10 days down...101 to go!!

This title is in no means a hurry to leave, but more of an excitement about what lies ahead. I've had a pretty much awesome time in Marburg so far, and I'm pretty bummed that I haven't been able to write much about it, but because I don't have internet in my room, I am not online all of the time, thus, it gives me more time to do the things I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise!!

Last week was pretty much just an orientation week...we traveled around the town, we were abmelden (became a member of the city) and got bank accounts, cell phones and so on... as a side trip, we traveled to Frankfurt and just chilled for the day (we went to the Goethe museum and got to see where he actually lived...pretty sweet!) We traveled to Herr Riggs' (the BCA adviser, who has a pretty sweet residence) and he bought us all lunch after a hike. Fun times!

I know some of you have been asking about my birthday...well here it is! The night before (when the actual festivities were, because my birthday fell on a Sunday) we started off by going to a pretty classy bar...the beer was good (which is what I had) but I heard the cocktails fell short of expectations....they were pretty teuer as well. We then went to another bar that had pretty cheap cocktails so....more drinks! There was a round of tequila there... ok then some of us went to one final bar and I was purchased a Mas (liter of beer) and as the clock struck midnight, the waitress brought our table a really good type of Schnapps...and after finishing everything we made our way to the castle and chilled with some pizza and watching a movie before checking out around 6AM. The next day, we went to an Indian restaurant called Tandoori, which is pretty much my favorite type of food, and other than being really pricey (and my stomach being a little bit sick still) it was great!

I know I'm probably going to get in some sort of trouble for writing this entry but...this was my 21st birthday, COME ON PEOPLE, at least I still remember it!!!

I started class at the Sprachzentrum a few days ago...I was placed into class D (A being the beginner, G being the expert) which was pretty surprising because I haven't really taken any German that focused on Grammar since Freshman year of SNC! Our teacher is pretty cool...the first couple of days, everyone had trouble understanding her because she spoke kind of fast at times, but I think it's getting a lot better now and everyone is having a good time.

I think that's all for now....I was going to go to Prague to see my sister tomorrow, but the prices for trains and flights are way too expensive at the moment...so we will have to wait a few weeks!

Hope all is going well in the states, or wherever you are!!

All the best,

Dave