Arrival

After 2h in the ICE from Hannover to Frankfurt and 9h from Frankfurt to Chicago I arrived quite well. The flight was impressing, we saw Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Lake Michigan... But arriving in the USA is different from travelling within the EU, especially the enormous queues for passport and visa controls after landing. Luckily I didn't need a visa, only a permission. An immigration officer asked me some questions about the purpose and length of my stay.
My supervisor Keith picked me up from the airport, very nice! It's quite a bit from the airport to Fermilab. He even helped me to get my key and to find my room and he brought me to the nearest supermarket. The housing here is a little village on the campus of the research center. In the kitchen I met some Indian PhD students who told me that summer students are here at the moment as well.
First impressions: People are friendly, it's very warm and humid here and there is no whole grain bread in th supermarket. Now I am very tired due to 7h time shift!

Tomorrow my work will start and I'm looking forward to my time here! :-)