Laura goes to the US

last words - good bye, my American dream

so this is gonna be my last post for this blog that has been my diary since September.
to be honest, I´m a bit sentimental to close that virtual book and somehow officially end the past 10 months with it.
But I´m back home since one month and after having met my family and most of my friends again I finally started to realize that it´s over and life goes on. (in a very positive way, though)
so what did I do during my last days in West Lafayette? Above all FLYING, FLYING, FLYING... and I MADE IT!!!! I REALLY MADE IT!! :D since Wednesday, May 31 2006 I am a private pilot!! the wheather at the test ride was nasty, lots of turbulences and cross-wind and after the first two landings I thought I wouldn´t make it but the last one impressed the examiner and saved my license ("excellent! you couldn´t have done it better!" :p). yes, I´m proud of it - if you haven´t realized by now! ;-)

originally, I wanted to write about my experiences, my dreams, what I liked best, who I met, what impressed me most and a last sentence. I don´t think I´m going to do that. I had an undescribable time over there - rich of experiences, impressions and emotions. in any way, intensive might be the right word. a text wouldn´t capture that. but I´m going to write down some moments I don´t want to forget. all of them are part of this time but as it says - just a part... enjoy :)

• the feeling of being between unbelievably high sky scrapers in Manhatten
• sand dunes in new jersey, far at the horizon the skyline of nyc
• coconut murdering on the keys in florida
• sleeping in a tent somewhere in death valley
• vee-doub! --> fix a tire somwhere else in death valley
• mmmmh, yummy sushi pizza!
• handing water to running people (with no more power) at the NYC marathon
• rockefeller center at sunset
• on the hudson river on the way to manhatten with the sun illuminating the skyscrapers
• everything is illuminated
• Jackie and me having a wonderful dinner and singing our favourite song
• snow
• TV nights in the basement
• modern artist show in Newark
• dancing salsa and to "strange" music with people from everywhere
• the feeling of being at the middle of the world
• glühwein in nyc
• whitecastle burgers
• dallas, texas, god´s country
• hoboken by night and ice
• crocodile hunters (florida)
• jacuzzi under the stars in december
• smashing a racquet ball ball to calm down at Purdue´s gym
• the broken power shaft one week before dead line and a working machine in the end
• toronto - a city! houses! big streets! and no corn fields... amaaazing!!
• i still can´t roll the r
• inventing stupid games in a brown apartment
• christmas decoration...
• the smell of salmon coming home in South Orange
• the first time of being in a small single engine airplane and flying over nyc (wow!!)
• very strange movies with rené
• califoooorniaaaa!
• snow chains and chain saw men
• san francisco on the floor
• eating oranges from the trees and a lemon with a big promise
• walmart odysees - pasta with tomatoes and veggies
• the first breakfast
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that was it, my American dream. And it was awsome!
I want to thank every single person I met who has made this time so special to me and made me enjoy all of those moments. THANK YOU

The next part of my life can start... and already has, a lot has happened during the last month :-)

I opened a new blog being a new chapter. It´s www.laura-goes-to-bangkok.blogspot.com , you are welcome to take part!

PS: Sorry for the birthdays i forgot during that time! I hope you will forgive me one day...

posted by Laura @ 1:11 PM