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Catherines' First Report September 4, 2005 |
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Hello Everyone! Well what else can I say other than ` Ich glücklich`( I hope I spelled it right…) I am happy here in Bückeburg…. Well let’s start form the beginning. When I woke up at around 7:00 a.m. I swear I could not believe that the day had come…. And no I was not nervous for some reason nor anxious… just cool I guess…. I ate breakfast and then when I finally left my home and arrived at the airport I was thinking OMG!!! It is a WHOLE year…. When the people of the airline weighed my bags I had 10 pounds overweight… but of course I had already known that since my lovely father had already weighed them at publix the night before…. Then me, my “ petite version of my aunt” sister , parents and marcela had a snack… and well time went soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow……… when the time came to say good bye I was trembling a little.. although it did not seem like it… and well when I was saying goodbye to my dad I wanted to cry but I managed to hold it back- well it seemed like a short goodbye and then I had to take off my blazer like a million times before I got to the airplane….and of course while on the airplane too. The flight from Miami to Detroit was okay…. And the from Detroit to Amsterdam that was the best flight ever!! I got to see monster in law and Madagascar.. two movies that I always wanted to see and I saw them for free!!! I got to talk to a girl named amy and she was going to south Africa !!! And well when I got to Amsterdam. I believe I saw the most muslims in my whole entire life…. And then of course people were smoking in an airport… and well yes my hair began to smell like smoke which I was so not happy with at all… then I went to the gate and I met a kid from texas and he was also from rotary… he was the only kid that I got to talk to… so hard right? Then from Amsterdam to Hannover was my worst flight ever….. it was soo small and it smelled and I wanted to sleep but the noise of the propellers or whatever they are called would not let me do so . When I arrived in Hannover I met conny’s family and my host family.. they were so nice to me and happy.. of course once I got out of the airport I broke my first mom warning rule: DO NOT GO ON THE AUTOBAN! Of course it so fast but I liked it and well it was raining when I arrived and so cold!!!! When I arrived to my new home I could not believe it… okay that was the first day. Then that coming Monday I had german class in hannover and I had to take the train and everything.. I met like 4 kids from mexico which I am so happy cause I can practice my Spanish and then I met a girl from Switzerland and Ecuador and others from the u.s. it was 2 whole weeks going to hannover.. I left my home at 3:00 p.m. and would not return until 10:30 p.m. and the course was 5 hours straight… and well I was so tired the first two weeks….. now this is my 3rd week here and I am used to the stuff here a little bit more… this weekend I was over conny’s home and it was so much fun… I went shopping and I only bought 1 thing and that was a pink with white and light purple stripes hat. it was so cute and not expensive… 5 €uros only which I though it is a good price … and that has been the only thing I have bought so far…. My school is so very old!!! And well the people are nice and everything.. I almost got traumatized when I saw the bathrooms…..grafiti all over the place and everything.. of course I was used to clean stuff cause back at home my school is brand-new …. But that was the only place out of the school that I thought was ew….. and well last week I met a german girl in my latin class.. yes I am taking latin for beginners….. and well she was in Peru for 5 months and she knows perfect Spanish.. I believe me and her are the only ones that speak Spanish.. except for the Spanish teacher also…. And well whenever I talk to her I feel weird because everyone turns around and asks her what she is speaking and everything…. Thank God it has not been hard for me to make friends…. Of course Bob and my whole family knows that I love to talk…..so it is obvious that I would have no hard time on that subject…. And well what else…… everyone here is blonde-blue eyes or green eyes or black hair with green eyes… I am part of the minority that is black hair with black eyes… I feel so weird….. and well I believe this is it so far… I am so happy to be here.. 1st I would like to thank God for giving me life to this day and to be where I am right now…(in front of a german computer…) lol .. and then rotary for allowing me to have the most fantastic year that I will have in my whole life…. And my parents for putting the €uros´and $ and for giving me permission and for trusting me to be here on my own and for all the advice they had given me… and then the Barnewitz family for accepting me into their home like a family member….. thank you sooooooooo much for everything….. God bless you all!!! Sincerely, Catherine Neira |
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