Day 3 - AYUSA breakfast

Uwah! I am also really tired today. I didn't have any significant jet lag, surprisingly, although I did go to bed at about 7:30 last night. I was exhausted. I awakened today feeling much better, and then Justine and I went to an AYUSA breakfast. There are 10 study abroad students, six from the US, one from France, and three from Taiwan. I think it's great that there are so many different people. I am glad that we are going to an international school because then there will be even more that I can meet. It feels strange to me that back home it is almost two in the afternoon. It is almost ten in Berlin. This morning we took the German trains to the breakfast. I will be taking the German subway every day to school. I meet some AYUSA students about halfway to the school, and we will go together. At the AYUSA breakfast I had fruit and bread and crepes. It was really tasty, although I was surprised to see the exact measurements of the orange juice and such. It made me smile. They also brought out water in glass bottles, which none of us (the exchange students) expected. After breakfast Justine and I returned to the apartment to wait for my luggage. We rented a German movie from a little movie store and watched it with English subtitles (for which I was very grateful because I could understand the story even when it got complex) and then we left for dinner with Justine's mom. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant, although I have not been really hungry since the flight. It was really tasty, though! At the end they brought us shots of some alcohol, so someone else drank mine and I had a non-alcoholic one.

In the end, my luggage did not arrive. So, Justine and I went to a German mall and Lufthanse, the airline, promised to pay me back 50 percent. I'm all right with that, although I seriously wish that I had my luggage!!!

I'm excited for school tomorrow! I hope it is lots of fun! I feel really awkward about speaking German but hopefully going to the school will change that.

Goodnight! Well, good afternoon America.

Liss

Day 1 - 2

Today has been painfully long. Starting at 5:00 the morning of the 28th (Utah Time) until about 4:00 today, Berlin time. But I'm here! I met with the other AYUSA students in the Dulles airport and we all traveled together for the rest of the trip. On the flight to Frankfurt I sat next to a really interesting woman. She had a cough which can only be described as thick and resounding and her magical cure for it was diet coke and toblerone chocolate. I know, great cure. She successfully coughed on me for the entire trip. That's all right. I feel just fine. Rather tired. Another jolly thing was that my suitcase was left in DC. I won't get it until tomorrow. That's all right, though, because the German airline gave me a pack with all sorts of German goodies in it. My host family is amazing! I am so happy to be here! And SO tired! It's only 6:23 or so but I am READY for bed. Well... mostly! I hope everything is going well in SLC!

Tomorrow!

It is hard to believe but I am leaving for Germany tomorrow! I'll first be in Washington DC but by Wednesday morning I will be in Frankfurt! I'm really excited! I hope that everyone has a fun time in SLC while I am gone. Packing has been really tricky... I hope that the weather is nice! I cannot wait to go to the Czech Republic and Dresden! I'm going to try to go to internet cafes as often as possible to keep this updated, so if it takes a few days for me to post again I hope you will be patient with me! Happy Summer!

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