In seven days I'd have been in Germany for a month. I'm not sure if I should feel like it's going by fast or slow. Sometimes it feels slow but other days (especially days with routine) slip by like water through fingers.
Nonetheless, if you measure all that I've done it's definitely been a lot. Every Wednesday with the Sprachkurs we go somewhere. I think two weeks ago we went the Matematikum, which is this math museum. It may sounds boring but it was actually pretty decent with a bunch of displays and puzzles of all sorts. I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately something happened to my camera and I ended up picture-less.
The next week we went to someplace I can't remember, but the week after that we went to this really popular bookstore in Germany and let me tell you Barnes and Nobel can't compete. Next week we'll be going to Frankfurt. We'll have a group tour and then two or three hours to ourselves to explore Frankfurt!
But in between I've also done a lot. Friday when I got home from school I got into the car with my host parents and went apple picking in this field that my host dad owns. There I met my host dad's son (with another lady) who is technically my other host brother. I also met his girlfriend and her parents who were also apple picking.
The next day we went back, this time with Darius and his friend and we picked some more apples. Then we took those apples to my other host brother's girlfriend's house and we made the 20 sacks of apples into apple juice. You bet your ass that was a lot of juice.
Then somewhere else in between I attended two birthday parties. One in Hüttenberg and the other in Lehnheim. Both of them were country like cities as opposed to mine which is a bit country-ish but compared to the others definitely city.
Somewhere else in between that I had a Welcoming Party where I met some of my neighbors and they're kids. They all brought me presents which was really nice of them considering I didn't know them. They're kids are super nice and adorable... all little girls. My neighbor, friend of Darius also came and my liaison, Lea came as well. We four played table tennis for a long time and then moved on other activities.
Then yesterday I drew for hours and was able to finally put them up as decorations in my room. They're like mini posters of things that mean a lot to me. My music, my books, my people.
Today I went for a four hour and a half bike ride with my host family and my host brother's neighbor friend. Let me tell you I am totally out of shape in the legs, which is quite embarrassing especially for a fencer. I do daily exercise but not in my legs.
Just a few other thoughts. I told my host mom that I'm losing weight because my pants kept falling anytime we walked and I forgot my belt. She freaked out. I laughed and told her it was okey, probably just some emotional/cultural adjustment still going on. But really I think it's the exercise I do. Also sometime after I start real school I'll be joining a gym thingy for fencers and possibly a arching (as in like bow and arrow) one too, if I can convince Darius to go with me.
My German is soooo much better. My host dad speaks no english and I've been having conversations with him more and more often. My host mom speaks more German to me than english and so have I. I understand so much at the dinner table conversations and I even catch some of the jokes and can say some funny things myself.
But, sometimes I find myself looking at someone thinking, "Can you help me understand?" Just like Craig Mabbit.
Here is the link.
But if you like it you must check out the music video.
Tschüss!!
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