Sorry for the lack of updates, that first week can be a lot to get used to. Most of the week was spent getting used to class and waking up early again. It's especially hard since when it's 10 or 11 pm here, it's 3 or 4 in the afternoon back home and people tend to be online to talk to. Also, it was really warm (85 F) and humid all week, which can really drain a person. For classes we have two teachers, but we one for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and one for Thursday and Friday. I don't like the Thursday and Friday one. He talks too fast and a bunch of us from SDSU got completely lost on Thursday when he talked. Friday was better though, so it'll hopefully get better as we progress. Also on Friday, we have half of our normal day, which is done at 12:30 anyway. So Fridays I'm done with class at 10:30 am. It's nice. Last Friday I went with my host sister to a dvd/cd store. It was interesting. She's 16 (going on 17) and is a really nice girl. We're both struggling with the language barrier; she thinks her English is bad (it's not that bad) and I'm better at writing in German than speaking it.

This Saturday I went with a friend from the program to Munich. You would think with all my traveling lately 3 hours on a train wouldn't be a problem, but it was slightly annoying. Most people don't reserve their seats (although more are doing it) and people get on and off at every stop. So it's constantly changing in the train cars and if you can't find a seat it's really annoying. Other than the train ride the trip was pretty good. We stayed in a hostel that was only 800 meters from the trainstation (I don't know what that is in US measurements, but it was walkable). It was a pretty good hostel, the only problem was the girl in our room that thought it was cold and closed the window. It was so warm that I would fall asleep on one side then wake up about an hour later because that side was too warm. Although, I guess the liter and a half of beer I drank on Saturday might have helped. Don't worry, I was good girl and didn't get drunk. On Sunday we left the hostel and went on a free walking tour of Munich. It wasn't bad and the price was right, but we did get guilted into tipping the tour guide. Oh well, she brought us to a little cafe they have an agreement with. We got unlimited 'traditional Bavarian stew' and one beer for 5 Euros. Not that bad of deal, and it held me over until supper at 10 tonight. And of course, we saw plenty of guys in lederhosen and women in dirndls. We also saw some crazy street performers. All in all, it was a very good time, but a lot for two days. Treasure, the friend I went with, is thinking about going back next weekend to go to Dachau concentration camp, but I think that might be a little too much for me.

If anyone has any trip ideas for me, just leave a comment. You can leave a comment even if you don't have trip ideas! I only have one day left free on my German Rail pass, but most of my trip plans involve leaving the country. It's kind of nice to get to play tourist. However, I should probably go and get my homework done. On to week 2!