Tuesday: Day 1

On the plane, i managed to catch an hour or so of much needed sleep. We had a smooth landing and after waiting for the f

ront of the plane to get off, I went to the baggage claim. Here, I met the first of many people i had previously only known of from short emails and facebook. I got my bags and the small group of us got on a shuttle to another terminal. Here, we joined up with more CBYXers, and we all got on a van to go to Georgetown University. At Georgetown, we put all of our baggage

 into a room and waited in the lounge. Apparently, our rooms hadn't been made up yet so we couldn't check in. We did an interview with the German head of the program. After that we grabbed a bite to eat and went to the first of many information sessions. I was exhausted, as were most people, so eating supper and then checking into our rooms were both nice. After some more information sessions (such as "'Rules & Regulations? What Rules & Regulations!' Student mini-dramas") and a walk around outside, I hit the hay. The schedule we had been given gave a glimpse of the n

ext two days, and it looked like we wouldn't be getting too much of a break.