Arrival in Indiana

We have had a really long day today. We left Washington DC at 10am and flew into Indianapolis. We were escorted all the way by the lovely Patty Kubow, the programme organiser from Indiana University in Bloomington. She is a dynamic, friendly and helpful person and Indiana University has done so much to make our transition easy. We had lunch upon arrival at our apartment complex and then got signed into our apartments.

I share with Remya from India and Sanaa from Morocco (not Candy and Cindy-Lou as Lisa Harris-Powell predicted for me). The amazing thing is that Fulbright gives us each a settling in allowance of $380. We need to set up the apartment because it only has furniture -- no sheets, towels, crockery etc. Christi, Jennifer, Jacob and Patty from Indiana University took us shopping to Target. It's so weird setting up a flat like a new uni student. Mop, bucket, iron, mugs, etc, etc. A crazy shopping experience made so easy by Christi and Patty giving us tips on how to keep the price down. We bought individual items (bedding, towels, etc) and shared items that we split. We have a debit card from Fulbright so it is a very easy process.

We finished the day by having the left over lunch in our apartment with most of the other internationals. I'm knackered, but I just wanted to do a quick post before I fall into the sleep of the exhausted.

 

Clockwise starting at left -- Su from NZ, Christine from Singapore, Ousamma from Morocco, Sanaa from Morocco, Jeremy from Singapore, Purnendu from India, Petteri from Finland and Remiya from India.