Well. The day I left was a really long day.
I didn't sleep the night before & everywhere I went I was early.
My plane left at 0917, but I arrived around 0500.
So I walked around the airport the whole time.
I arrived in Germany late because my connecting flight at Frankfurt had to go to Paris with a special load.
Then when I arrived at the Dusseldorf airport, I couldn't find my greeting party. lol
Btw: German airport officals are not helpful.
Later in the afternoon I went to the eldest daughter's horse show.
She won first place that night and the morning after.
Ok, about the family.
There are 3 children. Lea, 10; Toni, 7; Paul, 6.
They have 8 dogs, 2 cats, 4 horses, 4 ponies, 4 turtles, 6 cars, motorcycles, bikes, mopeds, a pool, and waaay too many shoes. XD
Oh and Opa, their mom's father lives with us in the three story house.
I have been eating bread in every meal!
And omg is it good.. drool.
The doors open 2 ways. the top pops out so that the house can be cooled down.
and to open the door, you make the handle parallel to the floor.
pulling the handle down will lock it; and up is the window.
the toilets have a button above the toilet that flushes it.
when we go swimming, the water is 21 degrees C. (thats extremely cold!)
My siblings have been helping me tons on my German.
Today I read a book with them and they are always speaking German to me.. and i have no idea what they are saying. =D
I also brought a few American things.
One of the things they could not understand was the armidillo.
We discussed that one for a long time.
They love sour patch kids, and germans never have cinnamon in their candies or foods, so they did not like the hot tamales too much.
the starburst and skittles were too sweet for them.
My parents were also surprised to hear that Nutella is popular in the states.
weird, huh?
Well, tomorrow I start my German classes and i will be getting up early.
tschüs!
