USA trip 2011 - report and pics
All right, I'm going back to work on Wednesday and don't want to put this off any longer, so here's my holiday report, more or less in list form. Pictures are here: USA 2011.
The trip in general
- My aunt and everyone else spent 3 weeks trying to feed me on every occasion. I swear the word I heard most was "Eat!" XD
- Every time my aunt introduced me to someone, they assumed I couldn't speak English and were positively shocked to find out that I actually can.
- Also, apparently I sound "proper". Well, as long as I don't sound ridiculous...
- Another thing I heard a lot was "OMG, you're so tall!" My cousin went on holiday with his family for a week and when they came back his wife looked at me and actually said "I think she got taller." XD I swear I felt like I was inside a H50 fanfic, one of those stories where Steve goes to New Jersey and finds himself surrounded by Danny's siblings and cousins, all short, blond and loud. XD
- Talking about H50, I had no idea they were airing reruns, so the first Monday I was there, my uncle said "Let's see what's on TV" and went straight to CBS. Cue me making a strangled noise and asking in a small voice "Umh, can we watch this? I... quite like it." And it was the Sherlock Holmes episode too! I was about to explode with fangirly glee. (And every time I passed through Weehawken I thought of "Months and miles from dreams" and grinned like an idiot.)
- One of my cousins has a huge Dodge, I wonder how his wife can climb inside (she reaches up to my shoulder), while the other one has a fucking Harley Davidson and took me for a ride. Here's proof (I cut off my head because my expression was ridiculous):
- OMG so many squirrels! :3 I never see squirrels at home, and there they were all over the place. Oh, and apparently there was a stray coyote wandering about the neighbourhood too. WTH, it's New Jersey, not fucking Nevada!
Squirrel!
- The wedding was big and shiny and everyone tried to get me drunk. WTF? XD
- I've been using the phrase "Are you serious?" way too much.
- I found out that flats (I mean, apartments :P) in Hoboken are cheaper than in my town. The hell?
- First earthquake on the East Coast after about a century and I'm there to experience it. Yeah, baby. Thank God I left 2 days before Hurricane Irene arrived, there's only so much drama I can bear.
- I helped my aunt make tomato sauce. We made 136 jars. One hundred and thirty six. Man.
( More behind the cut, it's getting long )
Aaand, that's it. Whew, that got long indeed. I also have some pics I want to add to my online portfolio, I'll try to do that before the weekend.
The trip in general
- My aunt and everyone else spent 3 weeks trying to feed me on every occasion. I swear the word I heard most was "Eat!" XD
- Every time my aunt introduced me to someone, they assumed I couldn't speak English and were positively shocked to find out that I actually can.
- Also, apparently I sound "proper". Well, as long as I don't sound ridiculous...
- Another thing I heard a lot was "OMG, you're so tall!" My cousin went on holiday with his family for a week and when they came back his wife looked at me and actually said "I think she got taller." XD I swear I felt like I was inside a H50 fanfic, one of those stories where Steve goes to New Jersey and finds himself surrounded by Danny's siblings and cousins, all short, blond and loud. XD
- Talking about H50, I had no idea they were airing reruns, so the first Monday I was there, my uncle said "Let's see what's on TV" and went straight to CBS. Cue me making a strangled noise and asking in a small voice "Umh, can we watch this? I... quite like it." And it was the Sherlock Holmes episode too! I was about to explode with fangirly glee. (And every time I passed through Weehawken I thought of "Months and miles from dreams" and grinned like an idiot.)
- One of my cousins has a huge Dodge, I wonder how his wife can climb inside (she reaches up to my shoulder), while the other one has a fucking Harley Davidson and took me for a ride. Here's proof (I cut off my head because my expression was ridiculous):
- OMG so many squirrels! :3 I never see squirrels at home, and there they were all over the place. Oh, and apparently there was a stray coyote wandering about the neighbourhood too. WTH, it's New Jersey, not fucking Nevada!
Squirrel!
- The wedding was big and shiny and everyone tried to get me drunk. WTF? XD
- I've been using the phrase "Are you serious?" way too much.
- I found out that flats (I mean, apartments :P) in Hoboken are cheaper than in my town. The hell?
- First earthquake on the East Coast after about a century and I'm there to experience it. Yeah, baby. Thank God I left 2 days before Hurricane Irene arrived, there's only so much drama I can bear.
- I helped my aunt make tomato sauce. We made 136 jars. One hundred and thirty six. Man.
( More behind the cut, it's getting long )
Aaand, that's it. Whew, that got long indeed. I also have some pics I want to add to my online portfolio, I'll try to do that before the weekend.