Well it is Monday of the first week of classes and so far Germany has been a blast! My host mother, Steffi, works for AIB and lives really close to the center of the city of Bonn so I feel really lucky to have been put with her. She is very nice and accomodating in everything that a foreign kid can expect in a new environment. On the weekend Steffi took me on the autobahn for the first time in my life and that was very exciting for me because of two things; the word 'autobahn' sounds really col and secondly because I've always heard about how fast and crazy it was growing up. We drove to Duesseldorf to meet up with her sister-in-law and ate a very good lunch over there. We saw the famous Gary Buildings also, designed by an American architect if I do believe.
As far as Bonn goes, the first night out in the city by myself couldn't have gone much worse. I got extremely lost all by myself after the concert and both my american phone and the cell phone AIB gave me were about to run out of battery! I finally conceded into calling a taxi, but I didn't know Steffi's adress and the taxi driver couldn't read the map because his eyesight wasn't very good! He assured me it was good for driving however! Finally, after the taxi driver pulled over and asked some Bonn denizens about the destination I needed to get to I made it safely home about two hours later. (Steffi's house is only five minutes from where I started my way home from the train station on foot).
Today was the first day of real classes and we went on a historical tour of Bonn and had a German Language class. We also had a history lesson with Dr. Wasser. All the diferent formats for the classes are engaging and fun and I like the switch-ups. So far, my favorite part of the trip has just been exploring the streets of Bonn. It doesn't get dark here until about 10 pm and walking around in the dusk the other night was really peaceful.
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