Month 3: mission accomplished

I have been here for 3 months now.
 I've met amazing people I hope never to forget, and I have decided I don't want to leave.
It would be nice to just go to University in Berlin next year, I hear it is a great school too.

Having been in Germany a while there is not such a rush to do things anymore. Yesterday my Rotary councellor called me to tell me Dju and I could come with him to the mall and go shopping instead of going to school. It was fun, and offer I could not refuse. We were still trying to find out the real reason, it is too weird for him, as a Rotary person and as a teacher at our school to say something like that.

While shopping we spent way too much time in H&M. It is great, but I spent 85£ on a shirt, a pullover, a cozy jacket and a birthday present.Actually all in all it was totally worth it though. Now for the winter gear! I was told it will hit -20º C this year. That is -4º F!  Negative 20º sounds way cooler though... silly USA still not using Metric.


Afterwords I took the train to Berlin and met up with Will, Ana, Anna, Masha, Marie, Jorge, Jens, and I hope I didn't forget someone. We met at McDonalds in Haubahnhoff, like always. I don't actually eat there because it is unhealthy, but unlike in USA the food is expencive and the bathrooms are free (one of the only places they are).

When everyone left to do the Bundestag, Jens and I walked around and found a Café. We ended up on Friedrichstraße in my favorite café that I went to one time with Juan. I ordered a white chocolate macchiato (however that is spelled) and he got a caramel something. It was delicious! I love that place!

We met up again with Dju and Will and Jessica and a couple people I didn't know (other exchangers: Kristoph from Hungary, and 2 others) but they all had to go soon because it was Jessica's host mom's birthday and Will and Dju were going to the Philharmonie together that evening. So Jens and I went to figure out trains and times and tried again to get him the Monatkarte für Zug (month long train ticket).

When I got to Fürstenwalde again I realized there were no more busses to my house, it was only 8:30 PM! Apparently Berlin and large cities are the only ones to sleep later. I walked a while after calling home to let them know, then Madalaine and Stefen drove by and gave me a ride. Next time either a bit earlier or stay the night probably.

This morning I woke up early (8 on a Saturday) to eat breakfast with my host family and there was a bowl of raw hamburger meat on the table. My host dad ate it with his Brödschen and I tried a bit. It was weird. Just plain raw mean with salt and pepper. Only in Germany...