If you ever wanna eat a Sauerkraut sandwich again take your Wiener Schnitzel lickin' finger and point out on this map what I wanna know.

Well! I've arrived! I am in Groß-Gerau, and I am going to school tomorrow. Also, I turn 18 tomorrow... it should be an exciting day. I am, however, very, very nervous.

The last few days in Bonn were bitter-sweet. I was excited to leave, but it was a little hard. I miss all the other Americans a lot. It was nice hanging out with them, and not having to worry about making German friends ;-) But now that time is over.

My family here is super nice. The dad is retired, the mom works as a landscaper for the city. My older host brother is 27, he is currently in Shanghai with a friend visiting the friend's family. My other host brother is 26, and he goes to the University not far from here... not in Frankfurt, but I'm not sure exactly what the town is called.

Their house is pretty large. Three floors, a nice size yard, a garage-ish part. I have a large room, with a loft (but no ladder yet...) and a nice balcony. I really do love it.

My first day here was very chillaxed. I had breakfast after waking up at about 10:00 and then went to get my hair cut with my host dad. He brought me there and helped me explain what I wanted. I didn't get EXACTLY what I wanted, but it doesn't matter, because nothing got lost in translation, thankfully, and it looks pretty good... I think :-D

There is a cat here at this family. I haven't had a reaction yet. It stays mostly outside, but has snuck into my room a few times. I lost track of it once, and found it sleeping in my suitcase. Naughty, naughty...

Tomorrow is my first day of school. Again, I am super nervous... hopefully I am worring for nothing, but yeah... I also can't wait.

I am going to make mango salsa tomorrow for my party! Weee. I hope it comes good. :-D

A small part of me wishes I were going to college with everyone else still, but that time will come before I know it. I also wish I knew where I was going to college... for sure. Again, the time will come.

On Saturday, when I got here, I went to the movies that night with my host brother, Anton. We saw Inglourious Basterds. Quintin Tarentino is a crazy-ass. I liked it, but not as much as Kill Bill. Duh.

It is very hot here. I went yesterday with my host mom to a lake about 7 km from here, by bicycle. It was such a long ride... taking into account the heat and the fact that the bike I was using was pretty old and slow... and my host mom is a bike pro... she rides so fast sometimes...

Then, last night I went to dinner at Anton's friends' house. A few of them live together and study at a few various schools or even work already. Apparently they went to elementary school all together. They were all older than me by a few years, but were all really nice. Hopefully making friends and talking with people my age is just as easy.

German is getting easier, sometimes I think of a sentence in German, or the German word pops into my brain first... I hate it when I am talking to my mom, for example, but other than when I am trying to speak English, it is great.