9.5.06

So, i kinda messed up on my dates and the labeling of my blog, so for all of you who were wondering if perhaps Germany didnt have the 2-4th of September I ensure you it was my error and not that of the Federal Republic of Germany.

So i awoke on Sunday around 10 to the wonderful sound of rain. Nothing like a lazy sunday accompained my the light fall of rain. I ate a light breakfast and then i lounged around the house. Then me, Jurgen, Philip and Louis went to Kassel for some good ol' sightseeing. Kassel is a beatiful city that was partially destroyed during the second world war. They have alot of museums and a couple castles. So we visited these, got some lunch and then drove home. Then that night we went to a BBQ at the house of my host moms best friend. She has 3 boys that all went to Brazil on there exchanges. She is sooo nice and the food was excellent. Some type of meat, wurst, bread, salad, tomatoes and mozzerla flavored in something and then ice cream for desert.

I awoke Monday to another day of school, which is becoming increasingly harder to attend. It is very hard to work up the motivation to go to a place where
A. you uderstand very little of what is said
B. You have already completed school and thus it doesnt matter of you do.
C. You can barely make it through a lesson without falling asleep (that doesnt help the lazy american sterotype)

But i survived monday and met some really nice girls who i went and got lunch with. Because every monday i have sport after school so i didnt have time to go home.
I came home and watched 2 episodes of 24 with Philip and then i went to bed.

And finally i am caught up to today. Another day of school except tuesdays are better than mondays and i have art for 2 hours, which is actually going to be very cool. I left school early because i had my first rotary meeting today. Everyone was really nice and we had a pretty good meal of soup and a pot roast type meat thing with rice. I didnt have to speak which was very relieving. Some physics professor gave this presentation that i understood very little of. I came home exhausted and a little down. But i had an excellent conversation with Inga about Christmas and our love for the holiday and how it has changed for me as i have gotten older and then she told me how they celebrate and i told her how we celebrate it. Overall it was very good and just what i needed. Then i found out that i wasent going to soccer tonight, so i took a nap for about an hour and a half. So i am refreshed, alive and taking life one day at a time.
My German is slowly coming, life is adjusting. It has its ups and downs but i still am loving Germany and am so thankful to be here.

So...CHEERS. Heres to life.

Tyler