it took that long to get luggage. Customs was a joke - sooooo not like Australia or India for that matter. IF you wanted to declare anything there was 1 counter, else walk through. Getting my passport stamped took 2 minutes and they didn't even check to see if I had the proper VISA. Which by the way, all I had to do was print off this piece of paper that said it was OK for me to be here longer than 3 months. I could have foraged that thing in a heart beat!
Its a 2 hour ride from the airport to Grimso. On the way back, we stopped so I could get some groceries. By this time, I could barely keep a thought long enough in my head to get anything. Im surprised I made it out of there with a complete "dish". I am doubly surprised because nothing was written in english. Thank goodness for photos. However, they have got some straaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnngge things to eat here. At least in India everything is fresh and the pre-packaged food is all rather boring. Here, there is more pre-packaged food and its a guessing game as to what the hell it is Im buying. More on this later!
Here is where Ill be: My Home
The Chicago airport wasn't bad, but MAN that was the LONGEST taxi ride from landing to getting off the plane. I think that ride in itself was 30minutes. WTH? I had a 4 hour layover but because I had to transfer terminals and get re-checked in on a different airline, it was only a 2.5 hr layover where I was sitting and doing nothing. Seriously, if you have to do anything in Chicago totally leave yourself LOTS of time between planes. Lucky though, it was a direct flight to Sweden. Not so lucky was the seat next to the SCREAMING baby girl. She was mean too. She also was singing something to the tune of London Bridges Falling Down...and would scream FALLING DOWN (in English) when she got to that part. The rest of the song was in what I assume is Swedish. She slept for about 3 hours of the 9 hour flight. The rest of the flight she was screaming/crying/yelling/singing/running/beating/kicking. I didn't sleep.
The stewardess on SAS airlines were a mixed bag. One lady was a total B*ch. I almost panicked because my little TV thing didn't work at first and this lady literally waved her hand at me and walked away. I could not imagine 9 hours on a flight with a screaming child and nothing to block the noise. Lucky for me, I talked to another stewardess and she got me fixed up for the most part. Still the best airline is Quantas, however SAS was better than United (the first time I came to Sweden) or Delta.
I arrived at 8 am Sweden time, but didn't leave the airport till 9am because it took that long to get luggage. Customs was a joke - sooooo not like Australia or India for that matter. IF you wanted to declare anything there was 1 counter, else walk through. Getting my passport stamped took 2 minutes and they didn't even check to see if I had the proper VISA. Which by the way, all I had to do was print off this piece of paper that said it was OK for me to be here longer than 3 months. I could have foraged that thing in a heart beat!
Its a 2 hour ride from the airport to Grimso. On the way back, we stopped so I could get some groceries. By this time, I could barely keep a thought long enough in my head to get anything. Im surprised I made it out of there with a complete "dish". I am doubly surprised because nothing was written in english. Thank goodness for photos. However, they have got some straaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnngge things to eat here. At least in India everything is fresh and the pre-packaged food is all rather boring. Here, there is more pre-packaged food and its a guessing game as to what the hell it is Im buying. More on this later!
Here is where Ill be: My Home
Children are such terrors! Most of them at least.. Oh and I wish I was there to help pack :P And what did you actually end up buying? Asked anyone or cooked it already?
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