Hopping back into ljland
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atotalblamblamDon't have much time.
To summarize the remainder of the au pair story:
Took plane to Copehagen. Met Sara. Was nice and awesome, so glad to see her there waiting for me after awful au pair experience. Took train to Malmö. At train station in Malmö, exchanged all my savings (over $1400 US) from Norwegian to Swedish. Turned around to say something to Sara. Was unknowingly robbed. Ran to catch bus to Sara's apartment. Talked, hung out, went to sleep, slept long time. Next morning, was leaving to go sightseeing when realized wallet was no longer in my possession. Slowly freaked out, realizing I was left penniless and without passport, debit card, or any form of id. Did not have traveler's insurance. Sara calmly and kindly took me to the police station. They had my wallet, but all the money was gone. Went to Sara's grandma's house to make phone calls home.
Ended up going to American Embassy in Copenhagen. Met the most wonderful grandmotherly lady ever by the name of Anita Funke. She was really an advocate for me. Sara was also awesome, letting me stay at her place and be a nuisance, giving me food until the Embassy loaned me food money. Ten days after arriving in Denmark/Sweden, left on a plane back home, where gentle old gruff Grandpa picked me up from the airport and took me to Shari's. Then I slept a long time again. Now I owe the government $850, have no money, and no job. I stayed in Oregon for about a month, felt very good and SAFE to be home. Familiar. Then Aunt G. asked me to come care for her dogs in Connecticut for three weeks tops while she went back to Portland to take care of a few things, and she'd pay for the plane ticket and food and all that.
Gotta go, more later.
To summarize the remainder of the au pair story:
Took plane to Copehagen. Met Sara. Was nice and awesome, so glad to see her there waiting for me after awful au pair experience. Took train to Malmö. At train station in Malmö, exchanged all my savings (over $1400 US) from Norwegian to Swedish. Turned around to say something to Sara. Was unknowingly robbed. Ran to catch bus to Sara's apartment. Talked, hung out, went to sleep, slept long time. Next morning, was leaving to go sightseeing when realized wallet was no longer in my possession. Slowly freaked out, realizing I was left penniless and without passport, debit card, or any form of id. Did not have traveler's insurance. Sara calmly and kindly took me to the police station. They had my wallet, but all the money was gone. Went to Sara's grandma's house to make phone calls home.
Ended up going to American Embassy in Copenhagen. Met the most wonderful grandmotherly lady ever by the name of Anita Funke. She was really an advocate for me. Sara was also awesome, letting me stay at her place and be a nuisance, giving me food until the Embassy loaned me food money. Ten days after arriving in Denmark/Sweden, left on a plane back home, where gentle old gruff Grandpa picked me up from the airport and took me to Shari's. Then I slept a long time again. Now I owe the government $850, have no money, and no job. I stayed in Oregon for about a month, felt very good and SAFE to be home. Familiar. Then Aunt G. asked me to come care for her dogs in Connecticut for three weeks tops while she went back to Portland to take care of a few things, and she'd pay for the plane ticket and food and all that.
Gotta go, more later.
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