After a super long day of traveling yesterday, and trying to learn Hindi on the plane, I met with another girl traveling from Montana and we got on a shuttle to the dorms that we are staying at. Driving through the city was incredibly overwhelming. A combination of scary driving (running 3 stop signs in total), new smells, strange sights and no mountains. We checked into orientation, ate dinner and met the people we will be spending the next seven weeks with.
Today, we woke up, ate breakfast and began a full day of learning and reviewing rules, expectations, goals and ways to be safe in the city. It was a long day but very helpful in the overall mental preparation for departure and what to expect from our host families, friends and teachers. We finished orientation at 5 then were set free into the city with a stipend, a curfew and a radius to stay in. We were able to go get our last American burgers then went out and found a movie theater.
Tomorrow, our flight leaves at 8:00 p.m. and we will be on the plane for either 15 or 17 hours (no one seems to know), but regardless, it's going to be a super long day because when we land in Mumbai we are headed straight to our in-city orientation.
I've been starting to learn the Hindi alphabet but it's been extremely overwhelming and difficult. I'm hoping to get a few basic phrases down before landing in Mumbai. Although we are leaving tomorrow, the reality of it all has yet to hit me. I still feel as though we have weeks until our trip.
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