Quick catch up!

Sorry, it's been a while since my last post but it's been so crazy, and I have been sooo busy! Theirs always so much to do! But to make things better, I have completely figured out how to use the trains and buses, so I am no longer getting lost. Life is much easier and I absolutely love love LOVE Germany!

Heres some pictures to sum up the last few weeks!

I hung out with my fellow exchnage students

 Theres millions of photos taped together in the shape of germany outside on the pavement by the Dom BHF which is Colognes main station! It was beautiful!

I saw some amazing buildings and historical places!

I ate strange Oriental foods and other weird things!

And I even got a little sleep in!

Can't have it all.

This is my complaint post, I think I am allowed to have at least one of these.

I miss my small town back home.
I miss knowing everyone and knowing how to get everywhere.
I miss being able to ask someone for directions without saying "Excuse me, do you speak english?"
I miss my friends and family.
I miss my doggie.
I miss ice.
I miss my car.
I miss my cellphone.
I miss my little tiny comfy bed.
I miss normal water.
I miss looking at my window and seeing the mountains.
I miss screaming at Owens football games and cheering on my boys.
I miss my bathrobe.
I miss swimming at the Northfork swimming hole and hiking in Montreat.
I miss Ashevilles crazy stupid shenanigans.

I have been having the WORST time getting around Cologne, it's soooooo big and theres so many people, I can see 4 train stops and 2 bus stops at any given moment in the city. I can get lost biking to school. I can't read the street signs or the maps. I don't know how to find the platform for a train. I can't even go for an afternoon run without getting lost and having a mini heart attack. I am so lost in this huge city and it's so different from Black mountain NC or any other place I have ever been. I have even cried a few times because I got lost with no phone and no idea how to get home or read a map or which train to take. I have felt alone in the middle of a city I don't know, with people who can't talk to me.

But the weird part is... I love it. 

I would trade all the things i miss for more experiences like the ones I have made in the past few weeks.

In a heartbeat.

Half of me wants me to go home where I know I can't get lost walking from the store to school.

But the other half can't wait to get lost in this amazing city more.

Find things out on my own.

Trust my inner voice and reason.

I guess I will see where I go.

Pray for me.

I want to make it out alive.

<3

Or at least find my way back home in a years time.

I miss everyone.

Exchange students!

This weekend I attended my first rotary youth exchange get together, 50 something exchange students and I all spent a full weekend stirring up trouble! It was so much fun! I meet so many people and I have about 4 billion pins that I am going to put on my blazer (all exchange students wear them).

 We visited a castle/ museum thing, where was saw really awesome old things. Haha.

 We played with lots of dangerous toys! :)

 This was at this small festival outside of the castle. The two guys are also from the United States and the other girl is from Ecuador!

 This is a small group picture with only a few of the kids. We went on a very long and beautiful walk.

And last but certainly not least we sat through a ton of boring meetings with information:(

This is a guy from the United States!