First week in Omaha

So, a little late, but here is my second post. One week is over now and time is just flying by and I experienced a lot of new things.

The first few days all international students (We are way more than 100 I think) were introduced in some important services like On-Campus Housing, Campus Security, Health Services and so on. On Saturday we visited the zoo in Omaha. It has one of the worlds largest indoor rainforests and indoor deserts. Here are some  photos:

Aquarium

Aquarium - Shark

Yeah! Kittycat!

Pic from the desert

Jungle :)

Some parrots in the jungle

So as some of you now, I live On-Campus at University Village and I will post some photos next time. I live in an apartment with three other people (one German and two Americans). University Village is located on the North-Campus. Unfortunately all my classes are on South-Campus and I have to go there by shuttle. So I need about 15 minutes to get there. 

On the first weekend me and other internationals went downtown to see "Jazz on the green". This is a free jazz concert that takes place every summer. It was a warm summer night and we had a great time.

Jazz on the green

Jazz on the green

See you next time!

About this blog

Welcome to my blog. My motivation for writing this blog is my exchange semesters in the United States.

In december 2010 I applied for the GlobalITproject. This is a transatlantic exchange-program between Europe and America and I will spend the next four months in Omaha and I hope my language skills will improve a lot.

Last week I finally got my visa (what a trouble to get a visa for the USA) and by now  I completed all tasks for my journey. My flight goes on Monday, 13 August at 11:20am from Hannover airport. My first stop will be in Amsterdam and from there I will fly to Minnaepolis (this will take 9 hours). From there I will fly to Omaha and will land there at 6:26pm.

For my exchange semester I enrolled in this three classes:
1. Management of Software Development: Tuesday 18:00 - 20:40.
2. Managing the IS Function: Thursday 17:30 - 20:10
3. Managing the Distributed Computing Enviroment: This course is online.
As you can see, perfect times for me :).

Well, all right! I will post more soon!