I've made it, surviving and loving it too!

It's been exactly a  week now since I boarded the plane that would take me 16 hours across the ocean and bring me to the place I now call home for the next 4 months.  Although it's only been a week I feel like I've been here for much longer. We've done tours of the city, sat by the river with the sun shinning down, shopping, ate wonderful food and have started classes. I'm starting to figure out the bus system and if all else fails just wander around till I find my destination. I'm excited to dig deep into my classes and really start to get a handle on  this language. As I meet people and wander about the city I understand most of what people are saying, I just can't form correct sentences and use the right words to answer back. I'm excited to see what this fist week of classes  holds and how intense it will truly be.

Life is great though! I am settling into my room nicely and have met several other students who live near by. The kitchen is well equipped with supplies so I was very excited about that. I also bought a cookbook so I can start making awesome food and so I don't have to convert all  the measurements. :)

It's difficult waking up to a view of the Swabian Alps every morning :)

Here's my lovely room. I'm probably going to make an Ikea trip to get something to make it a little more hom-e.

This is the Neckar River that runs through the middle town. 

Yes, we have a H&M in the city center and Yes it actually is better than  in America.

So, picture what you think a little German village should look like with cobble stone streets and little colorful buildings and that's where I live. My flat is actually up on a hill in a 15 story high rise building with paved streets. But, as you get into the shopping and where the University buildings are you'll see more cobble stone streets and tiny alleys. I walk around and still feel like I'm in a dream. I mean, you can potentially have classes in the old Castle on the hill. We have buildings in Tubingen dating back to the 1400's, way before America was ever established. It's absolutely wonderful here and I'm so excited to go adventure more and see what all this city has to offer.