its December !

1. dora teaches english here, not spanish

2. spongebobs voice is almost annoying here

3. some germans eat pizza and dip it in ketchup but laugh when i put extra ketchup on my hambuger

4. i feel like advent calendars are soo much more common here

5. american candies are SO sweet to them and they split up a package of pop tarts (two like pieces) into sixths and ate one piece ahhaha.

6. germans dont stand in lines. ever. everything is pushing and its not rude

7. they all use like old fashioned heat radiators . like the white things that are in every room

8. not sure if i told about the blinds? all the houses have intense blinds and when its light outside they are open and when its dark you close them. but they shut completely so absolutely no light coms through. and theres a band that is as long as the window on the side of it inside that you pull or loosen to open and close them.

9. i think almost every town has a christmas market with a bunch of old people selling waffles, mushrooms, and little christmas crafts and stuff. its so cute

10. toast and nutella is the best thing ever to start a day with.

11. it hasnt snowed one bit here yet, but has rained almost every day

12. i went to this demonstration protesting this like airplane thing in m town and was on tv

13. in physics class after someone forgets their calculator 2 times, they have to bake cake and bring it in for all of us.

public transportation

i wanted to tell my story of how i rode the train alone again to the afs camp.

so i got on the right train and rode for 30 min then i had to switch trains and the train ended up going about 5 miles an hour so we were 20 minutes late to the train station and so i had 2 MINUTES to find and get on the next right train.

so i jump off the train once the doors open and like bugged out and looked all around for the right track, decided its not here so i should go up. last second in the corner of mz eye i see the sign for the right track right before i was going to go up the stairs. so i run over to the sign and i have to take an elevator . get in the elevator the doors dont close quickly enough . decide the stairs will be faster. run out of the elevator. run up then stairs see the sign that says my track is down another set of stairs. run down the stairs. find the track. get on the train.

success.

opps.

so i doubting anyone from the like 4 people that read this before are ever going to check this again but im going to write for older me when ill want to read it later in life.

ok!

-im living now with my friend for the rest of the year!

-my keyboard is now german

-i can understand lots in school

-i got a 3 on my math test!!!

-germans use a grading system from 1-6 , 1 being the best

-thanksgiving is next week and time is zoomingg but im going to miss seeing the family and going black friday shopping :( but theres always next year!

-i went to another afs program last weekend, we just did lots of workshops again, but germans were also there that want to do an exchange next year and like 2/3 want to go to america haha

-met an australian and it was so cool to hear the accent

-i like black licorice now

-i ate fish and it wasnt horrible

-i take the bus to school now everyday

but by bus i mean public transportation because germany doesnt have school school buses

-im allowed to play in basketball games starting next week

-the purpleness has calmed down a little

-it rains almost everyday no exaggeration

-germans love facebook games like happy aquarium, farmville and random stuff

-theyre like 4 girls with uggs in my school now

-we have little like trailer class rooms for extra and they are called "containers" and i found that funny

-im working on convincing the germans we dont eat mcdonalds everyday

-"angepissed" means pissed in german and they also say "gechillt" as in chill

-did i mention that the meals here are the following:

1. breakfast: bread

2. lunch: pasta or potatoes

3. dinner: bread

quick

oldest house/building in osnabrück:my bike :

things are great! im understanding lots more in school

we took a politics test and i think i got one question right!

but theres only like 6-8 questions like short answer type.