Pleeeeease tell me how it's possible that tomorrow is the first day of April?? I swear, January, February, and March were all combined into like one month... nothing could have prepared me for how fast the time flies here hahaha. I knew that coming into it, but I was just like yeah, yeah, whatever it won't be too bad. But it. So. Is. Right now I'm in my 3rd host family and everything is going great. I'm living with one of my best friends which is really cool.
Every single day I feel more and more like a normal German kid... even getting 10 points on my Geography test (more like Earth Science, I'd say), a pretty big achievement!! At the same time I retain my American habits, such as wearing crew length athletic socks for gym. Apparently they're the epitome of uncool in Germany... contrasting with my belief that they make everyone look 10x more awesome. Also, it has come to my attention that EVERYONE refers to my manner of being as "american slow". I've never noticed it before now, but I guess I do everything at a slower pace than the Germans. Among the things they listed were slow eating, slow showering, slow getting dressed in the morning, slow putting on makeup, slow walking, etc. In essence, slow everything. I don't know, I like my chilled out USA way of doing things!
In early March I got to experience German Fassenacht! Also known as Fasnacht, Fasching, Karneval, and a whole lot of other names it's kinda like Halloween, but with weirder music. Not hating on the music though, most of it is hilarious and will get stuck in your head for days. For example, the Fliegerlied... can't tell you how many times I've heard this one hahaha. Everyone wears funny costumes and starts partying at like 2 in the afternoon. It was so much fun and I hope that I'll get to come back and experience it again someday.
I also went skiing with my host family in Wengen, Switzerland. It was basically the most difficult 4 days of my life but I had a great time. Can't wait to get home and ace the slopes of Tussey Mountain hahaha.
Eurotour is coming up in about 15 days! I can't believe it. It seemed sooooo far away at the beginning of the year but now here I am starting to get a suitcase together... weiiiird. We will be going to Belgium, France, Italy, Monaco, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. That will be 3 and a half weeks with 39 other crazy exchange students from all over the world. It will be QUITE the experience, I can already tell you hahaha.
Yup well that's what's been going on here.
lg
Anna
