Re-Cap

It's almost been a week since I last posted, and quite a bit has happened since then.

First of all: school. My classes so far aren't too terrible. Math seems to be stuff I've already learned. In my French class, we're all beginners. Biology is just new words. Chemistry was not fun the first time I had it, however. We took this test to see how much we could remember. There were 11 questions, and we had about 30-45 minutes to complete it. I maybe answered 4. I had to look up just about every other word. That was not exactly my idea of fun. The rest of my classes I haven't really had too much experience with as of yet. Hopefully I'll get the feel of my classes soon.

Also on the topic of school: I love it when teachers are sick! Unlike school in America where you're stuck with a substitute teacher and busy work, German schools just don't have class for that period. It's happened twice now. One time was in the morning. We ended up getting a bit of busy work, but it wasn't hard at all. The second time was during the afternoon, and we were free two hours early. Gotta love it!

Yesterday, I went with a friend to Bremen. She showed me some of the sights like the Liebfrauenkirche, the Bremer Stadtmusikanten and the Weser River (just to name a few). We also did some shopping. I bought a few things, and I think I have a general idea of the fashion here, now. I'd really love to go back, and I'm happy because I'm sure that won't be too difficult to arrange!

Then today, my hostmom, hostsister and I went to Hannover. My hostsister had an interview with YFU, and I got to tag along. We went by train, and on the way there, we ran into a delay because someone had stolen some sort of cables. We then had to wait for a bus to take us to the next station. Once in Hannover, we got a bit lost and ran past the building the meeting was in. Once we finally figured it out, I sat in with the parent portion of the meeting. It was kind of interesting to hear them talking about the exact same things I heard. Plus, it's always fun to have people compliment you on you competence in a foreign language. Although, I'm sure they were more talking about my understanding than my speaking, seeing as I didn't talk much.

Next week is my class's Kennenlernfahrt. We'll be gone for 4 days and only have 3 hours of school on Friday. I'll be away from my computer and the internet that whole week, which will probably be good for my German. I guess I'll find out!

Bis später!