You are selling way too good cheesecake. Smells like trouble. Today I went to the Plaza, which is the nearby shopping area (with cinemas, cafes, restaurants,..), and went past “The Cheesecake Factory”. There they sell- yes, cheesecake. The big, bold, American kind, with all kind of flavors. I got a slice of the Hershey’s chocolate cheesecake for today, and one slice of the low carb one for tomorrow! I hope the low carb one is as good as the other one, because it is DELISH!

Today has been another fixing day- checking in with the international office, get my UMKC mail account, register for classes, and so on.. This stuff takes time, but I think most is done now. I was able to sign up for three of the five classes I have to take. One was full, which means I have to talk to the professor to pleeeeeaaaaaaase let me join anyways. The last one is “individual research”, there I have to contact a professor of my choice to supervise me. I haven’t had the chance yet to go through that today, but tomorrow is another day!

I haven’t been able to answer much to the question “what is Kansas City known for, really?”. Until now. Here it comes:

1. Ice tea was invented in Kansas City!

2. The icecream cone was invented in Kansas City!

3. The M&M-crust was invented in Kansas City!

4. “Hallmark”, the postcards, come from Kansas City!

5. UMKC’s mascot, a kangaroo, was originally drawn by THE Walt Disney! IN Kansas City! This was before Micky Mouse, and it actually looked a bit like a mouse. Now a newer version is used (I actually won a t-shirt my first day here, with the kangamouse (mousaroo?) on it. I won it because I answered the following question right: How many books can you borrow from the library at once? 1999 books! Ridiculous number, but that’s what’s allowed).

Thanks to Jenny I now also have some nice pictures on the wall-

And todays fortune cookie promised me a bright time at UMKC! All good then! 🙂