Monday, August 26, 2013

Final Stop, Leave Please.

Upon arriving at our little Bozeman airport, laden with too much luggage and not enough control to keep the stinging tears from pooling in my sleepy eyes,  I didn't know what to expect. I certainly didn't expect the numerous strapping young men who all offered to help me with my suitcase as I attempted to lift it over my head into the bins. (I politely declined the offered assistance, and needed only to  demonstrate my angry feminist grunts a few times to get the message across to some of the, er, gentlemen.) I have now arrived in my new home, having taken car, plane, train, and my own two tired feet as I dragged my oversized luggage towards a place I was promised to have a memory of, but as of yet have drawn blank. Funnily enough, what I do remember is the sidewalk. From this I can only assume that as a young, blossoming child of 9, I either had a magnificent eye for detail, or decided it was best to spend my European experience staring at my feet. Either way I still feel I was prodigious at heart.

The people have been amazing. I haven't met a single person who hasn't been smiley, welcoming, and patient as I struggle my way through their language. Except for this one French lady on the plane who just squinted around at everyone and sucked on her e-cigarette. And the flight attendants.

Well, I'm here. Its gorgeous. Welcome home, Kate?

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