The day it got black in the middle of the day

Yes, I'm talking about the eclipse (August 21, 2017). It was a long time ago now but lazy as I am. I finnaly got my thumb out of my behind to write this post. The eclipse went right over us and it was COOOOOOOL. Before the full eclipse you could feel how it got colder and darker. It was just something amazing and describing it doesn't give it the treatment it deserves. If you get the chance to see it I can only say DO IT!

The sun during the middle of the eclipse

For about 3 minutes it went completley dark and it was like night right in the middle of the day.

Yeah not much more I can say about it I think.

Moving

From Massachussets to South Carolina. Moving with my host family have changed a lot. A bigger, better house, new surroundings, new opportunities. The biggest thing that has changed is definitely the weather. Going from a somewhat similar to Swedish weather (possibly a bit warmer but still relatable) to the heat and humidity of the south has been a big change. Both with how you plan the day but also what kind of weather you experience. Having large rain and thunderstorms regularly is pretty impressive but also a bit scary.  Especially thinking about how strong the nature can be and how it might affect your life.

I do find it awsome having moved here experiencing another part of the US and widening my perspective of the world even more. Probably couldn't have gotten a much better deal than this. 2 parts of the US for the price of 1. Having spent about half of my time in Massachusetts and now the rest here in South Carolina.

The move went by nice and fairly smooth having the packers come and pack all the stuff up in about 3 days was pretty amazing to see. It took some days before the boxes of our stuff would arrive in South Carolina however. That gave me a few days off beeing placed at a hotel by the family I got a bit of a minivacation before leaving Boston. I was abe to go into the city, do some shopping and just enjoy a few days on my own before we made the drive to South Carolina.

Having been here for a little over a week now I enjoy the house and the new surrondings. Another big difference here is relying on a car to get around. With no public transportation and longer distances between things, a car is key to get around. Something I don't mind as it would be very hard walking or biking around due to the heat. Beeing in a car with AC is very refreshing. It also makes more sense as the distances are longer. Driving around more makes it more important to work out properly and make sure you go out for a run or walk regularly.

Some of the challenges I see is that coming to a new area I have no friends or people to hang out with, so you need to find new places to meet people. Another thing is that this au pair group is smaller which makes it have a more limited kinds of people to meet up with as a start. The distances are also something that could make this harder as you get more isolated and need to spend more time getting to and from places. It also makes the range of places to go more limited.

To sum it all up I think it's awsome though all the problems I run into I will have to do my best to get past and find some way around.

But for now I'm out cya people!
Ludwig