I'm Pretty Bad At Blogging

Well after being harassed by both my mom and my dad in the sates I have decided to please them by updating my blog. It's funny that just two years ago I was explaining to them what a blog was and now they are the ones trying to refresh MY memory. My mom has started using words like "creeping" and "wall post" after figuring out the Facebook basics. She will probably have something to say to me after seeing that the entire first paragraph in my blog about Germany is in fact about her, but I don't mind. Now for the juicy stuff. I'm in Germany! So my mom and I went to a neighboring village and this is one of the lovely, old buildings.

Germany, after only a month, is a place that I can see myself calling home. Everything about it is fascinating and attractive. I'm living in a small village, as I have said before. However, for the last 2 weeks and for the next 2 weeks I am studying in Hamburg. I go to a language school in the city. I take a car, a train, and a metro to school every morning. My day usually starts at 7:45 or 8:00 am. I have coffee and toast with my mom and we head to the station. After school I usually have a couple hours to kill before taking my train back to meet up with my ride. I have been using that time to explore parts of the city near my school. Since I'm only a metro ride away from everywhere my exploring has taken me to a few neat places. Now that I'm more confident in my ability to find my way back if I take the wrong train, I'm planning on my next two weeks being very entertaining. I love Hamburg. It's beautiful and clean! Germany isn't just going green, it is green! Hamburg is especially green and not just energy wise. For it's size, Hamburg is one of the greenest cities in the world. (Green meaning grass, trees, etc.) The Elbe river runs through the city thus giving Hamburg the bragging rights for having more bridges than Venice. The houses are lovely and recycling is a big deal here. I'm constantly learning. Today I was on my way to school and I found out that the metro I had to take was down for some reason. I was going to be late for class and I had no idea what to do. The lady told me to take a bus, so I got on a bus. Then the bus driver told me to take another bus...so I did. Finally I ended up somewhere where I could supposedly get on my metro. However, my metro didn't run through the station where I was. I ended up taking a subway and then my metro. I was 20 minutes late to class. Now I know more than I did about the train system. See, I am learning. I have been wanting a pet hedgehog. My parents think I'm kidding. I told my dog to find me a friendly hedgehog that will will in my room and tell me jokes. She found one today and ran away with it. She is back in her cage now. The poor hedgehog probably didn't make it. I'm refusing to speak to the dog now. Other than my killer dog, everything else is lovely. German's take pride in what they do and how they act. At least the one's I have met so far. Having coffee at a friends house means that the coffee cups and plates are brought out, and there is a tablecloth and cake. It's nice to sit around with a group of people to enjoy good company and even more importantly, good cake! I've been playing my Ukulele and trying to stay warm. It's getting colder and colder. Still fall, but you can tell that winter is going to be a "blast". I'm sorry for this being a lame post. I tried to fit the past month into a summarized entry. Trying to do that probably makes this a bit boring. I'll try to be better in the future. :) This is my sister and I. While putting cardboard boxes on our heads, sword fighting, and taking pictures, we forgot about the pizzas in the oven...