First impression

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Tak dobre. Ako možno viete, momentálne sa nachádzam v USA, konkrétne v Camp CHI, Wisconsin Dells. A hoci sa leto už dávno začalo, s počasím to tak ešte bohužiaľ nevyzerá. Aj napriek tomu si to tu všetci celkom užívame. Práca je ťažká, no sme skvelý pracovný tím. Takže vás asi trochu zasvätím, ako sa tu mám a ako to celé funguje. 

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Okey. As you might know, I`m in the USA right now - at Camp CHI, Wisconsin Dells. Although summer already started, the weather doesn`t think the same thing. In spite of that, we are enjoying ourselves. Work is hard, but we are great work team. So I decided I`m gonna tell you something about how it looks like in here.

Po 26 hodinách, dvoch dvojeurových letiskových banánoch, štyroch lietadlových filmoch a jednej whisky on the rocks, sme konečne dorazili do našej cieľovej destinácie. Prvý dojem nebol až taký skvelý, pretože sme dorazili v noci. Pršalo. Pršalo veľa. Prišli sme do našej kabínky a pohľad na ňu nás tiež dvakrát nepotešil. Bordel, zima a ako čerešnička na torte – odpadkový kôš priamo v strede izby. Tak sme si upratali a šli spať. Na podobné veci, ako napríklad jet lag, sme vôbec nemali čas a tréning spojený s prácou sa začal hneď na ďalší deň skoro ráno.

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After 26 hours, two way too expensive airport bananas, four airplane movies and one whisky on the rocks, we finally came to our final destination. First impression was not so good. We came late at night. It was raining. It was raining a lot. We came to our cabin and it was not so good to look at as well. Dirt, cold and as a cherry on top - trash bin right in the middle of our room. So we cleaned up and went to bed. We din`t have time for things such as jet lag and the training and work started the right next morning.

A tak sme začali spoznávať skvelých ľudí, tiež kuchyňu. Naučila som sa ako olúpať vajcia a ostrúhať mrkvu rýchlosťou svelta a tromi rôznymi spôsobmi. Tiež som sa naučila, samozrejme, nadávať v ďalších jazykoch, lebo to je jednoducho vec, ktorú sa naučíte ako prvú. A to ani nezáleží na tom, či sa viete vôbec dohovoriť!

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So we started to meet new great people as well as the kitchen. I learned how to peel the eggs and grate the carrots speed of light and three different ways. Then I learned, of course, how to swear in another languages. Because that is just the first thing you learn when you meet new foreign people. It doesn`t even matter if you are able to communicate with them. You`re just gonna learn it anyway!

A čo som stihla doposiaľ? Nuž, potvrdil sa mi stereotyp, že Američania sú jednoducho tučný národ. Chcete si kúpiť oblečenie veľkosti S alebo M? Good luck. Chcete si kúpiť fľašu vody? Ak popri tom nechcete uhasiť smäd aj 12-tim ďalším ľuďom, tak na kusový predaj zabudnite. Tu sa nakupuje vo veľkom. Šťastie mate v prípade, že by ste dostali chuť na colu či podobný nápoj… tie nájdete na každom rohu. Takže som stihla len nákupy vo Wallmarte, jednu jazdu bicyklom a veľa piva, ktoré nie je prekvapivo až take zlé, ako som očakávala.

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What I managed to do so far? Well, stereotype was confirmed - Americans are simply a fat nation. Do you want to buy clothes size S or M? Good luck with that. Do you want to buy a bottle of water? If you don`t want to kill the thirst of  12 other people, forget about the piece sale. You shop here in bulk. You are lucky, if you want to drink can of coke or something similar. They are on every corner. So I managed to shop at Wallmart, to have one day off on bike and to drink a lot of beer, which was surprisingly not as bad as I thought it would be. 

Look forward to hear more from me. Lot of things are happening here and you just need to know about them!! Maybe next year it`s gonna be you and your adventure ;)

Stay tuned

Love, Em