7. Oktober
What a month it’s been! My blog certainly deserves an
update.
I’ve settled into school well. I changed my second major
course to Kunst (art) instead of Sport, with Deutsch still my first major
course. School is generally challenging, of course, but it’s gotten a lot
easier. Outside of school, I found an art class at a studio not too far (20
minutes by bike), and they meet for three hours on Tuesday evenings.
I’m writing this from southern Bayern (Bavaria in English),
not far from Füssen, which itself is not far from Austria. We are visiting my
host mom’s mother, and it is simply beautiful! We went for a long walk earlier
with the dogs (Ghandi, our bulldog, and her two dogs). The weather is warm in
the midday sun, and the Alps watch over the rolling grassy green hills and
trees that are beginning to welcome fall. So peaceful.
This weekend, we were in Marburg. I could tell you it was
beautiful, but it might be easier to just say that everything I’ve seen in this
country has been beautiful. Perhaps, then, it is more useful to describe what I
saw. The house we stayed in was outside of Marburg, with lots of open hills
interspersed with forests. I went running in the mornings on a path right
behind the house that went through the woods. It’s pretty chilly early in the
morning, but perfect for jogging. I’ve also had more time to do yoga, and I
feel physically pretty good, especially considering the amount of bread and
cheese I’ve had the luxury of enjoying here.
The city of Marburg itself has a large university. I would
compare it to an American college town, but with a deeper and longer history.
There is also a significant school for the blind in Marburg, and many blind
people live there. We were there for a cooking course for my host sister, who
is blind. The city generally had a really relaxed feeling about it, I enjoyed
just walking around.
I’ve felt comfortable from pretty early on at home with my
host family, but somehow a feeling came to me on the day we left Duisburg for
vacation, last Thursday, “I live in this country.” Every day is a new
adventure, but I live here now! I am growing and developing not just my
language skills, but also myself as a person, and it’s cool that I get to do
that here. Perhaps that is still a bit vague, but that’s okay with me.
Ghandi! We found this perfect spot by the river to sit and talk in the sunshine. Could you ask for a better view? That is the Marburger Schloss on the hilltop.
The view in Bayern.
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