Two weeks down, two to go

Two weeks of language camp have passed, which means there are only two short weeks until I reach my host family. My German isn't nearly as it should be for someone who is going to be living in Germany for ten months. While watching a German movie yesterday with other students, I realized how lost I will be for the first few weeks. It worries me that making friends at my school will be difficult because of the language barrier, but at least I will have new European clothes, and delicious bratwurst to comfort me.

A few blocks away from the monastery (pictures attached) there is a small restaurant named "Bistro Alayna." There we have found delicious sandwiches called "döner" which is a mash up of a gyro and a panini. The workers there pile lamb meat, cabbage, onions, and spicy mayo into a warm and crispy pita-like shell until it is the size of a toddler's head. Just as you start to marvel in the taste of this Turkish treat, the middle-aged woman behind the cash register will tell you to be quiet while throwing some very unnecessary dart eyes your way. I have learned it is better to order it "zu gehen" (to go).

I am ready to start living like a real German, but I know I still have much to learn from the teachers here. Even though the next two weeks look long now, they will fly by, just as the last two have, and I will be living with my host family before I know it.