A Dream Come True

The most interesting thing that happened today was that I finally found an article of clothing that I have been looking for actively for over a year. A long sweater/cardigan with buttons. I have been wanting one for a very, very long time and today I finally found one, in our very own Bayreuth mall. Hooray!


Also, it's now the end of the second week and I'm starting to feel like things are clicking so much faster. I can tell that it's getting easier every day to speak German, to understand what's going on around me. In my journalism lecture, we've been talking about the differences between the German media system and the media system in other countries and I understood well up to 85% of what my instructor was saying, which was a huge leap from earlier. I'm so glad that I'm here for seven weeks, though. Most of the people in the program (230 out of 260) are only staying for four weeks, because they have to get back for school to start. But there are 30 people staying for seven weeks, and I am one of them. Northwestern's late start is finally useful! I feel like I've learned so much in these two weeks, so I can't wait to see what's going to happen over the next five!