First Official Day

After 5 months of preparation I have finally made it to the Netherlands....
To begin through my journeys, it is officially 8 12 pm in Arnhem Netherlands and man has it been a long journey.
I left August 21 at 6 15 Pm. My plane was delayed boarding as well as taking off and we did not actually leave until about 645pm... It was a 6 hour flight which surprisingly is not bad it did go by quickly.
I flew with Sunwing/Arkefly and had a pretty good seat. upgraded and was aloud 70 pounds which surprisingly somehow I managed to stay under yay me.. got there got on the flight and had an absence amount of legroom as I was sitting in the emergency exit seat which was nice. Downfall of the plane was they did not show a movie so the lady that sat next to me and I shared a movie on her laptop, but unfortunately for me in that process somehow my camera got lost out of my bag and now is somewhere lost on a plane :( I am in the process of trying to get it back but chances are probably slim and I am very very sad about this... figures my first day and I lose my camera... Defiantly something I would do. I have made a file with the airport and contacted the airline to try and get it back but I will probably tomorrow go and buy a new one so I can post pictures with my upcoming  blogs :)

Preparation Advice....
Pack many times and check weight
MAKE A LIST
Keep all bags closed
DO NOT LEAVE TO LAST MINUTE- I did this and had final things to do in the airport like call cellphone company and fix MasterCard as I could not remember the Pin- Make sure all things are in check before leaving
SLEEP
SLEEP
Bring lots of food

Arnhem Netherlands
Okay enough with the flight and boring stuff onto what the trip has been like so far and my surroundings.
When getting off the plane, I had to make my way to train station to meet with my fellow introduction students. This was fairly easy as signs in the airport are in English and easy to follow. The train itself was pretty cool you had to push a button to open the door which is different than here. When on the train the aisles were very small which was very interesting watching  a little girl try and maneuver a bag bigger than her through them luckily dutch people seem to be very very nice and have no problem helping you :)
While on the train the scenery was pretty interesting... not really unlike some areas of Toronto you would see a lot of graffiti on buildings and a lot of run down buildings.. to be honest the train view was nothing special.
Advice when travelling ask for lots of help cause I def did not understand the stops and had to make sure I got off on the right one so asking for help they are usually able to tell you where to go and when it will be coming up.
Since getting off the train I have met with some Introduction students who were there to guide me to my room... very nice people and met a fellow Canadian from Alberta. They than took us to the living main house called Vivarie which we signed our lease contract and paid the rest of our tab... Advice, if you can manage to avoid sending a transfer and paying while here I defiantly would because you never know with wire transfers.

Residence
I am staying at Honingkamp... It is about a 5 minute walk to a small but decent shopping mall and about a 10 minute walk to school... I will let you know how that goes
I am by myself in a room which is nice I was provided with a desk a bed with a sheet on it no pillow or blanket, a closet, a toilet and a sink... that is all.... it  is small but alright.
downfalls that I am not used to and should be pretty weird getting used to is having to share a common kitchen and a common shower room (anyone that has ever stayed in a normal residence this will be nothing for you) but for me this is going to be very new, and I have a feeling the showers are coed which is kind of weird but I guess we will see how that goes
I have a small balcony off my room which is nice... Other than that the room is very simple

Differences
Pretty much it has been a long long day, Arnhem is 6 hours ahead of Canada and the Jet lag has defiantly come into play. I left at 615 pm and arrived at 740 am.... Slept for a little but you can only sleep so much on a plane they are not comfortable.. by the time I got everything done and into my room it was about 1pm my time... I than got a little tour and went to the market to get some food.... wow was that weird.
I am a picky eater and I CANT READ THE MENUS AHHHHHH!!!! that being said people are very nice and A LOT speak English so they were able to help me out, I ended up getting a chicken sandwich which was pretty good but man some of the stuff I could see people ordering was very interesting..... We shall see how it goes the 4 months I am here and the new stuff I try. Cant be much worse or different than trying guinea pig in Peru

That is all I can think to write for today but I will write again next week and fill you in on the week in Arnhem, Orientation, and my class schedule (hopefully how I want it)

Mickey Bidlofsky