Germany: Day 1

It's late on my clock. So, I'm going to try to keep this fairly short.

Basically, the flight to Germany was really long. I didn't sleep too well (if at all), and there wasn't a ton to do, but the food was good and I was sitting next to some fun people.

Navigating the Frankfurt airport was kind of a challenge. There was a staff member there to point us in the right direction, but from then out, we were totally on our own. We hadn't really even been advised during our orientation on what we should do.

After we finally figured things out and got our boarding passes, we had about 4 hours to chill and relax. Some people got food, others slept, and a few went in search of other groups. I mostly just watched the other people's bags and eventually bought my first thing in Germany: a half liter bottle of Coke. I pretty much only did it to break a 5-Euro bill and get some Euro-change, but the dose of caffeine did help a bit.

Our flight was delayed a few minutes due to a part being changed, or something. However, when we finally got going with the flight, it seemed to breeze by so quickly. It felt like we were in the air for no more than 15 minutes (by the way, I added a new picture to my 365 project from this flight, so click the link to the right to check out my pictures)!

We got off the plane, found our baggage and went to the non-secure side of the airport to meet our temporary hostfamilies. My hostfamily wasn't there, but I ended up going with another exchanger and his family for a while. It was great! We had about an hour-long drive before we got to Bad Lobenstein. Along the way, we saw huge hills (some of which are pretty close to my hostfamily's house!), large forests and small villages randomly placed along the road. On the way, we stopped for some icecream (which was great), and when we got to their house, we ended up eating a lunch of spagehttie (which was also great).

Shortly after that, my hostparents came to get me. They are such nice people! Their dog is so sweet and makes me miss my own puppies. I also have my own room with this cool seating area connected to it. It's got a large couch, a TV, everything! I'm so excited about it! Plus, my hostparents speak almost no English. So, I think it will be relatively easy for me to get comfortable with actually speaking German!

I'm not sure what I'm doing over the weekend, but on Monday I start my OLC. I'm kind of excited because I'll be taking the train!

Also, I've kind of started compliling a list of things I notice are different between here and the States. Hopefully, I'll remember to post it eventually...

Bis später!