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sublimeparadigm's house! :D :D :D She's lovely, her parents are lovely, her house is lovely, her cat is lovely. We went out for tea and cake and it was the best tea I've had since I set off from home! Worcester seems like a really nice town - it's the most "English"-seeming place I've seen so far (though admittedly a lot of places I've seen have been from the point of view of the bus station). Incidentally, I've really enjoyed travelling on the Greyhounds - I was hoping they weren't going to be rickety tin cans full of winos, but they're nice coaches with backpackers and old ladies on! I got through all of Night Watch, plus managed to fit in 3 hours of halfway-decent sleep!
So yes, I entered the US at about 2am yesterday morning. My first experience was not the best, as I had the arsiest immigration official imaginable. He didn't know what an administrator was, and he'd never heard of Worcester (didn't even know how to spell it) even though he probably lives about as far from it as I do from the Worcester whereegrek lives. When he asked me where I was from I was confused - I mean, is "Sheffield" going to mean anything to him?! I could've made up any name at all, if he doesn't even know the names of places in the next bloody state! (I also had a moment of panic going through customs when I realised I had a certain tentacle-related doujinshi in my case, but luckily my bag was so heavy the guy couldn't be arsed lifting it onto the table and looking through it, so my embarrassment was saved. XD)
I then had to wait in Syracuse for 2 hours because the bus driver hadn't turned up! There were a big group of Amish people there, which was a minor fascination for me. I eventually arrived in Worcester about 1.15pm yesterday. The bad news is I'm feeling slightly lurgified (damn you, housemates!!), so I hope I'm not introducing any deadly English germs to an America that has no immunity to them! ^^'
Now it looks like the next leg of my journey will have to be to Phoenix. I also think I'm going to have to fly, just looking at things from a time perspective, though I want to fit in a train somewhere! The problem is, the cheaper fares I saw before have now disappeared, so I suspect you may have to book in advance to get them. Which isn't really going to work with my modus operandi, but there we go. At least I can visit Saguaro if I'm down that way - mm, cactussy.
OK. *rolls up sleeves* Shower, then flight-hunting! :D Thanks again for you, Jackie, for having me! I'm so grateful!! ♥♥♥
PS Can someone in the house please dl the first eps of Death Note and D.Gray Man? I don't want to miss the bandwagon... Love to all! xx
sublimeparadigm's house! :D :D :D She's lovely, her parents are lovely, her house is lovely, her cat is lovely. We went out for tea and cake and it was the best tea I've had since I set off from home! Worcester seems like a really nice town - it's the most "English"-seeming place I've seen so far (though admittedly a lot of places I've seen have been from the point of view of the bus station). Incidentally, I've really enjoyed travelling on the Greyhounds - I was hoping they weren't going to be rickety tin cans full of winos, but they're nice coaches with backpackers and old ladies on! I got through all of Night Watch, plus managed to fit in 3 hours of halfway-decent sleep! So yes, I entered the US at about 2am yesterday morning. My first experience was not the best, as I had the arsiest immigration official imaginable. He didn't know what an administrator was, and he'd never heard of Worcester (didn't even know how to spell it) even though he probably lives about as far from it as I do from the Worcester where
egrek lives. When he asked me where I was from I was confused - I mean, is "Sheffield" going to mean anything to him?! I could've made up any name at all, if he doesn't even know the names of places in the next bloody state! (I also had a moment of panic going through customs when I realised I had a certain tentacle-related doujinshi in my case, but luckily my bag was so heavy the guy couldn't be arsed lifting it onto the table and looking through it, so my embarrassment was saved. XD)I then had to wait in Syracuse for 2 hours because the bus driver hadn't turned up! There were a big group of Amish people there, which was a minor fascination for me. I eventually arrived in Worcester about 1.15pm yesterday. The bad news is I'm feeling slightly lurgified (damn you, housemates!!), so I hope I'm not introducing any deadly English germs to an America that has no immunity to them! ^^'
Now it looks like the next leg of my journey will have to be to Phoenix. I also think I'm going to have to fly, just looking at things from a time perspective, though I want to fit in a train somewhere! The problem is, the cheaper fares I saw before have now disappeared, so I suspect you may have to book in advance to get them. Which isn't really going to work with my modus operandi, but there we go. At least I can visit Saguaro if I'm down that way - mm, cactussy.
OK. *rolls up sleeves* Shower, then flight-hunting! :D Thanks again for you, Jackie, for having me! I'm so grateful!! ♥♥♥
PS Can someone in the house please dl the first eps of Death Note and D.Gray Man? I don't want to miss the bandwagon... Love to all! xx
