Etwas Neues

My program found a new host family for me in Stuttgart, which is only a 70 or so minute long train ride. I was frankly glad to go. Things were really awkward and strained the last few weeks with my host family in Heidelberg… there’s a lot I could say, but uh. It might not all be polite. Suffice it to say, things came to light and I’m glad to be gone. But it’s also weird, because I like them; I enjoyed being with them, but somehow somewhere things went bad. ANYWAYS. It’s not my problem.

But what IS my problem is that my trains are never on time. I have come to expect it. Let me show you my track record:

Magdeberg to Heidelberg—60 minutes late and therefore missed my connection

Osnabrück to Heidelberg—80 minutes late

Heidelberg to Köln—20 minutes late

Köln to Heidelberg—30 minutes late

Heidelberg to Stuttgart—20 minutes late

And considering those are ALL of the long distance trips I have made… well, that’s pathetic. Anyways, I felt very welcomed by my new host family. It’s definitely a different family structure, so I have to learn and adjust to the way their family functions. Duh. But I like it better here so far. It’s more relaxed; I felt a bit like a child with my other (ex?) host family and that they had a ton of expectations from me. But it’s more chill here. I like that.

My first day of school went much better here than it did in Wiesloch. In Ottheinrich (my old school), I was just given a schedule and set loose upon the school. No offense, but I felt so overwhelmed. Here I got a tour of the school and got to actually choose my classes, with a few exceptions. My schedule is so awesome; I get to sleep in most days. Woot! The people have been very nice; things have been going extremely well so far (I’ve only been here a week) and I’m glad to be here. I wish this had happened months ago, but at the time, switching sounded terrible. But now I’m happy to have this opportunity to try out something new (etwas neues) :) .