Plane tickets booked!

So yesterday I booked my tickets to America. I decided to book them as quickly as possible to get the cheapest available tickets. I'll be flying to NYC on my birthday, which is on august the 20th. First I thought it would be smart to just buy a ticket on some cheap airline and maybe have a layover somewhere in Europe.

However as I was ordering my tickets I began to notice that these cheaper airlines have a lot of delightful hidden costs everywhere. I'm not going to mention the airline in question Norwegian but it turned out that I'd have to pay for things like proper food and luggage separately. Like who in their right mind would travel to New York City with no luggage? Good luck explaining that one to the authorities. Anyway I decided to not be bothered with any of that and booked non-stop flight both ways with Finnair. I prefer non-stop flights because it is just so much easier. I also tend to be a lil' lazy which is another reason I chose to fly non-stop. One thing which would have been better on the other airline is that I would have flown with the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner which would have been awesome. But I guess an Airbus A330 will have to suffice. Hey, at least I'll be in New York City relatively early, albeit jet lagged.

Preface

I realize that chronicle is probably not the best of words to use to try to describe what this blog will be about since a chronicle implies a factual documentation of a historical event of some sort. This blog however will contain examples of hyperbole, artistic fiction and sarcastic remarks about various things I encounter in daily life.


So what can one expect of this blog? This blog will document my experience as an exchange student at Utica College during the fall of 2014, and the road and work leading up to it. I will try my best to actively document the process of my exchange in pictures and words for you to enjoy. I am scheduled to leave for Utica in mid-august of 2014, however a lot of things will happen and a lot of things need to be done before that happens. In short, this blog can be viewed as a guide for exchange students, albeit not a very good one.


I am looking forward to this adventure.