Well, I am here

Hello, all! I made it to Austria safe and sound. After a rushed last night in the States spent packing, I spent my morning getting all the last minute stuff I realized I had forgotten. Mom and Aunt Nancy dropped me off in the Knoxville Airport and I left for DC. The weather was a little bad which made for a bumpy flight, but we made it okay and I made it to my next gate with time to spare. The flight from DC to Frankfurt was long (as expected), but not too bad. I was in the canter isle seat, but the person who was supposed to sit next to me got up and moved giving me two seats to stretch out on. I still didn't sleep a wink and arrived in Frankfurt groggy. I found my next flight (that airport is a maze) and went through security again (they don't mess around). The last flight from Frankfurt to Linz was short, and seemed even shorter to me since I fell asleep before we even took off. I woke up when I felt the descent begin and quickly looked out the window to see my new city. Linz is very nice looking from above...nothing like the US. My mentor picked me up at the airport and took me on a driving tour of Linz before taking me to my new dorm. The city looks like it is going to be a great place to live. The town center is exactly what stereotypical European towns should look like complete with cobblestone and a statue. I got checked into my dorm and found my room. My roommate has already moved in, but she is not here tonight. Many of the rooms around me are under construction (and I thougt I would be able to get away from that), so I don't think there are very many people living on my floor right now. After making a couple of calls when I got here, I crashed and took a very very long nap...making me wide awake at 4 am, thus the long post. Well, thats about everything I have done so far. I'm going to unpack now and maybe take another nap here in few hours in order to try to get on some type of sleeping schedule. I hope everyone is doing well!