My Arrival!

St. Louis, Missouri --->Newark, NJ ---> New York, New York --->Dusseldorf, Germany ---> Berlin, Germany ---> Oslo, Norway ---> SUNNE, SWEDEN!! Lots of flying, but I finally made it here!!

It all started in New York City!  I landed and Court came to pick me up from the airport.  That was definitely an adventure lugging around all my bags on the train.  People were not very happy with us seeing as my bags took up all of the aisle space and people had to give their seats up for us. haha  After we got off the train we took the wrong elevator due to some very rude lady.  On the second elevator we met a very interesting who asked us where we were going with all of our bags.  We told him, then he informed us he was going to Wendy's to get chili and a bake potato and then pour the chili all over the bake potato.  Then he was going to smoke "a little somthin" haha O the people you meet!!  After this we walked the streets of NYC with three bags of luggage in search for a cab.  We took a cab to Court and Lauren's apart and finally got to put all my stuff there.  I loved their apartment and it is your typical small NYC apartment, but it's was so cool and so real to me that they lived in NYC!  Court and I then initially had reservations at a Sushi restaurant, but then decided we were too hungry and needed pasta. haha We went to a place and got some pizza, pasta, and wine! It was delicious!  Then, we met up with Lauren when she got off work from Brooks Brothers and went to get some dessert.  When we got back to their apartment we watched 27 dresses and called it a night.  It was a great way to spend my last night in the states!!!

Saturday Court took me to get some last minute things (bronzer, converters, shin guards)  We went back to her apartment to pack all my stuff up and head to the airport!!  When we got there and went to check-in I saw my roommate Katie and met her for the first time.  She went to the University of Florida and is a goal-keeper.  She is very cool, chill, and super nice.  I think we are going to get along just fine =)  After we checked our bags in security was shut down so we decided to go grab some food.  We our last "American Cheeseburger" for a while and headed back to go through security.  Court was a good big sister and didn't leave me until I got through security and she literally couldn't see me anymore! Love her! Katie and I headed to our gate and waited to board the flight.  Once we got on the plane it wasn't looking good because Katie was in the middle and the man next to her was taking all of her space.  Somehow we got super lucky and the plane wasn't full so the man moved and we ended up having the four middle seats to the two of us.  The flight was 6.5 hours and I watched movies and read a little.  We made it to Germany then quickly boarded our next flight.  After that flight we had about an hour wait and then boarded our flight to Oslo.

Once we arrived in Oslo with all of our luggage in tow we were good to go (We had to wait a while for Katie's and weren't sure it had made it)  Once we walked out our manager and a girl from our team were waiting for us there and we packed our things into the car and headed to Sunne.  The drive was about 2.5 hours, but it was very beautiful and scenic.  It was cool to see Norway and then cross over into Sweden.  Once we arrived into town we went to have dinner at our teammates house.  She just had a baby and he was so beautiful.  Dinner was delicious and then we headed to our apartment.  We then came in unpacked and re-arranged the apartment a little.  It is very nice and has everything we need.  We are still working on getting the finishes touches and unpacking everything.  We are in the Center of the town and it is very cool.   There is lake about a block away and it is beautiful.  Our town is a very popular place during the summer months and I am excited for that.  After we got into our apartment and settled I got to watch Franks game and see him hit a 2 RBI double and tie up the game for his team!  They went on to win the game and it was very exciting I could watch some of the game over here and see that =)  After that it was off to bed.

I didn't sleep the best through the night, but finally at about 8 am I got some solid sleep until 1 o'clock.  We then met up with our manager and got our bank accounts set up.  At about 4:30 our coach came to pick us up and helped us get our Swedish phones and Wifi set up in our apartment.  We also got to go see the Spa that is in town.  It is sooo nice and has a pool, hot tubs, gym, fitness classes, massages,  and a salon.  I am so excited to get our membership there and try it out!   After this we went to our first team practice.  It was a "fitness" day so we had a fitness class which was really different and cool.  It consisted of some abs, plyo stuff, lunges and things of that sort.  It was really great to meet all of the girls and they all came up one by one to introduce themselves and shake our hands.  Tomorrow we have a press conference and our first real practice.  I am so excited to get things started and get back to playing with a team! I am so excited for the season and can't wait to get going.  Everything is amazing so far.  The people are super nice and have been so helpful to us.  I can't wait to see what is in store next!!

Sorry this is so long, but there was a lot to write about to fill everyone in!!  Hope you enjoy it! I will post pics ASAP!  Talk soon =))