#8 10/26/14 Oktoberfest +

Hi everyone. I've now been in Germany over 7 weeks, and I left my old life in Norwin 2 months ago. It's really crazy to think about. Everything is going really well here. My German is getting better day by day, I started reading Die Hütte (The Shack), and I actually understand a lot of it. I also started the seond Harry Potter book. Reading and watching movies in German is an easy way for me to better my German. I have also started playing the guitar, which is a lot harder than I ever thought it would be. I also started playing the piano a little bit again. My host family here all plays instruments which I think is really cool.

As for school it is going well. I don't have private German lessons anymore so my school days are normal now. A few days ago I attempted to take a Mathe Klausur ( a 90 minute math test that is very important) I most definitely failed it, but either way it is good that I tried. School is getting easier, and harder at the same time. I understand more and more each day, but trying to figure out how to do all the assignments takes awhile and is hard. All and all school is good.

I recently also have went to Oktoberfest. Not the Oktoberfest in München that is giant, but a small one my town had. In the US, there is really nothing I can compare Oktoberfest too. I can describe it for you though, and show you pictures. Oktoberfest is a giant tent filled with people, a band, dance floor, and with tables and benches (everyone stands on the benches most of the time), and of course beer. A lot of beer. I can say I was thoroughly impressed with the coordinatioon of drunken Germans. Somehow they can balance on a bench that is not very wide, holding a beer while being intoxicated, and jump up and down and dance all at the same time without falling for the most part. Everyone in awhile a bench would tip and people would go flying, but they just got back up and continues dancing. Also there were people of all ages there. From 16-70 I would say, all dressed in Lederhosen and Dirndls! I thought that was also pretty cool. Oktoberfest was really fun, I'm definitley going to have to come back and go to the one in München. 

Here are some pictures from Oktoberfest, and also some pictures from around the town I live in.