Hey, all!
Again, I'm writing you from this internet cafe. The Turkish man at the front desk and I are on comfortable speaking terms now. That is to say, I don't have to come in and ask for a computer or how much it costs of if one's free. I just walk in the front door and he looks at me and says "Einundzwanzig (number 21)" or "Siebzehn (number 17)" or whatever numbered computer is mine for the next hour or so and I say "Danke! (thanks!)" and go to it. I love this little guy.
Anyway, on to my post for the day:
So, I'm staying with the sweetest couple in Europe right now. One lady is a coworker of mine at the school and her partner is nurse. They have THE COOLEST APARTMENT EVER in this neat little part of town that's all old buildings that survived the bombings in WWII. Their apartment has cool, creative decorations and they have great taste in music, asian food, and beer. They gave me my own cute little room and my own laundry hamper and fed me breakfast and showed me around town and have pretty much taken the best care of me. We sat up and chatted in German until, like, midnight with beer and chocolate crispies. I also love them to death and will post a picture of us up here soon, if they don't mind.
I'm taking the train to Köln (Cologne) early Monday morning for teacher training. I don't know what the internet situation is there, so I don't know how frequent my posts will be, but I will try to let you all know what is going on. As soon as I get back I'll be diving right in to school stuff, so wish me luck!
On a side note, I'm still looking for an apartment. I wish I could have somehow taken care of this earlier, but no one would rent an apartment to me without meeting me first, so it had to wait until I got here. Oh, well. I have one place right in downtown that's a reasonable price. It's a cute second-story two-bedroom place that is owned by a cute young guy named Peer (sounds like "pay-er"). He's got a couple of other people looking at the place, but he's going to give me an answer one way or the other on Monday. I hope he picks me. I would dearly love to live downtown with a cute German named Peer. ;-)
The other viable option was one on the west side of town, but that turned out to not work out so well. The owner told me that the rent was 280 euros before I got there, but when I arrived he said that someone had moved out and that the rent had gone up to 370. Adding in security deposit, I would have had to pay almost 1,000 euros! Das geht nicht, people. I can't afford that. So that option is out. But even if the other option -- hallo, Peer! - doesn't work, I have a couple of colleagues with open rooms, so I'm taken care of.
Okay, that's all for now. I'm going to buy a train ticket and then meet my new friends for a birthday party. Remind me on my next post to tell you about the big palace here that got turned into a mall! Oh, and the symbol of Braunschweig, which would make the coolest tattoo in history.
Again, I'm writing you from this internet cafe. The Turkish man at the front desk and I are on comfortable speaking terms now. That is to say, I don't have to come in and ask for a computer or how much it costs of if one's free. I just walk in the front door and he looks at me and says "Einundzwanzig (number 21)" or "Siebzehn (number 17)" or whatever numbered computer is mine for the next hour or so and I say "Danke! (thanks!)" and go to it. I love this little guy.
Anyway, on to my post for the day:
So, I'm staying with the sweetest couple in Europe right now. One lady is a coworker of mine at the school and her partner is nurse. They have THE COOLEST APARTMENT EVER in this neat little part of town that's all old buildings that survived the bombings in WWII. Their apartment has cool, creative decorations and they have great taste in music, asian food, and beer. They gave me my own cute little room and my own laundry hamper and fed me breakfast and showed me around town and have pretty much taken the best care of me. We sat up and chatted in German until, like, midnight with beer and chocolate crispies. I also love them to death and will post a picture of us up here soon, if they don't mind.
I'm taking the train to Köln (Cologne) early Monday morning for teacher training. I don't know what the internet situation is there, so I don't know how frequent my posts will be, but I will try to let you all know what is going on. As soon as I get back I'll be diving right in to school stuff, so wish me luck!
On a side note, I'm still looking for an apartment. I wish I could have somehow taken care of this earlier, but no one would rent an apartment to me without meeting me first, so it had to wait until I got here. Oh, well. I have one place right in downtown that's a reasonable price. It's a cute second-story two-bedroom place that is owned by a cute young guy named Peer (sounds like "pay-er"). He's got a couple of other people looking at the place, but he's going to give me an answer one way or the other on Monday. I hope he picks me. I would dearly love to live downtown with a cute German named Peer. ;-)
The other viable option was one on the west side of town, but that turned out to not work out so well. The owner told me that the rent was 280 euros before I got there, but when I arrived he said that someone had moved out and that the rent had gone up to 370. Adding in security deposit, I would have had to pay almost 1,000 euros! Das geht nicht, people. I can't afford that. So that option is out. But even if the other option -- hallo, Peer! - doesn't work, I have a couple of colleagues with open rooms, so I'm taken care of.
Okay, that's all for now. I'm going to buy a train ticket and then meet my new friends for a birthday party. Remind me on my next post to tell you about the big palace here that got turned into a mall! Oh, and the symbol of Braunschweig, which would make the coolest tattoo in history.
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Okay smaychel, are there any German people in Germany? Turkish people, Spanish people and Polish people? Did you go to Germany or are you just hiding from your mother? To bad you can't stay with the nice couple who give you CHOCOLATE!! No no .... don't take candy from strangers, remember!!! Keep posting, I read the same post to Marv at least 2 or 3 times a day! When you are ready email me the address for your camera. We love you and miss you bunches!! Ma
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