I arrived at the monastery to find that I was sharing a closet sized room with two other girls, but they are both turned out to be very nice and considerate roommates. The food started out very rich, and fried, but it has improved immensely (bread and cheese at every meal is what I live for). Hedersleben is a quaint little town with adorable locals. If you wake up early enough you will find at least three people over the age of seventy riding their bike to the post office or grocery store. My German has been improving--slowly and almost surely--so hopefully by the time I reach my host family I won't be completely mute because I have no idea what they are saying. I have found that the friends I have made at language camp have been extremely helpful in preventing homesickness. I can already tell my year will go much more smoothly because of them.
My teacher here is named Evelin, and she is like the old, precious, German grandmother I never had. Her English is broken, but she is an incredible teacher. Sometimes I don't even realize how much she has taught me over the course of one week.
Overall, Germany is fantastic. It's beautiful here. The architecture is unbelievable, and the countryside reminds me of the Kansas plains--but it is not nearly as flat, of course.
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