Deutschland So Far

So, ich bin in Deutschland. So far, everything is perfectly amazing.

First, I went to language camp with the other fifty or so students. Many adventures occured from that, such as naming stairs or finding a million spiders in your room and being too afraid to do anything about them but scream. (Not me, I was the hero). Along the way I found a few really close friends that I know I'm going to talk to for the rest of my life. I guess that's what happens when you put a bunch of people together that all have one gigantic thing in common.

During language camp, I learnt enough German in 6 hours of class Mondays through Fridays to be satisfactory for speaking with my Host Family and others around me. I learnt how to eat correctly without offending anybody, and how to read city-maps and ride in public transportation without getting lost. We had a "Romantic Night" which didn't turn out to be made for an actual "romantic" night but rather just a night to sit together and listen to music, and we had an exhibition with the local Fire-Brigade and got to spray each other with firehoses, which left us soaking wet and muddy. We had many journeys to the local store, named NP, if only to buy out all of the chocolate. Along with this, we also had two talent shows, in which I sang in the second one the song Arms by Christina Perri with a couple of my friends. Overall, a perfect way to start my 10-month stay in Germany.

On Saturday, 10.9.11, everyone traveled to their Host Family's house, most of us by Zug (train). I traveled to stay with my CR (Community Representative) in a city near where my Host Family lives. They were just coming back from their holiday in Italy and couldn't make it back until later that night. I went with my CR to see Friends with Benefits in German and stayed the night with her.

The next day, I traveled with my Host Family to their house. All I can say is that it's beautiful here. Unlike Arizona, it's green and not burning. There's crisp air that makes you actually want to be outside! My Host Family is incredibly sweet and they always make sure I don't need anything. I love it here.

I started school the other day and all I can say to people when I get really tired is "viel Deutsch", or, a lot of German. It can get really overwhelming to try and speak a completely different language that you've only been studying for about a month, and trying to understand what everybody's saying to you, much less what's going on in your classes. Although, since I've been here, I feel like I'm starting to understand way more than I thought I would for being here for such a short amount of time.

All I can say is that if you ever get a chance to stay in Germany, wholeheartedly, do it.

I will give you more updates on everything's that been happening for the past month or so, but for now, Tschues!