German Arrival

So yesterday I left Salt Lake on a flight for 7:10 am. This was the first leg of my adventure to Germany. However it was foggy so after de-icing the plane we sat on the tarmac for an hour. This exceeded the allotted time for the plane's de-icing and we had to get more fuel so we proceeded back to our gate to start all over. In the end we got off the ground... 2 hours late so it was a very good thing that I had been scheduled for a 5 hour layover in Chicago. Upon arrival in Chicago I found my gate, called my mom, and found lunch. The flight from Chicago to London was 7.5 hours. I sat next to some pre-med students who were going to study abroad for their last semester. I really liked the boeing 777... they gave us dinner, there was in-flight entertainment for free including new release movies. I tried my best to sleep on the flight to fight jet lag but only managed to get about 2.5 hours. The London Heathrow Airport is quite the adventure because you have to take a bus anywhere... a different terminal and even to your plane because there are not many "real" gates. I was one of the first onto my plane bound for Dusseldorf. It was a really comfortable flight with hardly any passengers. When I got into Dusseldorf I was able to find my luggage perfectly. Patrick, Nico and Finni picked me up from the airport. They had rented a car so all my luggage fit and we were able to talk the entire ride back to Bonn. Germany is a beautiful place with a lot of country, the city isn't nearly as large as I thought it would be. When we got to the house Patrick gave me a tour and put my bags in my room which is on the top floor which I will have pretty much to myself. The goal was to keep me awake to fend off jet lag until it was late enough to go to bed. We took the car into town and went to dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Then Patrick and Finni took the car back while Koko, Nico and I walked around the city center. We went in a few shops, a department store (which is a lot like department stores at home except for the basement which is more of a market) The main city center had a farmers market in it which was way cool... I guess that if you go late enough in the day you can get really good deals. I will have to go explore more again. Then we came home had the last night of Christmas I read a story and then Patrick put the boys to bed. I unpacked all my luggage and skyped my mom and sister! I am loving Germany so much and can't wait for my bike tour tomorrow.

Here are pictures of my room and the boys...