It's Been One Week...

Yup, that's right: today marks the one-week point since I've been here in Germany, and I have to say today was one of the best.

School (in the OLC) was more fun than it's ever been. We took a test, went over some of the answers, and then had a break. After the break, we watched the movie "Die Welle" (the Wave). It was really interesting. It was kind of sad at the end, though. After that, we had lunch which was chicken, potato dumplings and red cabbage. It was delicious! One of our instructors, Ole, ate at least six of the dumplings! After that, we had a bit of a break, and then regrouped to talk about the movie. Then we had yet another break, and came back to talk about role models.

After school, I walked with a friend to her bus stop and hung out with her until her bus came. We had wanted to try talking to people our age, but there weren't any there. So, after that, I went to the bookstore in Bad Lobenstein to see if I could find a small German dictionary. All they had were dictionaries in other languages or giant ones. However, I still have my German-English one. So, I should be able to manage.

I had a bit of time left after that. So, I went for a short walk through the town. I went by this pond (a picture of which is on my 365 project) and saw some ducks I'd never seen before. They were kind of pretty but I couldn't get any clear shots. I then left the pond and headed toward the train station.

On my way there, I noticed something in the road. I looked closer and saw a big brown toad (he was at least as big as the palm of my hand) trying to cross to the other side. I waited until the coast was clear (he almost got hit in that time) and then ran across the road, grabbing him up as I went. I put him safely on the other side and continued on my way.

I got to the train station with a little over 20 minutes until my train was supposed to come. So, I walked to the right Gleis (I'd gotten on the wrong train yesterday, but I got off before it left) and sat down to wait. This guy who had been sitting in front of the train station then came to sit in one of the other chairs. I thought about trying to talk to him, but I don't know what I would have said. It was a little awkward sitting there in silence with a perfect stranger, though. Anyway, when the train came, I got on and to Harra without incident. So, I'm pretty proud of myself for that.

Shortly after I got home and settled in, one of my hostmom's friends came over. After they talked for a little bit, they asked me to come over to help plan some trips. Tomorrow, I'm going to a fairly near-by castle with my hostparents and a fellow exchanger. We also talked about going to a really amaing-looking cave, a palace and some rock outcroppings near Dresden (I'd call them bluffs, but they're more stand-alone than that). Anyway, I'm pretty excited to play tourist for a while!

Also, I have to say I've probably drunk more apple juice in this past week than I have ever in my life. Carbonation FTW!

Bis später!

P.S. If you notice any obvious spelling mistakes, I blame it on the fact that the internet here thinks in German. So, when I use the spell-check, 98% of the words are underlined as wrong.