Germany is great for so many reasons, but I wanted to share some of the little things that brighten my days here. Here are some photos to show ya what I mean:
1) Math--
Wow. I never thought I would say this. But I am really glad that I have math in school here. Why? Because I took the exact same math class last year! This way, I can spend more time learning German than learning the math, and I can brush up on the skills I learned! (And not forget them all.) :) Plus my math teacher is such a nice guy.
2) SLEEP--
I am a big fan of sleep. BIG. FAN. And I definitely get a lot of sleep here, which I am grateful for. I am going to use the excuse that listening to another language all the time is exhausting, because I am always more tired over here! .
3) Peanut Butter, Nutella, and Banana-
Okay, well, peanut butter is actually not a German thing, but Nutella sure is! I bought the peanut butter from the American aisle in a really big grocery store during my language camp and I am so glad that I did! I didn't realize how much I missed the stuff! I don't know what I will do when I run out! ... Well. Probably just eat more Nutella. Oh, and don't worry, Mother. I do not eat this combination every day. My host-sister and I just experimented today. :)
4) Pens and Graph paper-
Even though I may be a chaotic mess sometimes, I really like organization. Whenever something is going on in class that I don't understand (Religion class) or is way above my head (Informatik. Try learning computer programming... In German!), or in math if they are covering something easy and boring, then I organize. I draw calendars, to-do lists, ect. It is great, but there are only so many things you can organize... I am trying to find something productive to do in my one hopeless class, Info, so if you have any ideas I am open to them! I see a lot of pages full of doodles posted from other exchange students online, but I don't want to end up reliving the last week of my Senior year in High School. (I just colored in my Hello Kitty coloring book. I am not proud. But I was stressed in-between finals.) I'm thinking about hauling in my English-German Dictionary and working on German, though. (Normally I write words I don't know in a vocabulary notebook and translate them when I get back home because my dictionary is on my IPad and it would be weird/disrespectful to do that in class. But I am going to borrow my host sister's HUGE and HEAVY dictionary... Woo.)
5) HIMYM-
How I Met Your Mother. This show is awesome! What is even better is that I learn so much German by watching this show! Whenever I need some down time or a break from studying/organizing/whatever else I am doing... (/sleeping) I watch this show in German with my host sister. It is great because I already know all the words in English, so I know what they are saying and then learn the German version of it! :)
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