my trips so far.

sorry for taking so long to get this posted do not have internet yet and will not have internet till monday.
I wrote this on the train to Dortmund.
I feel as if I have stepped out of America and intoa a beautiful german painting it seems getting here was just a blug. As i sit on the train on my way to dortmund it seems as if every 30 seconds a small quaint village is nessled among the rolling hills on either side. In each town thre is a church your typical gothic chruch in the center from which the town seems to grow from. \i feel unbelievably lucky and undeserving for this opprotunity. \ i am not scared or nervous to be here. it was not all that sad to say goodbye to friends and family although i will miss them but i will still get to talk to them. the people here are are like people in the minnesota, unbelievably nice. i almost got on the wrong train and a german man ran after me to tell me not this train but the next. the little german i know has gotten me by so far and i got to play shirades with an old woman to get information that i needed. i am just in shock i feel as if i went into this trip blind. my preperation for packing consists of this googling studying abroad semmester packing list. printing it out and adding a few extra things i jumped on a plane then a few trains and now im here on another train. its pretty cold here but i ahve warm clothers. this is much different than the flat sunshine state that i grew up in. on the train ride i have already seen 4 castles outside my window and i havent been in the country for a day.

i do understand that these next five months may not be this easy, i am sure at some point i will miss america however as a wise friend said no one builds charachter while in the comfort zone. so i oddly look forward to that struggle and until that moment comes i will soak up each moment embrace this fantasic culutre.