Past Week

Sorry for not writing so much his is actually really hard for me to make a habit of. 😭 My past week has been really good but extremely busy. School is starting to get harder which kind of awful because I understand enough to get key points but not enough to be able to answer a worksheet or test about, but I’m working on my German. I also had a presentation in English which I think is my best subject. 😂 This past weekend was also so great!

My host father took me to a German soccer game on Saturday! It was so cool! Nürnberg vs Berlin, Berlin won but we were rooting for Nürnberg so that was a little sad, but the environment of the game is really different to the US. 

Then on Sunday we went to Würzburg and got to explore the city, it is such a gorgeous place. We walked around a lot but also went to this castle called the New Residence. It was quite spectacular! I also got to try curry wurst for the first time which was so good.

School

 Hi all! Sorry I haven’t written in a while 😔 Last week was the start of school! Which is super exciting! School here is very different Then in the US. Every day ends a different time which is interesting for me. People also don’t really eat at school. Only on our super long day, which is Monday, classes go to five. So far the classes have been fine, they are hard and there is a LOT of homework, but I am trying my best. They said they won’t really give me grades but at the end of the year write a few sentences about my progress that year to send to my school back home. I also really want to learn German so I’ve been trying to keep up with all the assignments. I have two girls who are responsible for me and showing me around the school. They are really nice, and I think I am friends with them and their friend group. Another thing that I thought was surprising was that they do a lot of language. They obviously have German, then English, then a French class but they also have two periods they decided, Spanish or Latin and an extra period of English or Greek. Which is so crazy, that’s a lot of languages. 

On the weekend I ended up hanging out with some of the other exchange students from the district that live nearby. They all came to my town and we ended up just hanging out for the day. It was very nice 😊 And then on Sunday, my host father and I ended up going on a very nice hike. That’s definitely some thing I’ve noticed about this region, Jesus is everywhere, there’s lots of little statues of him, and him and Marry are also also included in a lot of the architecture. It’s also very interesting, because even at a public school, they have a crucifix in every room. The main political party in this region is also the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. School also has a religion class where they break everybody into different classes based on your religion. 

The weather today was nice but the past week it was so cloudy, rainy, and windy. It’s surprising to me because when I first arrived the two~three weeks after were SO HOT and it’s crazy how fast the weather changed.

Later this week(Friday) we are doing a field trip so I’m also very excited about that! I’m also trying to figure out how I can go to Oktober Fest, there is a lot of paperwork and my host family will be out of the country so I’ll be staying with my counselor and her family. Which is funny because they are on vacation right now. It’s just all coordination at this point, but I really hope I will be able to go!

Also, my blackout is officially over!!!!!! 

Thank you guys for reading! I’ll write again soon ❤️😊

Pictures!

 

Camp!

Hi all! Sorry I wasn't able to write too much we were always doing stuff which was supercool but we didn't I have much downtime. We did so much, on top of classes everyday we would go out almost everyday. Some cool places were to a city festival in the next city over we had to go by train which was a cool experience. We went to a winter sport training arena and got a tour. We went to a climbingpark, had a bowling night, and went on so many hikes. There was so much walking all the time. At class we went and did scavenger-hunt around the city and a few of the kids drank from this pump there which to be fair looked pretty drinkable, but they ended up getting super sick and apparently had some supper bad contagious disease and were in the hospital(Krankenhaus) for a few days. When they came back they had to quarantine for a bit after that. We also learnt these two songs to preform at the end and  one of them is stuck in my head. At them end we took a big test and you had the option to try A1 or A2, I did A2… and passsed!!!! 🥳Then we went home. Yesterday I went out with my host parents paddle boarding on the Main river (pronounced mine) which was super fun 😊 now here I am just at home catching up on unpacking and doing some paper work for Rotary, both home and here have a report I have to do every month. 

Thank you for reading and being interested in what I’m doing 🥰 I miss all of you but I’m having a really great time. I appreciate all the support ❤️