I made it across the ocean!<\/p>\n
Now, as I write this, I’ve spent some time here in Germany and can confidently say that if I did have any fears, they are gone now. My host family is very nice and I enjoy my classes.<\/p>\n
When I first arrived, I got off the plane and had to find the train that would take me to my host family’s house. The public transportation is amazing here in Berlin, and in Germany.<\/p>\n
When I first pulled around the corner to my host family’s house, I was a little nervous, only because I wanted to make a good first impression. These are the people that I’ll be spending the next months with. However, those nerves quickly went away as I approached their house, and my host mom was waiting to help me with my bags. However, something happened that caught me completely off guard. The first thing my host mom did was give me a hug! I feel like we are always told that Germans are a colder culture, and so getting a hug was not something I expected. Yet, I haven’t felt like Germans or cold or unwelcoming at all during my time here so far. I’m really thankful for my host family, and am so glad that I chose to get a host family. If you’re going back and forth between having a host family and not having one, I would definitely recommend it! My favorite part is getting to have dinner with them. For dinner, they usually sit together and talk about their day, and I look forward to sharing my day with them every day (auf Deutsch!).<\/p>\n
As for classes, I’m happy that I’m enjoying them, but I’m finding the 3 hour long class periods to be hard to adjust to. The longest class period I had before this was an hour and a half and now each of mine are double that. I think I am slowly getting used to them. It’ll just take time.<\/p>\n
I’ve also gotten to try a lot of food so far, another thing I was really looking forward to. Currywurst is still my favorite, but I will say that D\u00f6ner is getting up there in my list of favorites. I’m finding that one of my favorite things to do after my morning class is find a new currywurst place to try. There are so many of them! Eis is also really good. It’s gelato, but the Germans call it Eis. So, if you’re a sugar lover like me, there’s plenty of Eis to try in the city.<\/p>\n
I hope we keep the current weather for as long as possible. I know that soon the rainy side of Berlin will start to show, but right now I am very content with the warm sunny days. I’ve heard it doesn’t really snow a lot, but it does get cold and rainy.<\/p>\n
Lastly, another big thing that happened for me over here just recently was my 21st birthday, and I got to spend it in Paris. I found it hard to be so far away from my family, but thankfully we have phones, so that made it much easier.<\/p>\n
I can’t wait to experience the rest of study abroad and see what adventures await me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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