First Few Days

   Wow. There were a few things I noticed that were different from what was expected: There are trees EVERYWHERE. I was born in Texas, so trees were few and far in between, so I thought it was a lot of trees when I moved to Arkansas. Nope. I was wrong. There isn't a direction you can look in Berlin and not see at least 20 different trees. And, it also seems as though I have 2 host students, as I do a lot of things with Philipp as well as Niels.
   When I first arrived at the airport, I was greeted by both Philipp(his mother) and Niels. We went over to get something to eat; and what's the first thing I eat in Berlin? A Cheese burger from an American Restaurant. Ironic? I think so. I did also notice the streets. I was aware that they had more curves in them in comparison to the USA, but there are a lot. The intersections of the streets appear to have almost no direction to them. After we ate, we went to Niels' house, talked with his family a little as they showed me around. His sister is virtually fluent in English, so if I ever have any issues, I can always talk to her; though, Niels isn't that bad at English either. I fell asleep around 21. and forgetting my alarm was off(being that it was a weekend) slept until 11.20.
   I ate a small breakfast/lunch of bread with Nutella, and left with Philipp's mother to where Philipp was and got a tour around his house. We ate some pizza(they have far more different kinds here than in America, and eat with a little fork thing) and left to a Festival. I'm not sure what it was about, it was kinda small though. A bit after we went to a huge Festival with many different stands and more people than I've ever seen at one time in my life(I also rode in a subway for the first time in my life). We met up with Niels after a bit and we finally went back to their house. I talked with Niels and his sister for a few hours and came down into my room to relax a bit and talk to my family.