OK. I have gotten caught in the greeting trap. The other day, a new girl moved into our hall, from Chile. She speaks only a little bit of german, and a little bit of english. I was in the kitchen when she arrived, and helped her move in. Tonight, I was in the kitchen with Ricardo, Elita (the girl from chile), and Cristina talking and playing ( Read more... )

*Cue the dramatic music ( Read more... )

Ok. I should have regular internet on Monday. I finally got some mail, so I know it works. Right now, it is really close to closing time in the internet cafe though, so I have to go. I am doing well in my class. I do have to say that it is odd to hear from you all that you are having tests in your classes already. The semester here starts Oct ( Read more... )

Most important thing: Today I got a cellphone. Select ones of you will be getting the numbers in an E-mail (yes, I have two numbers for one phone....I'm still not entirely sure why). As soon as my phone is charged and working, you guys can start calling me. That should be around thursday or friday. So, don't all call me at once, but remember I ( Read more... )

Reeeeeally long LJ entry ahead. You have been warned.

( Blaubeuren )

It is very fun speaking Deutsch all the time. One of the things I don't like about where I am living is that there doesn't seem to be any actual Germans living there. Last night, I met a guy from Israel who was studying to be a dentist who is living on my floor. He was really cool, because he didn't care that my german was fürchtbar, he just ( Read more... )

Right after my entry last night, I went on a walk through a castle, over the hills and through the woods, but not to grandmother's house. We (my class) stopped off at a watch tower and then went on to a beer garden, where I drank applejuice because I didn't feel like trying to down carbonated water. The castle was very claustrophobic, and the ( Read more... )

Drinks (of the non-alcoholic sort ( Read more... )

Sorry there was no entry yesterday, it was kinda crazy. Let's start with tuesday, because that was a pretty good day. We started out with lunch at a Chinese place, and that was really good, though I have no clue what I ordered. The names of the food is not the same. Steve took me to a place in the Altstadt where he knows the owner. Apparently ( Read more... )

Well, the trip to Stuttgart didn't work out, but that's ok. I ambushed Steve at his appartment this morning to make sure I met him, and that we didn't play email tag again. We ate at a really good chinese place and are going to go walking around the Altstadt this afternoon. We register for our class tomorrow, and I can move into my dorm, so ( Read more... )