Orientation, Flug, und jetzt ich bin in Deutschland

I am here. I am actually in Germany! I still cannot believe it! I don't know if it is the lack of sleep or what, but I just can't grasp my mind around the fact that I will be spending the next year of my life here. My first host family is great so far! All of them are very nice and know enough english so that when I give them the I-don't-know-what-the-heck-you-just-said look, they can tell me in english. I do have to admit that I will miss the english language. I also know that, right now, I am scared out of my mind. I cannot wait for the language courses and for the improvement of my german. I feel bad for the family that I cannot understand more of what they are saying, but I think that the exhaustion is kind of blocking my translating capabilities.

The Wasington D.C. orientation was fun and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know my fellow CBYXers. I cannot wait to meet up with them again and go clubbing or something!!! ha ha! Although the orientation did get a little boring at some points and I was tired pretty much throughout the entirety of it, it was really helpful and I made a lot of new friends!! I also found out that I have an accent, which I still cannot believe. I was told by a Wisconsonite and a Minnesotian that I have one. The guy from Minnesota was a little more nice in pointing it out, but nonetheless, I am now a little self-conscious of my english.

The flight over was not bad at all. We had our on tv screens and a meal that was, surprisingly, good. Nevertheless, I did not get that much sleep at all, no matter how hard I tried!!! So then I had a three and a half hour layover in Frankfurt before flying to Hamburg. On that flight I actually slept. Well, okay, I was out! But it did feel a little refreshing! Then, after getting our luggage, we drove with a volunteer to Bredstedt, where two of us were dropped off, including myself. On the way, we drove on the Autobahn, which is AWESOME!!!! I was watching the speedometer and clocked us at about 150 kmph which is about 93 mph. I also slept on that drive.

But now, I am in Bordelum, sitting in my room which I have just gotten settled in to. I can say that I am scared for the rest of my stay, but I am going to blame that on the lack of sleep. So let's see how the rest of the week will turn out!