So, I feel a bit like I'm in a fairy tale...it feels like I've been here forever, and I'm still astonished every time I look around at super old buildings and castles and tell myself, "I LIVE HERE?!" In reality, I've only been away from home for LESS than a month, but that seems ridiculous to me. I'm already forgetting English words left and right...it's easier than I thought. Things I say and think all the time, if I know how to say them in German, I DO, so whenever I need to say them in English, it's a bit awkward!
I'm waiting in the train station before our day-trip to Cologne, so hopefully I'll have some great pictures of that huge cathedral to show soon. The weather has been great, you know, cold and rainy, but that suits me just fine! Ray Bradbury weather!
So language classes are insanely hard, and I live 30 minutes north of town, but it's beautiful and I'll just upload some pictures for you to see about where I live! I haven't taken many pictures of the city, but I will.
I'll save the pictures of Cologne for later, just know that it was quite incredible. First, let me introduce you all to the part of town in which I live: Wehrda!
Down the road, across the river
The Lahn River not far from my dorm
German cemetary (none of them are THAT old; supposedly Germans only rent graves for like 25 years tops and then are cremated...or something like that, but it makes the cemetaries very nice)
Quaint buildings down the road
View out of my bedroom window
View from my window (the other direction)
View from my door
My dorm: Wehrda 13!
A couple we went on a hike into the mountains behind our neighborhood, so I will post those soon. First I will post the pictures of the Cologne Cathedral, but that is all for now...this has taken long enough to compile! Until then!
But sheesh, just as there are no speed limits on the Autobahn, life here has been insanely hecitc, classes super-fast-paced, and the society waits for no one. If you're not at the bus stop, you are going to be LEFT. Simple as that. A little difficult to deal with at first, but I'm just going to have to get used to the water a little.
Let's hope that happens QUICK.
Much love,
David
