Day Two

Things I did today:

1)Took a placement test because my German was better than the class I placed into. (What they expect me to have learned in the past two weeks since I took the test, I don’t know. Fact: I don’t understand German grammar)

2)Had an hour and a half conversation with a guy from Azerbaijan in German. He showed me how to put money on the card that you use in the Mensa (cafeteria) and how to buy coffee (highlight of my morning!).

3)Wandered around the campus with a tour group, being introduced to all the buildings. They all have things like (no joke): WG-1, NG-1, NG-2, RW-1. Oh, so German.

4)Bought groceries (happy day!) at a local supermarket and helped a poor, lost Russian girl find the bus stop. (Things must be bad if people are asking ME for directions!)

5)Sat in on my first all-German lecture to learn that (gasp!) cultures are different. Glad I flew all the way over here to learn that one. :-)

6)Found the mall where I went back-to-school shopping and bought paper and pens with the two other girls from Northwestern and spoke my first English of the day. I was again in charge of navigation and reading the map. And, shockingly enough, we did NOT get lost.

7)Had Doner Kebap for dinner: cheap, filling, and fast!

8)Hung out with a French girl at a Grill Party that got rained out and then walked back home to fall into bed, worn out and tired but oh, so happy.

Thoughts: I think I’m going to really, really like it here.