Germany

Sorry for the lack of a blog update this week, I just thought I’d keep you all waiting and give you a big ol’ recap today.

This week was basically amazing. I now know that I took for granted what a good friend means and what a meaningful conversation is worth. After being basically alone for two months, and mostly just having friends that are mere acquaintances, a week of kicking it with someone I truly know was just what I needed. I started out the week kind of worrying about what we were going to do the whole week, but I realized that doing nothing with a best friend is a thousand times better than doing something alone. On Sunday we watched 10 episodes of the second season of 24 and a lot of our other leisure time was spent either trying to find something we could understand on TV or eating. But that was more than I could have asked for. Tyler had this practicum thing Monday through Thursday where he worked for this guy until four, so I just slept in and started and finished the 5th Harry Potter. Sometimes Tyler’s host brother Phillipp would come home early from work (who, by the way, is the funniest German ever) and we’d hang out. Phillipp is the coolest kid. He’s so easy to get along with and has basically the same sense of humor as Tyler and I, so it was really fun to have him there. We also went to a party with his friends and played poker with them twice, which was really fun because they are all so funny and very receptive to Tyler and I’s “Americanness.” On Wednesday I got to go a friend’s house who I honestly never thought I would see again. He was an exchange student in Fort Collins two years ago and hung out with us a lot. Turns out the world is small and he lives about 15 minutes from Tyler, so I ate some good food at his house and we had a good talk. Tyler and I also met him for Coffee in Göttingen (about 35 minutes away) and had a great time. It was so good to see him, and he gave me some good advice and observations about this great thing we call an exchange. I’m kind of too lazy to go into specific detail about what we did each day, and you probably don’t have enough patience to read all of it, so I thought I’d just write a little bit. Love you all, and, obviously, something went wrong on the train ride home, as one of my trains was an hour late…awesome, but it wasn’t that bad, I watched 4 episodes of LOST oh my gosh intensity at its finest.

Brent

*we are sad to part :(