The Eagle has Landed :)

I am amused by my own title :) Yup I am in the land of West Wing, Coke, Apple, Google, Kate Spade and Cookie Monster. Soon I too will find "amazing" and "awesome" experiences :) 

We landed around 3.45pm (US time) on Tue 14 Aug and had a fairly eventless customs check. Ironically the one person in our group who had the least luggage was the one who got called aside for a spot check! I am so thankful that WY's dire warnings of having to open all my suitcases didn't materialise :) We met the 2 Fulbrighters from Morocco at the airport and shared a shuttle bus to the hotel.  We are at Key Bridge Marriott and I absolutely love the super comfy bed! Must say I had a good night's sleep! Today, as good Singaporeans, we went shopping at Fashion Mall at Rosslyn. We also ate at dc cupcakes which was a major yummmmm :)

We have been meeting the other Fulbrighters at mealtimes - so far we have met the 3 Fulbrighters from Argentina, one from Finland, 3 from India and of course the 2 from Morocco. I need to get ready soon for the evening reception where we will meet all the rest, including the US teachers who are going abroad.

Just a quick note to those of you who read this blog. Because it is quite hard to even keep up one blog, I'm going to be less frequent on this one, but have set up a different blog for my Fulbright experiences. That one will be more politically correct :) This one will be for my private rants and shopping confessions.