First Week In Berlin (:

This first week in Berlin has been amazing!! We have been to many beautiful places. I expected to have a serious host family but actually they are very funny and super nice. They are always checking on me making sure I don't anything they want me to feel like I'm back home. When Marie told me that they lived in an apartment I thought it was going to be small becuase theirs only 3 of them but when I got here And I saw it I was surprise to see that it was pretty big. I always thought Berlin had skyscrapers but there's none here which I was a little disssapointed. I was kinda right when it came down to teens been crazy when it comes to partying in the city. Marie and Vivi took me and Cici to the Carnival of Cultures, I was in shock when I got there. Everyone was drinking, smoking and dancing the whole street was full with people and trash everywhere. There was piles of beers on the streets I mean hundreds of them everywhere! I mean when they party they go crazy but it's not like they party everyday everything has a limit. Many people were dressed a little strange and other berly had any clothes on. Some girls were just wearing a top, shoes and underwear. I feel like everyone here is more confident specially women they wear clothes that reveals to much skin. When I went to the lake I saw older women wearing bikis which is strange because I never seen that in America. I also thought that I was going to walk everywhere but we used the bus and subways to get to our destination. A big surprise was to see that a lot of people ride their bikes to pretty much anywhere and that Berlin is very green. They recycle everything and when I say everything I mean everything they are very environmental. I was expecting their school to bee a little bigger but it's kinda small and their school has grades 5th to 12th (or 13 I don't remember) which is a little odd. They have no AC so when it's hot the whole school gets very hot you see everyone sweating  I think it was on Friday when they had to cancel 6th period because the weather was so hot so everyone got to leave early. I found it interesting to see teachers wearing casual clothes to school some teachers even had tattoos which in America it's not "professional" to show their tattoos. At first I thought the teachers were students because they blend very good as students. I always imagine German teachers to be mean and strict but went I went to class I found the opposite. They are nice (most of them)  when I went to class everyone was doing their own thing the students were talking, playing and using their phones but the teacher was just teaching but only a few students were paying attention (more like one student). The school doesn't really have a dressing code which I find very nice because they don't have to worry about what to wear. I was surprise to see that Germans are into soccer every where you go you'll see flags on cars or hanging from windows, even Marie's family has a chart in their living room with the games and time they are going to start. I can't wait till tomorrow to see how Germans celebrate when Germany plays Portugal if they go crazy just preparing for the game I can't imagine what they will do if Germany wins. We still have a week and I'm so excited to get to know more of Berlin!