Last week was the first week of classes and I was kind of really excited to actually start school so it would give me something to do during the day but then i realized, am I retarded??? If I didn't have classes I could be out exploring the world on the week days! But anyways there's not really all that much to tell except for I have to go down to class every day at 9 and then I dont usually come back home until around 7 or 8 because it's waAAAaaaYYy too far of a walk to come all the way back up to the house in between classes! So starbucks has become my new best friend! I dont even like coffee but i've discovered hazelnut heisse schokolade (hot chocolate) and it is pretty much a-mazing! and the atmosphere is so cozy in there! It really is the cutest starbucks I've ever been to and the people that work there are really nice too! and I dont think they've ever heard the name shannon before becuase every time i say it to them they have trouble understanding what i'm saying and my order is usually under sharon or something like that!
anyways i have a really funny story about how we were studying in starbucks on my first day of class. So we're sitting there with all our books spread out accross the table and in germany if there is a spot open at a table other people ask if it is free and then sit down! so there's 3 of us sitting at this circular table and this old german man comes up to me and says "enshuldigun, is heir nacht frei?" (excuse me, is here free ( like open to sit down at)) and I said "ja, bitte" and so he pulled out the chair and sat there with us and he folded his arms across his chest and closed his eyes and kind of was mumbling to himself, it was kinda weird but we were told germans just sit with people if a chair is open even if you dont know them because they dont have to make conversation if they're sitting near someone they just sit there.so we're studying for a while and he's sitting there and he keeps looking at me so i smile every time i see that he's looking at what i'm doing and then all of a sudden he gets up out of his chair and is like right up in my face and is like "woher komst du?" (where are you from?) and he keeps saying it and saying it cuz I couldnt hear what he was saying so i was just looking at him and then my friend said "he's saying woher kommst du" and i was like oh "Ich komme aus californian" and he just nodded his head and sat back down and i like laughed cuz it was so weird how he just jumped out of his chair out of nowhere and got all intense about where i was from so then I said "woher kommen sie?" (same thing but you say that to people that are older than you) and he said "heidelberg" and I said "oh! Ich studieren in heidelberg... deutch!" ( I'm studying in heidelberg...german) I said it out of order a little bit but he knew what I meant and then he closed his eyes and folded his arms over his chest again and began mumbling to himself and then like 10 minutes later he got up and looked at me and said "tchuse" (I dont know how to speel that but it means goodbye like slang kind of" and I said tchuse back and then i realized as he had said tchuse this huge strand of saliva had dripped from his mouth all the way to his shirt and it was just hanging there and i was like gagging cuz it was so gross. and I realized that the whole time, he was there for like 30 minutes right, the whole time he had never even had a drink or apparently ordered one cuz he just sat there and then left! sooooo awkward!!well thats my funny german story! classes are going good! I feel like on the weekdays though all i do is go to class and then finally come back home and then study all night and then go to bed!! but its what we have to do since there we dont have class on friday and we're allready behind cuz we started class so much later than the kids in malibu did. so I guess we have to make it up someway!
luv shannon
p.s. We hang out at The Heidelberg Schloss when we get bored!
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| So this is the view of Heidelberg from the castle! |
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| Just hangin' out! |
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| Emily Jones |
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| Pretend it's King Triton and that's why I'm making a Delta! Megan Reel Says: "Aww! I'm glad you're representing us well in Germany! Can't wait to meet you!" Amanda Lewis Says: "Ruler of the sea.. we will sing to thee, trident bold and true... we will sing to you - may we never stray from thy sceptored ways. The bonds of youth and the tides of truth our fraternity..." Me: "I still don't know that song all the way! Haha!" |
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| Yay for exploring with Emily! Emily Says: "That glove is kind of in an awkward place... haha" Me: "ahahahaha!! I didn't even realized that!! Haha!! |
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