Portland
Under the fog of a Phil's hangover, I woke up, packed, and returned my rental car. Joe met me at Enterprise and drove me to Toronto's Pearson airport - the gateway to a new phase in my life.
I have been quite nervous about US customs because I needed to acquire TN status in order to work in the country. TN is like a work visa, but easier to acquire. My new employer helped me with the paperwork and my application was accepted without problem - oh yeah!
The flight was long - nearly eight hours in the air, interrupted only by a layover in Phonix to grab a Whopper value meal. The highlight of the flight for me was definitely the delicious iced tea - the Phoenix airline served Arizona iced tea.
James was waiting for me when I arrived in Portland. He's taking good care of me while I get acquainted in Oregon. Him and I have lots in common: a Saskatchewan upbringing, a UW education and now a career in Portland. I'm really lucky to have him to show me the ropes!
I got a quick overview of Portland from James on the drive from the airport. The city is very different than my expectations!
The city is built inside a lush green forest. The shrubbery everywhere makes it dramatically different than the sterile metropolises that I'm used to.
There's mountains on the horizon. Apparently one of James' buddies was skiing today, on the 29th of May!
It's only a few hours to the Pacific! I can put my foot in the same water as Jodie, thousands of kilometres away.
James and I decided to play nine holes of golf as our evening entertainment. My golf game was improved but I still have a lot of things to learn. Hopefully when my parents are up next week we'll all get a round in!
Some other random comments:
The units are different. km/h vs. mph, deg. C vs. deg. F, USD vs. CAD, etc. This is a communication barrier!
I did a horrible job of packing
My Ontario buddies showed me off in fine style. More on that later!
James' girlfriend likes listening to System of a Down really loud. Awesome!
It's going to be a lot of work to get settled in my new digs, but I'm psyched!
I have been quite nervous about US customs because I needed to acquire TN status in order to work in the country. TN is like a work visa, but easier to acquire. My new employer helped me with the paperwork and my application was accepted without problem - oh yeah!
The flight was long - nearly eight hours in the air, interrupted only by a layover in Phonix to grab a Whopper value meal. The highlight of the flight for me was definitely the delicious iced tea - the Phoenix airline served Arizona iced tea.
James was waiting for me when I arrived in Portland. He's taking good care of me while I get acquainted in Oregon. Him and I have lots in common: a Saskatchewan upbringing, a UW education and now a career in Portland. I'm really lucky to have him to show me the ropes!
I got a quick overview of Portland from James on the drive from the airport. The city is very different than my expectations!
James and I decided to play nine holes of golf as our evening entertainment. My golf game was improved but I still have a lot of things to learn. Hopefully when my parents are up next week we'll all get a round in!
Some other random comments:
It's going to be a lot of work to get settled in my new digs, but I'm psyched!
1 Comments:
Hey Jesse.
After that Phils night, I was drunk until about 1 in the afternoon.
THEN I was hung over.
'round 6 (when I got off work) I was pretty much recovered.
I'm really glad I wasn't on the plane with you as I think I would have been both really bad, and smelly company.
10:55 PM
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