happily ever after

Germany is an amazing place and full of surprises. I had so many expectations of how they live and stuff. I imagined a big house and I arrived to a little apartment with a tiny kitchen as well as ONE small bathroom and two bedrooms no bigger than their living room. I came into this home, went out on the streets waiting for Germans too look at me weird or well be rude but let me tell you, they smile at you or they just simply nicely look away. oh. so sweet. the food here is AMAZING & I sure didn't expect that. I'm a little picky on my food but German food is ah! soooo goooood. I was amused to see more vehicles driving insanely good (literally) then people walking or riding bikes. yeah there's a lot of those people but so many cars parked like everywhere! Also, I amazed about how if you want your drivers license for a certain amount of times before getting it. Like in America people just drive, with nothing and they just pray not to pull over. Now let's move on to school. It's very different to Springdale high. Obviously it's smaller with buildings scattered around lookin like big old houses, but the students and teacher that attend that school are also different. I sat in class expecting her classmates to pay attention, act and discuss among each other as well as the teacher but that's not what happened. Many students simply don't care what the teacher is saying so they do their thing and what not. Same with the teacher because they don't get onto them demanding for their attention like the teachers in Springdale do. Also in the classes I have attended this week, Nadine's teacher went around asking what their "marking" is and if you think you deserve higher then what he says, you tell them and they put what you say. Only if that worked in America, I'd be an A+++ student. What I had expected did not even happen.

Today is our last full day in Berlin. I am going to miss it. Yesterday Nadine's family had a cookout for her birthday, Germans sure do know how to celebrate birthdays! They did many unique stuff for example, they did a little play. There was a man pretending to he a bus driver and people would come and give him money to go on and the money he got was for Nadine. Then we wrong her a little note attached to a balloon and saw them fly away. It was a lot of fun but I was surprise to not see anyone drunk. I can't believe after today I'll be on my way home. I am going to miss Berlin, my host & her family, my new German friends and freedom. I am ready to go home now, I'm homesick. I feel so fortunate to have came on this opportunity, accomplishing my dream to travel the world. I can now mark Germany off the list. I am definitely coming back here when I get the chance. It's been a beautiful experience. I have so many memories like riding into a tree. I will forever remember this experience. Chow Berlin.