First few days in Germany

On my journey to Germany, I met 7 other exchange students. It was nice getting to talk to them. We were all so excited for our exchange to begin. My host parents picked me up from the airport in Stuttgart with some German chocolate as a present! It was about an hour drive to their house from the airport. We stopped at my host dad's parents house on the way there. At their house, they also had flowers and a Steiff teddy bear for me. The first night at my house I slept for 13 hours. My second day in Germany I got to go to a football game with my host dad and our neighbor. At the game, I sat with two of my host sister`s friends. (My host sister is in the US this year) They told me that I didn`t want to sit with old men, so they took me with them. The game was fun, but our team played very bad and lost. My host dad and neighbor were very sad. They are going to take me to another game in two weeks. That evening all the neighbors came over for dinner. They are all so nice. I showed them pictures of the US, and they tried some of the Sarris chocolate covered pretzels I brought with me. On Sunday, we went to a bird show with friends, and then we went with them to a grillen (barbecue). The food was very good. It was a lot different than a barbecue in the U.S. I got to try a banana that was grilled with chocolate inside of it. Yum! I haven`t tried anything I haven`t liked yet. Tomorrow I start school. Hopefully that goes well.

Koenigsbronn and Heidenheim look a lot like West Virginia. Lots of mountains and trees, and the road from Heidenheim to Koenigsbronn is little and windy. On the way from the airport the other day we got stuck behind several tractors on the road, and there are chickens outside right underneath my window. I think I am fitting in well here. I feel right at home with my host parents and this town. It is amazing how fast I am starting to pick up some German words. I can`t speak in German yet, but I am starting to understand some things. I guess it is from hearing German all the time now. The other day I was trying to think of something in English, and I couldn`t remember the word. So far, I am loving it here in Germany.