I've been in Germany more than four months now which is crazy! Alot has happened this month and it has been pretty busy and all, but now I am on Christmas break and found some time to write again. I think a good place to start is with Thanksgiving, but there isn't much to say becasue we don't celebrate it over here! I actually told the train into a little city names Coesfeld and started my Christmas shopping. It was the first time I went alone to Coesfeld and I didn't get lost or anything which I consider an accomplishment. After I got home I skyped quickly with my family in the USA just to say hi to everyone because they were all over my house. Now onto December! The first week of December my host sister Lisa had her 16th birthday, and also a party which was fun! The day after her party we went to Essen to a Christmas market which was really huge. On the train I met up with Simon from Norway, and I was supposed to meet up with few other exchange students but we got seperated and it was a bit chaotic! All and all it was a good night! A few days later I baked plätzchen with my host mom which was fun! The closest thing i could compare it to is making gingerbread men and decorating them. Plätzchen baking I'm pretty sure is a tradition here and almost everyone does it! A few days later I received a package in the mail from my mom that had stocking filled for Christmas for everyone in my family here! They don't have stockings in Germany so I thought it was pretty cool for my host family to have them! On December 21st we got our Christmas tree! In the US we always put up trees pretty early compared to here! After the tree was up all we had to do now was to wait for Christmas... which is celebrated here on the night of the 24th! So on the night of thr 24th we had raclette which is pretty much this giant pan in the middle of the table and then you put whatever food you want on it to cook and then eat it There is all different types of meats and vegtables and fruit to cook and it was delicous. And then we opened presents and hungout the rest of the night! On the 25th we went to my host grandma's house and had coffee and cake and played a card game! Fast forward a few days to the 27th which was the first time it snowed here!! I'm so used to Pittsburgh weather which means snow the first week of November! On the 27th I went to my friend Theresa's birthday party which was really fun! I also promised Ilka I would mention her in my blog, so if you are reading this, hi Ilka :) Fast forward a few days to New Years Eve! This was super fun, my host sister and I had a few people over and had a little party. At midnight everyone was outside and we all had firewords and sparklers! Germany puts the USA to shame when it comes to NYE .. there were so many fireworks here, and not like the little fireworks, everyone had them and shot them off for atleast an hour! Since I live in the Münsterland it is super flat for miles, which means you could see fireworks from all around you! it was so cool to see. Also since I have the coolest sister in the world she took these really cool pictures of us spelling out stuff with sparklers! I also skyped quickly with my best friend Alexandra and also my mom to wish them a New Year. All and all it has been a pretty good month and I really haven't been homesick at all since I got here which I'm not complaining about! I'm really looking forward to what 2015 has to offer!
Ich bin jetzt seit 4 Monaten in Deutschland. Es ist Weihnachtszeit
und deshalb habe ich in den letzten 2
Monaten viel unternommen! Ich erzähle mal vom November: In den USA gibt es
Thanksgiving, aber hier wird es nicht gefeiert. Am letzten Donnerstag im
November (Thanksgiving) fuhr ich das erste Mal allein nach Coesfeld. Danach
habe ich mit meiner Familie geskyped. Es freute mich sie zu sehen. An
Thanksgiving ist meine ganze Familie bei uns Zuhause! In der ersten Woche im
Dezember war Lisa’s Geburtstag und ihre Geburtstagsparty, das machte mir viel
Spaß. Am Tag danach, bin ich mit ein paar Mädels nach Essen gefahren. Da gibt
es einen schönen und großen Weihnachtsmarkt. Im Zug habe ich einen Freund aus
Norwegen getroffen. Ich wollte mich auch mit anderen Austauschülern treffen,
aber es war ein bisschen chaotisch und mein Handyakku war leer. Der
Weihnachtsmarkt war so schön und es gab viele leckere Sachen! Es war ein
schöner Abend. Ein paar Tage später haben wir Plätzchen gebacken und auch das
hat mir viel Spaß gemacht! Dann kam ein Paket von meiner Mom aus Amerika! Es
war voll mit Stockings, die mit Kleinigkeiten für Weihnachten gefüllt waren. Am
21. Dezember haben wir unseren Weihnachtsbaum gekauft! In Amerika kaufen wir
unseren Weihnachtsbaum schon in der ersten Woche im Dezember! In Amerika
feieren wir Weihnachten am 25. Dezember und bekommen unsere Geschenke wenn wir
aufwachen. An Weihnachten gab es viel leckeres Essen und Schokolade! Am 27. war
ich auf einer Party und hatte viel Spaß! Dann kam Silvester, das hat auch viel
Spaß gemacht! Überall konnte man Raketen sehen, das fand ich sehr schön. Lisa
hat ein cooles Foto mit Wunderkerzen gemacht! Um 1 Uhr habe ich kurz mit meiner
besten Freundin und meiner Mom geskyped. 2014 war ein schönes Jahr, aber ich
glaube 2015 wird noch schöner!
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