The last 48 hours were busy and a blur. I flew out from Sacramento International Airport and landed in Stockholm, Sweden 19 hours later. Anna Andersson, my parent’s friend who lives in Enkoping picked me up and took amazing care of me. We ate lunch in a cute little town not far from the Stockholm Arlanda Airport. After an awesome lunch, we visited the mothership… I mean IKEA. Packing your life into 2 suitcases for 5 months is a challenge, so IKEA came to the rescue for me. Later in the afternoon we picked up Anna’s sister Maria and her family from the airport and went home for dinner. Anna’s kids are the absolute cutest. Even though we could not communicate very well, they taught me a few words that will hopefully come in handy:

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I took off on the morning of August 20 from Sacramento International Airport. Mom and Dad were sad of course, but I was ready for adventure! My first flight across the US had a lot of turbulence, but we landed safely in Washington DC. My next flight to Copenhagen was delayed by two hours. Keep ya posted!

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I am spending my time this summer in Cupertino, CA working at Apple as a Software Engineering Intern on the Privacy Engineering team. Aside from work, I enjoy hanging out with my roommate Cristina and other intern friends. I am not usually the YOLO type, but this summer I’ve been trying to do things outside of my comfort zone. I did the Gladiator Run, I joined a kickball team, I explored the night life of San Francisco and the Peninsula, and I’ve been making a ton of new friends.

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I went to Montreal, QC for Pycon in April of 2014. Flying across the country for a weekend was obviously a challenge, but also an adventure. Through this trip, I learned about the Canadian culture, recent political changes, and the culture that revolved around speaking French. I had a wonderful experience at the Pycon Conference as well. The talks I found most interesting were The Sorry State of SSL and Young Coders.

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