day 56

day 56

since my time in germany is coming to a close (5 days left) i feel it only fiting to write an overview of my experiences here.


flew in
transfered through amsterdam
got confused, eventually figured out how trains work
cried for the fist time since my iguana died in seventh grade.
learned german
bought a bike
learned that the other side of the world is still soar about the cold war
went to the mercedes museum
went to a bike race (saw levi liephiemer)
went to rothenburge
saw a tourture museum
passed A2.1 level
went to munich
saw the fraun kirche
saw st. pauls kirche
saw the oktoberfest grounds
saw neuschwanstien castle
toured hohenschwangau castle
had great wiener schnitzel
toured dachau concentration camp
stayed in a hostel in a room with 7 other strangers
got yelled at by train people alot.
lived off spagehitti for a while
started classes at goethe again
signed up for classes in vienna
went to a stuttgart philharmonic concert
went to a catholic church service in german
went to ludwigsburg.
saw a lousy museum
used my philosophy background to mess with some mormans
toured a big mansion
broke a stove
learned just how important parents are for how we turn out (i.e. adam drunken idiot)
signed up to go to frankfurt
frankfurt trip got canceled
found out just how mature i am.
endured drunken parties out side my door almost every night.

and i think thats all...


before i leave for vienna i have to:
1. get rid of bike some how
2. throw out allot of stuff
3. find out how stove thing will work
4. pack
5. mail some stuff home
6. laundry
7. ect...

as you can see its been an eventful 2 months. dad asked me if i got my moneys worth out of my bike and i said i didn't think so but looking back on it i rode it out of the city that one day and i used it in munich (it was a huge help (must have broken adozen or more laws there on it)) and i rode it during the course breaks and other misc. riding. also that one really good corner (down hill 180 at 30 kph the whole time) (fun) i think i did get 200 euro out of it. or atleast close to 200 euro.

classes were benifitial i know more now than when i came in both german and global stuff. i learned alot about group dynamics both in class and in my appartment.

i had some great chocolate.

and learned to live even more spartanly than i already did.

i believe all of these lessons will help in vienna.

i'm looking forward to going to vienna. and am only really worried about afew things
1. will my room mate be a drunken idiot
2. i have to registar with a district office
3. finding my dorm
4. my class credits transfering to central properly
5. the course load being to high.

other than that i'm confident i can make things work.