What a difficult job it is to blog. Whenever I think about blogging something I don't have the time and whenever I have the time I don't remember what it was that I wanted to write.
But anyhow I'll give you a little insight to what I've done not so long ago. This weekend I went to the annual Frankfurt Buchmesse. First off, let me tell you a little about it. It's the largest book fair in the world and yes, it was huge! I believe the building they have it in is used only for the buchmesse and then as an office kind of thing the rest of the year.
The ginormous building was split up into halls and each hall was about three floors high and quite wide in both directions. And total I think there were eleven halls, so yeah it was big. Big enough to have a bus service to take you from one place hall to the next hall. Honestly, it was sooooo big.
There were all the kinds of books you can imagine. No joke. There was books for children, teens, adults, old people. Biographies, fantasies (fiction), non- fiction, knitting, cars, naked people, comics, anime, and also international publishers were present. They had some authors read out of their books to interest people, some places were they talked about the development of the book and the dude who invented the printing press and a model to show you how it first worked. Other halls, such as the comics and anime, were full of people dressed up as their favorite characters! And honestly I was in there most of the time completely fascinated. It felt like this weird version of Halloween were I'm not dressed up but everyone else is dressed up as a character from a comic/anime and there was a lot of books instead of candy. It was really cool.
People here really know how to dress up. They had makeup, wigs, nails, fake pointy ears, fake fangs, contacts and the accessories- they were super. If only I knew people were going to dress up. : /
But anyway the buchmesse every year focuses on a specific country and this year it was Iceland. They had this huge black room filled with enormous screens of Icelandic scenery, huge bookshelves with all about Iceland and the people. On some of the really big screens there were Icelandic people reading a book, live. Like they just sat there reading a book and every minute or so they would turn the page. Frankly, I found that a little strange.
The only bad thing is that I went on a Saturday. Had I gone on Sunday, the last day, I might have been able to buy some books for a really good price.
However Sunday I was busy. I went to one of my host parent's friends house for a party. My host parent's friends are Iranian. At first I was like, "Oh... I thought they were Turkish..." But then after a while of being there it reminded me of back home. Back home I know a lot of people from the middle east and I hadn't realized how at home I felt with their way of being. They were all extremely friendly. Like the father, as soon as I walk in the door he was like, "Oh, the American! Can you speak German?" so I said a little and he laughed and said, "Yeah, me too." And some other time later one of the guys that sat at my table eating randomly asked me if I liked potato salad and I told him yes, I love potatoes. So he showed me to another table and told me that I had to try the potato salad, it was amazing. And then this girl when I left she ran over to the door and hugged me goodbye, and I'd only known her for like four hours.
I really enjoyed my time there. It was really something I wasn't expecting but turned out to be quite spectacular. And they're food is soooooo good. It's almost like the food I eat at home but maybe just a little more spicy but it was so freaking good. I would have eaten like five plates if they would all fit.
And today I went to school and then two more days and then real school starts. I AM SO NERVOUS. But anyway, today is my host brother's birthday and he got this really cool new computer and I got him a book that I really liked (but in German) and also wrote him a little card full of insiders. I think he really liked it, even though my German was not so good.
Also I think you should know that I am completely agonizing right now. One of my favorite bands is on tour and their in Germany right now... Yesterday they were in Hamburg, today in Berlin and tomorrow in Munchen. You have no idea how much I wanted to go to the concert in Munchen but it's a seven hour train ride there and then back. First off, it really expensive if I buy a ticket today for tomorrow to Munchen, second if I went I'd have to stay over night by myself or, if I decided to come back right away I'd get home at like three a.m. and lastly, I didn't tell AFS so no matter what I wouldn't be able to go. asdfghjkl So in honor of it all, tomorrow, to school I will dress in the BVB fashion, kinda. I already told my host mom and my teacher and I was given the "ok." So yeah... my nail are drying right now, and they're black and later I must do something with my hair, and find out exactly how my make up will be assembled onto my face.Truly, I am super excited. I can't wait till tomorrow. You have no idea how much I love this band. If I was music I think I would sound like them, most of the time anyway... So yeah, if I can't go to the concert then I'll make one of my own. ;)
"When your life becomes a war, set the world on fire."- Andy Biersack
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