Arrival

Hello, there,

So I departed the San Diego Airport at about 2:45 pm on 10 Aug and flew to Chicago. There I had to exit through security, take a tram through all three other terminals (I had already walked through one and I was bound for #5), go back through security (international this time), then board my plane. That flight ran from about 10pm Chicago time (GMT -6) to 1:30 pm Copenhagen time (GMT +1), for a flight time of about 8.5 hrs. THEN I waited for a delayed flight to Trondheim, which eventually got me there at about 6:30pm, Trondheim Time. By 8:00pm I finally got to Moholt student housing. Another of the CoMEM students (Bojan from Serbia) had prepared dinner, so I joined him, Dr. Arnsten, and a number of other CoMEM students (see below) to eat before sleeping on a real bed at least.

It was 23:30 by the time I went to bed, but the sunset had BARELY faded to a dusky blue-purple. At 4:30 in the morning it was already bright enough to call it daylight. This place is crazy; I can only imagine the darkness of Winter.

There are 4 rooms in my suite, but I've only met one of the guys living here. His name is Per, and he's from Norway. He just finished his degree and is hunting for a job. It's nice because he's been living here a while and has collected all the cookware one could need over the past year or so. I've included a couple pictures from the place (including the super-cool fold-away shower!).

I spent today walking the campus and Central Trondheim. Bojan led a bunch of the new arrivals around to different places to take care of a series of upon-arrival tasks, like getting phones, course registration, and bus passes. Along the way we got to see the Cathedral. I know this kind of building is all over Europe, but it's still impressive to me.