Biting your nails isn’t German!
This is frightening. There are only six days left until I return. I can’t believe it is almost over. Reverse culture shock will be really irritating. I’m already so used to calling a cell phone a “handy”. I just know that at least once I’ll accidentally ask my parents for something in German once I am home.
My German class ended today, it was sad. I feel like I had learned a lot in the class though. One of the things on my list of “Things that I want to be able to say in German” was order in a restaurant with confidence, which I am now able to do! I can also ask useful questions like; Where is the subway? Or; How much is that book? I look forward to continuing learning German in the US, although it probably won’t be nearly as fun.
I met new German friends once more! I just wish I had become friends with them earlier so I would have more time to hang out with them! I’m really going to miss everyone that I met here. I have had countless adventures with them that I will never forget!
Last Saturday my “Host Grandparents” came over. They were really nice. I liked them a lot. They showed me pictures from some of their children’s weddings and their trip to Egypt! I literally felt like one of their grandkids at one point when I was biting my fingernails, and my host Grandma swatted my hand away from my mouth. She said “Es ist nicht deutsch, Ihre Fingernägel zu beißen!”. For those who don’t speak German, that means “It is not German to bite your fingernails!”
Technical Museum
Also on Saturday, I went with my host sister to see the Technical Museum, which was really cool. I love technology and engineering, so I was like a kid in a Candy Store. On Sunday, I peddled 27 kilometers. We went on a draisine tour through the country. It was gorgeous, although unfortunately my camera battery was dead, so I didn’t get any pictures. Sorry guys.
We met our new onsite coordinator, Caroline on Tuesday. She took us on the boat tour, and then to a nice park. We sat and people watched for a little bit, which is a part of the culture here. I’m starting to feel very European.
Tomorrow we depart for Dresden and Prague. I get to wake up at 6 AM….hooray. Besides waking up early, I’m really looking forward to the trip. Everyone who I have talked to about Prague says that it is really beautiful. I cannot wait.
ive been reading his blog, and sounds like you realy enjoyed this program and its good to here how it works because im looking into this program. Becasue i want to go somewhere, that somewhere being Germany.
Did you have to take a German class in high school to go? German is not offered at my school and I would really like to go to Germany in an exchange program so I have been learning it on my own but I am not sure if I could since I have not been in a German class.