Ale and I are sitting in an internet cafe on the campus of our new medical school. It is a really beautiful little bubble in the bustling city of Bangalore. There are lots of trees and flowers around and random buildings.
I arrived at the Bangalore airport around midnight and then waited about 5 hours for Ale to arrive. It was actually not that painful. I had slept most of my flights, so I read on my kindle during that time- Cutting for Stone and then some Ob/Gyn Case Files (I am a little rusty!) Ale was of course one of the last off her plane, so when I met her at baggage claim outside of customs, I had already gone through every scenario of what had happened to her and how I would find out and get to St. Johns/fly home. Wifi was not as accessible at the Bangalore airport as it was in Paris. Also, we thought we would have wifi in our dorm, but alas no luck.
Ale's sister's boyfriend's family lives in Bangalore and they had just traveled through India the month before, so Adriana had set a car to pick us up. It worked out perfectly and the boyfriend's mother even called us on the taxi driver's phone to welcome us. I felt good about that, given my recent viewing of Taken (thanks, Marshall.)
We got to the dorm around 7 am and proceeded to find a cafeteria, which was closed. Then we went looking for internet, which was closed. We decided everything must be closed, so we decided it was time to nap. At 10 am, we met the elective secretary and then did about 5 hours of paperwork/errand running. We had a lot of random things to work out- like wifi (still not sure where we access that or why we are filling out that form), paying the dorm, paying the medical school, getting photos of ourselves for various badges, and photocopying papers. None of which could be done in the same location. It is quite amazing how easy it is to get things done in the States compared to here.
So now I am in India. It's kind of surreal. Not sure when we start working in the hospital, but I am certain it will be quite the experience.
I arrived at the Bangalore airport around midnight and then waited about 5 hours for Ale to arrive. It was actually not that painful. I had slept most of my flights, so I read on my kindle during that time- Cutting for Stone and then some Ob/Gyn Case Files (I am a little rusty!) Ale was of course one of the last off her plane, so when I met her at baggage claim outside of customs, I had already gone through every scenario of what had happened to her and how I would find out and get to St. Johns/fly home. Wifi was not as accessible at the Bangalore airport as it was in Paris. Also, we thought we would have wifi in our dorm, but alas no luck.
Ale's sister's boyfriend's family lives in Bangalore and they had just traveled through India the month before, so Adriana had set a car to pick us up. It worked out perfectly and the boyfriend's mother even called us on the taxi driver's phone to welcome us. I felt good about that, given my recent viewing of Taken (thanks, Marshall.)
We got to the dorm around 7 am and proceeded to find a cafeteria, which was closed. Then we went looking for internet, which was closed. We decided everything must be closed, so we decided it was time to nap. At 10 am, we met the elective secretary and then did about 5 hours of paperwork/errand running. We had a lot of random things to work out- like wifi (still not sure where we access that or why we are filling out that form), paying the dorm, paying the medical school, getting photos of ourselves for various badges, and photocopying papers. None of which could be done in the same location. It is quite amazing how easy it is to get things done in the States compared to here.
So now I am in India. It's kind of surreal. Not sure when we start working in the hospital, but I am certain it will be quite the experience.
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