Well, I'm alive and officially a city girl! I arrived here in Rosslyn (where LCWS is located) on Saturday afternoon. I was nervous about flying out here all on my own, but was pleasantly surprised to find that Megan and Alex, who are also from Concordia, were on the same flight as I was. We also met four fellow students from Luther College in Iowa, who were also on our flight out to DC. Out of there seven of us, all but two have been out to DC before. This was so helpful, especially when it came to the Metro. Once we landed in DC, we had to navigate ourselves from the airport to our apartments. I was nervous about doing this, and I've only been on public transportation once in my life, so Steven took control and helped all of us get on the Metro. The trick, though, was that we had our luggage, which was so bothersome to carry around! After some wrong directions, we finally found LCWS (located at River Place in Rosslyn) and made our way to our apartments. After being up the entire day, I unpacked and went to bed!
The next day we had to ourselves. It was raining out (so strange for a MN girl) so my roommate Karmen and i decided to go shopping. We braved the rain ( and the Metro again) and went to Pentagon City, where there is a great mall. We also decided that groceries were a high priority, since we hadn't gone shopping yet. After 2 hours of shopping (with Viking score updates by grocery store employees) our hands were full. This is the problem with grocery shopping in DC; you have no car, so buying in bulk is not the best thing. So we caught a taxi back to our apartment and managed to make it back without losing or breaking anything.
Later that night, we got to meet all the students that we would be taking classes and living with during the next 14 weeks. There are 34 of us ( a smaller group for the program), which I hope will make us all bond well!
The bonding continued the next day with a touristy day around DC. We packed a lot into our day and the pictures below tell of where we went. It was nice to get out into the sun and get to know everyone a bit more.
Just as we are getting settled into our lives here in DC, our internships start. Stay tuned to hear about all the adventures that come with your first week as an intern. It should be interesting...
Korean Memorial
Concordia Kids!- Alex, Megan, Beth
World War II Memorial
The Capitol
Washington National Cathedral
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