In Erfurt

So I made it! I arrived yesterday afternoon after a very long journey. I left my dad's house at 6am central time on Tuesday. We made it to Chicago quite early especially considering it took very little time to get through security. I waited in the airport in Chicago for a couple hours. Finally I got on my plane to Atlanta. I mostly read on that flight as it was small plane and short flight. I did not have to wait long after catching a quick lunch in Atlanta. I was on the plane to Germany within an hour of arriving in Atlanta.

I met a very nice man who I talked to until the plane took off. I sat in the middle aisle of seats but no one was in the two between me and the other man in that aisle. I was able to stretch out a little which was nice. I watched three movies, The Blind Side, New Moon, and Top Gun. I didn't sleep at all.

Finally I got to Frankfurt. I wandered around for a while until I figured out where Kevin's flight would be getting into. I took a tram over to his terminal. Then there was more wandering and finally I found it. I waited there for him and then we quickly went to get train tickets to Erfurt. We missed the first train because his plane was a little late but we caught the next one.

On the train we saw the area. There are fields and castles and people just walking dogs. It's almost like a prettier version of Wisconsin but with castles. We took a lot of pictures which I will upload soon I promise. We met our tutor, Sandra, at the train station and then took the tram to campus.

The tram goes everywhere and works all day and night. She helped us find our rooms and then we met to go out to an Irish pub called the Dubliner. We met other students there both international and Erfurt students. It was nice to hang out and have fun with other people. However, at this point I had not slept much at all in two days because I couldn't fall asleep on the plane. Finally I left the pub with Sandra at 1:30am and made it back to my room.

Today we went back to Anger which has shops and restaurants that we went to. We bought some essentials like phones and ethernet cords. I really needed an ethernet cord because the computers in the library have German keyboards which are so hard to use. The Y and the Z are switched and I couldn't find the question mark. Anyway, we realized soon that we were hungry and went to get the best bratwurst in town. It was delicious! The wurst was twice as big as the bun and so good.After that we went to the Cathedral that was in that area. We took lots of pictures and looked at the architecture.

Sandra and Monique, the other tutor, had to go to a meeting at this point and left Kevin and I with Brett another exchange student to explore on our own. Sandra helped us get to the Lidl. It is a cheap grocery store. I was able to buy some frozen pizzas for only €2.50. In total I spent less than 11 Euro and filled a large canvas bag with food. I have apples and bread and wurst and bacon. I'm set for a while.

Tonight we went to the gym and played "Sport" which consisted of Kevin and me making fools of ourselves trying to play badminton. After that I came back to my room to unpack more before meeting Kevin and Matthew for dinner. We went back to Anger and ended up at the Dubliner for dinner. I had chicken breast and some of Kevin's fries. It was pretty good food. Now I am back in my room and finally taking a moment to think of all the things I've done already. In the morning we are taking ID pictures and then who knows. Either way I am having a lot of fun already.