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I can not believe I have been here for 5 weeks!! Time is going by so fast and there is so much I want to see and do before I leave! These past few weeks have been filled with school Monday through Friday, but thankfully this Friday is the exam for the German course!! I can't wait to be done! Next week I start my regular class schedule which includes my 2 economics courses. Next weekend I am going to London with 3 friends from my exchange group!! I am also going to visit a friend from a summer camp i worked at who lives near London! Let's see..last weekend was a blast! We went with our group of 30 people to Trier, the oldest city in Germany! We took a 4 hour train to Trier..Saturday ... read more

Well I am nearing the end of week 2 and starting to really love this place! The sun is finally staying out for more then a few minutes! Tuesday was warm enough that I didn't need my heavy coat!! But this week we started our full load of classes! They require us to do the German language course which is from 9-12:30 and then this week we started the German culture/conversation course which is from 2-5!! So for 4 more weeks it's going to be intense..almost like I'm in high school again! But it's amazing how much German I have learned in one week! One of the German language teachers speaks no english and so for 3 1/2 hours I hear fsldkjfjfdklafldne!! She also has said my name more ways then I thought were possible! I ... read more

I can finally say I am getting the hang of how things run in Marburg, Germany! I left Texas on Sunday, February 22nd and it was quite the experience just getting to my town. I flew into the Frankfurt airport, which let me say is HUGE, and take a train to get to Marburg. My plane ride over was actually not too bad...t was just undier 10 hours. I sat next to this married man from Norway, who was the first of many to point me in the right direction. Once I landed I had to take a bus to get to my train. I think i asked at least a dozen Germans if the spoke English and then if they could help me get to Marburg. Once on my train, I met my first ... read more