Finally, I know you've all been waiting to hear how everything's going... sorry no pictures yet, I'm in an internet cafe now and the keyboard is weird, the z is where the y is on ours, and the # where the ' is, all kinds of crazy stuff. Tomorrow I proooomise to get my cell phone worked out so you guys can call if you want to, there have been some complications. In a nutshell...
-very cold (only at first today, not the last 2 days)
-windy
-rainy
-was very sad on Sunday due to exhaustion, and very emotional departure from home
-there are rabbits EVERYWHERE
-food is good
-host mom is TACKY...
-making new friends, the backpacking trip has grown quite a lot, I think there's 6 of us going now
-beautiful town
I was very freaked out as was everyone else because we didn't know how to get anywhere. Now that we know which buses to take, though, it's a lot better. So I am happier and always have something to do. We got a bus ticket for the whole time we are here so you just get on the bus and show the ticket and you can ride as much as you want, its sooo cool, I love it.
Tomorrow we are going to look for a jacket, ha ha... it is just so cold and I already have on a light hoodie and a windbreaker, and jeans. I can't imagine how cold it will be in Koblenz...
I wrote in my journal last night that this, going alone w/ a HUGE and HEAVY suitcase for two hours in different trains is very very difficult. Then getting picked up at a shady-looking train station by someone you have never seen before is terrifying. Then I realized I had never really been genuinely fearful of something. It sneaks up on you, really. My entire life I have lived in comfort and have never left that comfort zone since...ever. Even last time I was in Germany, Nina met me at the baggage claim with her dad who had a car and I never went anywhere alone. It has been wonderful though, so far. Yesterday was better than today, mostly because of the weather, though.
Classes are good, very easy though... and I wish I could speak German with the people I hang out with in the afternoons, but I can't (still love you guys though!!!)
Well it is 10:40 and almost all dark now so I am going to check train times and go home... on the NachtBus!!!
Happy trails,
Caiti
