So, I am so sorry that I haven't posted lately, BUT I have some good news :).... I love it here! It is amazing, my host family? Great! So, let's start from the beginning shall we?
I got to Tegel airport and found 4 people standing waiting for me I knew who 3 of them were, I later came to know the fourth as my YEO, Herr Buchheim. After recieving a lovely sunflower from my host mom Bettina, I talked to my YEO for about 3 or 4 minutes, in German, he said my German was good..... I WAS SO JET-LAGGED!!! So, I was a bit afraid to talk in any language. What was my mind wanting? SLEEP! I knew I couldn't and I was told that multiple times too. So after driving home with Bettina, Terry, and Ben we had my first German breakfast. It was lovely! I had a Brötchen, (for the English speakers it is a bread roll, very delicious if I must say) with Nutella. That was the first time I had ever had Nutella. I love it! Then up the stairs come Anton. Finally I met him haha. He sat down and joined us for breakfast. About 2 or 3 hours after breakfast, Ben and I went on a bike ride... I then learned that it is pretty hard to ride a bike when you are tired and jet lagged, oh well. But we went on a ride and he showed me the "Mitte von Kleinmachnow" (Middle/inner part of Kleinmachnow). We were headed in search of Eis (Ice Cream). After seeing some of Kleinmachnow we found out that the Ice cream stand he wanted to take me to was closed... Sad. Then we decided to go to Zehlendorf mitte. There we found an ice cream stand within 2 minutes. And that was the first Euro I ever spent.
After all that traveling we went back home.... Had it really been that long?? It was almost time for dinner! I don't remember what we had but I remember it being SO much better than the airplane food I had had in my system for the past day. After dinner, which was on the upstairs terrace, I went to bed. It was 8pm local time and my host parents were very impressed that I made it that long. That was a compliment. I got up and put my dishes in the dishwasher and walked my zombie feeling self downstairs to my new bed (for 4 months). I only remember laying down. I fell right to sleep.
What was I doing up?! What time was it?? 4 AM?!?!?! I decided to go back to bed of course. Then I woke up at 8 am and decided to wake up. So I went up stairs and helped Bettina with getting the table set for Breakfast (Frühstück). Then we decided to have a cup of coffee and wait for everyone else to wake up. That day after breakfast Anton told me that he had plans for us to meet up with one of his friends who was also and exchange student that was hosting someone (in Germany if you go out for an exchange you have to host). So we did and that is when I had my first Döner... If you have never had a Döner you are missing out on one of the most amazing foods I have EVER had... Just google it. It may look weird in some pictures but it is the most amazing thing ever! I had my first Döner with Anton, his friend, and Adris (from Mexico). Then we went home and had dinner. Then after dinner Anton and I went to meet up with another one of his friends, Maxi. He is really awesome! I like him a lot. He is cool, we actually were together today.
Whatever, on my fourth day Bettina, Ben, and I went into Berlin and went sight seeing... It turned out that I would be doing almost the exact same thing every day until school started. Oh well it was amazing! I met so many other exchange students that way. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. If that has no meaning to you, you are not an exchange student in Berlin... For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the biggest train station in Berlin, that's the reason it is called hauptbahnhof, to break it down, Haupt-Center/capital... Bahn-Train... Hof-station. Us exchangers in Berlin are ALWAYS THERE!!!!! ALWAYS! And, to make it even more universal we meet at McDonalds......
What else is new.... I went to Oktoberfest in München (Munich), and for any Rotarian, I didn't drink...... Then we went to the Englischer Garten, BEAUTIFUL!!! When I say we I mean Philipp Bayer and I. For those of you who don't know, Philipp is pretty much my brother from a different country. He did an exchange in Elkhart my 10th grade year. He however is not in my district here in Germany. He lives in Bremerhäven.... ANYWAYS! That was fun.... Hmmm, what else...I went to Saxon (Saxony), more specifically, the Sächsische Schweiz, translate that to English it is the Saxon Switzerland.... by the way this was in Germany. The reason it has Switzerland in the name is because of how in the Romatic period Switzerland was supposed to be really beautiful so there are cities in Europe with Switzerland in their name.... Oh well. I was there mountain climbing with the host family and we went to a fort named Festung Königstein. Beautiful, a place to seriously look up. It is built ontop of a rock... Seriously!
Sorry I went so long without a post but I am going to work on putting a little post up every other day... Here is some of the pictures I have taken while being here or while on my way here.
