Monday update

So were to begin. I am sitting here at my computer trying to think of all the events since my last post but I guess I will go with the important ones. On Wednesday we went to a football game or fooßball or soccer game. Werder Bremen is the home team here and I have to tell you it was awesome. We played an Italian team named Sampdoria and it was so much fun to hear all the chants and the excitement. After this we went for

a delicious dinner of Dönner, which is kind of like gyros and of course the team brew for Werder, Becks 12

On Thursday we then had cultural training with Ute from InWent, our program coordinator in Germany. On Friday this was followed up with many hours of more culture training in recognizing the differences between the cultures and trying to be a good example of our culture, while trying to also appreciate the other person's culture as well. I also found out were I will be staying for at least the next three months if not ten and this is in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. It seems like a beautiful town, filled with mountains and beauty, while only being 30 mins from Stuttgart!      

Once this was all set, it was off to Amsterdam for the weekend! Got a chance to see the Anne Frank house, which was moving and inspirational. It actually was quite a nice city, but very big and very busy, at all hours. Stayed in my first Hostel with a group of 5 other guys who had just finished their service for the Israeli army so they had a little too much fun both nights, but is was not horrible. Everything was sooo expensive though, so I will be cutting costs for sure over the next month. Today was just a normal day of classes and this week, who knows what the week will bring! Bis dann!