While sitting in the airport we saw a great scooter that carries luggage. We also saw a wonderful Russian couple with huge hats, boots, and wonderfully long hair and beards to match. They were too quick for a picture.
Chicago to Stockholm notes:
It's about 5am Stockholm time.
My mind is constantly running.
Already I am sensing a renewed interest in people watching. Four years of life guarding resulted in complete people-watching disinterest. again There is so much to hear, to smell, to touch, to see! In the Last Lecture, the speaker advises the listeners to never loose the child-like sense of wonder. I can feel my child-like sense of wonder renewed.
As I wrote this we completely passed over Iceland. It is amazing how quickly we travel. It makes the distance traveled feel very unreal. We have been traveling at about 570mph, cruzing altitude of 37000 ft. I did not expect the exterior air temperature to be so cold even though I feel silly for being surprised. -60F! I can't imagine the incredible amount of energy it takes to run this aircraft. The material the wings are made out of is also intreaguing! As the previous small plane and my current large plane took off and hit turbulence, the wings flexed and rippled. What an astonishingly strong material! I am curious about the properties of this material and how it works. This is the materials science enthusiast coming out in me once again.
Below is a photo of the currency: Swedish krona. The coin is worth about $1.50. We've also been lucky enough to run into one of our fellow IAASers, Sylvia from Poland. Meeting her is making me all the more excited to get to Uppsala!
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