I got to Tegel airport and found 4 people standing waiting for me I knew who 3 of them were, I later came to know the fourth as my YEO, Herr Buchheim. After recieving a lovely sunflower from my host mom Bettina, I talked to my YEO for about 3 or 4 minutes, in German, he said my German was good..... I WAS SO JET-LAGGED!!! So, I was a bit afraid to talk in any language. What was my mind wanting? SLEEP! I knew I couldn't and I was told that multiple times too. So after driving home with Bettina, Terry, and Ben we had my first German breakfast. It was lovely! I had a Brötchen, (for the English speakers it is a bread roll, very delicious if I must say) with Nutella. That was the first time I had ever had Nutella. I love it! Then up the stairs come Anton. Finally I met him haha. He sat down and joined us for breakfast. About 2 or 3 hours after breakfast, Ben and I went on a bike ride... I then learned that it is pretty hard to ride a bike when you are tired and jet lagged, oh well. But we went on a ride and he showed me the "Mitte von Kleinmachnow" (Middle/inner part of Kleinmachnow). We were headed in search of Eis (Ice Cream). After seeing some of Kleinmachnow we found out that the Ice cream stand he wanted to take me to was closed... Sad. Then we decided to go to Zehlendorf mitte. There we found an ice cream stand within 2 minutes. And that was the first Euro I ever spent.
After all that traveling we went back home.... Had it really been that long?? It was almost time for dinner! I don't remember what we had but I remember it being SO much better than the airplane food I had had in my system for the past day. After dinner, which was on the upstairs terrace, I went to bed. It was 8pm local time and my host parents were very impressed that I made it that long. That was a compliment. I got up and put my dishes in the dishwasher and walked my zombie feeling self downstairs to my new bed (for 4 months). I only remember laying down. I fell right to sleep.
What was I doing up?! What time was it?? 4 AM?!?!?! I decided to go back to bed of course. Then I woke up at 8 am and decided to wake up. So I went up stairs and helped Bettina with getting the table set for Breakfast (Frühstück). Then we decided to have a cup of coffee and wait for everyone else to wake up. That day after breakfast Anton told me that he had plans for us to meet up with one of his friends who was also and exchange student that was hosting someone (in Germany if you go out for an exchange you have to host). So we did and that is when I had my first Döner... If you have never had a Döner you are missing out on one of the most amazing foods I have EVER had... Just google it. It may look weird in some pictures but it is the most amazing thing ever! I had my first Döner with Anton, his friend, and Adris (from Mexico). Then we went home and had dinner. Then after dinner Anton and I went to meet up with another one of his friends, Maxi. He is really awesome! I like him a lot. He is cool, we actually were together today.
Whatever, on my fourth day Bettina, Ben, and I went into Berlin and went sight seeing... It turned out that I would be doing almost the exact same thing every day until school started. Oh well it was amazing! I met so many other exchange students that way. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. If that has no meaning to you, you are not an exchange student in Berlin... For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the biggest train station in Berlin, that's the reason it is called hauptbahnhof, to break it down, Haupt-Center/capital... Bahn-Train... Hof-station. Us exchangers in Berlin are ALWAYS THERE!!!!! ALWAYS! And, to make it even more universal we meet at McDonalds......
What else is new.... I went to Oktoberfest in München (Munich), and for any Rotarian, I didn't drink...... Then we went to the Englischer Garten, BEAUTIFUL!!! When I say we I mean Philipp Bayer and I. For those of you who don't know, Philipp is pretty much my brother from a different country. He did an exchange in Elkhart my 10th grade year. He however is not in my district here in Germany. He lives in Bremerhäven.... ANYWAYS! That was fun.... Hmmm, what else...I went to Saxon (Saxony), more specifically, the Sächsische Schweiz, translate that to English it is the Saxon Switzerland.... by the way this was in Germany. The reason it has Switzerland in the name is because of how in the Romatic period Switzerland was supposed to be really beautiful so there are cities in Europe with Switzerland in their name.... Oh well. I was there mountain climbing with the host family and we went to a fort named Festung Königstein. Beautiful, a place to seriously look up. It is built ontop of a rock... Seriously!
Sorry I went so long without a post but I am going to work on putting a little post up every other day... Here is some of the pictures I have taken while being here or while on my way here.
this is amazing! please keep posting :) and and and by the way, is the apple picture supposed to be in the shape of Mexico?! if not, i'm totally not crazy, but please keep on posting!
ReplyDeleteYes that apple is supposed to be Mexico :)! I was eating an apple with one of my exchange friends (who happens to be from Mexico) And I looked at it and I yelled to her "I AM ABOUT TO EAT MEXICO" xD It was amazing! And thank you, I will!
ReplyDelete