First of all I just want to say that language camp has been awesome so far! I’m learning so much. My brain has never felt so stuffed after a 3 hour lesson at any other time in my entire life. I’m still not confident in my ability to talk to native Germans in German, but I think I’m starting to get a hang of the language (pronunciation is the hardest for me…). The activities that we had so far were not only fun, but also enlightening. They really have helped me start discovering who I am right now and who I want to become. The activities also drilled the phrase, “It’s not right or wrong, it’s just different” into my mind. I’m not with my host family yet and am at a camp with 49 other Americans and 10 German (teachers and teamers), so I really haven’t experience this phrase yet. I’m still in my little American bubble, and it would be interesting to see how different I am compared to my host family and how I would adapt.
But, on to fun things: We went to Marburg on Saturday(August 9th)!! Marburg is a bigger town than Bad Laasphe and had a lot more to offer in terms of shopping options. We were all super excited to finally go see a different part of Germany since the only town we’ve been to together is Bad Laasphe. This is also the first time I rode the train in Europe! It really wasn’t hard since someone already got our tickets for us, so we just had to show up at the train station on the right platform. Both of the train stations we boarded on were pretty small, but the one in Marburg had a McDonald’s in it (it was the first McDonald’s I saw in Germany). (this is really late because I haven't have fast internet to upload the pictures)
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| The Cathedral in Marburg |
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| The Castle in Marburg |
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