Landing in Sweden

We finally made it to Gothenburg, Sweden after about 16 hours of traveling. It was a really long day which explains the fact that both Mom and Dad are sleeping by 8:00pm. When we got to the airport we got our luggage and walked up to the man holding a sign reading "Galowitz" which was really funny. I took a picture of him before we went up to him and he totally knew I took the picture. It was a little awkward but he said it happens all of the time. haha  : P We then loaded everything in this car (Of course it was a Volvo) and headed to the hotel. I think seeing how they drive here made Dad a little nervous about driving tomorrow but it should be fine. Everything seems similar on the highways but when you get of the highway it is a little crazy and the roads are very narrow. We checked in to our hotel which is very nice. I was so tired after all the traveling so of course I took a nap. Mom and Dad went for a little walk but it was rainy and cold. It is only about 60 degress here. We then went and had dinner in the hotel lobby which was really good but we found out it was a little expensive. It is  crazy getting a bill for 663 SEK but the conversion is 8:1 so its not too bad. We tried to have the waitress teach us some Swedish but it didn't go too well. We feel a little bad just expecting everyone to know English (which pretty much everyone already does). We thought it would be helpful to atleast know Hello, Goodbye and Thank you. I haven't googled that yet but I will have to. Tomorrow will be an exciting day. We are finally picking up our new Volvo and will get a tour of the Volvo factory. I'm sure there will be some good stories from that!

And We're Off!

Today is finally the day. I packed up all of my things (which took forever!) and headed to the airport. Everything went fine except for the fact that my luggage weighed 70 lbs and the limit was 50 lbs. So we had to quickly move my stuff into Dad and Mom's luggage. It saved us $200! We got it all to fit and headed to our gate. Now we are taking a little rest in the SAS(Mom's note to Gramma: "It's not the old lady shoe store") Business Lounge at the Chicago O'hare airport which we found to be absolutely gigantic. It is nice to relax a little but there sure are a lot of stuffy business men. I'm pretty sure Dad, Mom and I are the youngest ones here. haha : ) Oh well, atleast it has wireless internet. We will then board the eight hour flight to Copenhagen at 10:00pm and have a short plane ride to Sweden. This blogging thing isn't so easy. Mom helped me write the whole thing. I hope I can do it when she leaves!! I'm sure I will get better. Hope you enjoy it. : )

Quote of the Day: Me- "Planes are the craziest thing ever made." Dad -  " I know. It's like a flying whale"