2 months in

It is difficult to think of what to write in this blog. For one thing, I'm forgetting how to write English. Second, I haven't really got the time to think of what I want to write. The other problem is that I never know what to talk about. I'm in Germany, but it's not like every day is a big adventure.
Last week I drove with Ralph to a path for archery. He was asked to chop down the dead trees, so that they don't accidentally fall on an archer. He took a chainsaw out of the trunk of the car, and we walked around the path until we saw a dangerous-looking dead tree. When he was sawing a tree down, lots of orange and brown leaves were falling all around us.
Today Ralph took me to an archery gym, where I learned how to shoot a bow and arrow.
Tomorrow is school again. Next Saturday is some kind of festival.
I have to apply to college sometime.

Wandern

7 weeks

I've been in Germany for about 7 weeks. A lot of things happened in just 7 weeks, but I've only got one picture to show for it. Maybe I'll start carrying my camera around a little more.

On Halloween I slept over at the house of my liason. She went on her exchange last year to Bolivia, and this year she is volunteering for AFS.

This week I'm on Herbst vacation. It's just for one week. I am so glad I'm not going to school this week. You wouldn't expect it, but going to school in Germany is painfully boring if you don't understand the language. You sit in a class where the teacher is talking about something, using really fast German. For an exchange student, the purpose of school is to make friends, since actually participating in academics isn't going to happen. But most kids are so focused on school that they don't have the time to talk to you.

This Wednesday I am going to hangout with Sze Wan, an exchange student from Hong Kong. I'm going to take the train to the city and have lunch with her. After, we'll probably go to her house.