Catching up...

I am so very sorry for not have written for such a long time. I really can not come up with a good explanation so I am not going to even try. I’ve been keeping a little ‘travel-log’ thing on paper, so I thought I would just type that up and put it on my blog. Now granted the entries are a couple weeks old, but they still sum up what I’ve been doing. I’m going to put the dates on the entries as well so you can get a little feel of the time frames and what-not. I’m warning you now that they might get kinda lengthy, so grab a snack and get comfortable. I’ll try and make it a little interesting so you don’t dose off while reading.

Well, here goes...

March 3, 2008

Exactly a week from yesterday I head off for my vacation in London! I’m having very mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness. I’m actually really proud that I am actually going to brave it alone. I think it will be a good experience for me. I really want to be more open and outgoing and confident, so I figure this is the best time to start. I’m pretty much sure that the week/couple of days will not be perfectly smooth, but it will still be awesome. Whoo ya!

I’m planning on staying in a really cheap, but convenient, youth hostel, while I am there. It actually looks like a pretty decent place, so I hope that goes well. I am also hoping that I can be lucky enough to run into some people that will let me tag along with them so that I don’t have to do all the sight seeing alone. Cross your fingers!

So my German… Well, I think it has gotten so much better in the two months that I have been here. I realize no how little I really knew before. I would tell myself that I could speak the language, but that was a lie. Luckily my ‘family’ is very patient with me, and my course is actually helping me a lot as well. I really want to speak pretty decent German when I go home, otherwise these couple months will be a waste in that sense. I think it will be okay though.

March 16, 2008

Well I just made it through my first night in London… in the airport. I had a room booked at a hostel somewhere in London, but my flight got in so late in the evening I decided it would be easier/safer to just kick it in the airport. I’m a little sore, but other than that it was a good night.

I was pretty impressed with myself and my ability to get from Weisenheim (the town I live in) to my check-in at the airport. I did have to ask a lady for help once (in German), but even that went pretty good. Holy cow! Can I just say how HUGE the Frankfurt airport is? It was outrageous. And I was pretty surprised how drabby Heathrow was, or at least Terminal 1. Oh well, they still got their jobs done.

I am now on Heathrow Connect heading towards central London. I’m planning to drip of my luggage at the hostel then maybe go see about some St. Patties day celebrations. We’ll see!

Oh p.s. It is super cloudy and rainy. Joyous!