Day 1

Today I arrived in Denver for the official beginning of the semester. Okay, the "official" official beginning is actually Sunday, but today was the arrival day. After two amazing flights this morning, I made it to Denver a bit earlier than scheduled and had plenty of time to get to know a few people before even getting to our meeting spot for the day. I got to meet a ton of people, which is making me grateful that we all have name tags so it'll be easier to remember names.

We played some games - Mad Gab, Phase 10, Egyptian rat screw, and a Swiss card game called Pants Down. There are a lot of people who like to play games, which I'm sure will prove to be entertaining (and educational!) Apparently, in Switzerland the decks only have the numbers 6-10, Unter (Jack), Ober (Queen), Konig (King), and Ace. The suits in this particular deck were Roses, Bells, Shields, and Acorns.

Most of the day was spent introducing ourselves and eating food while comparing notes on cultural differences. Camilla (from Denmark) and I had a discussion about alcohol legislation in the U.S. vs. Denmark. Carolina (from Sweden/Chile), AJ (from Wisconsin) and I discussed global politics as well as the legislative system and voting regulations in our countries. I'm really looking forward to learning a lot about my fellow castmates and their home countries. There should be plenty to talk about since we have people from 26 countries in our cast.

On that note, I'm off to sleep.
~Molly