Culture and Diversity

Well it has been nearly two weeks in Berlin and I can say that I have had an incredible time and the chance to really live the culture and see for myself all of the differences and diversity. The German culture and lifestyle seems to be one more simple and less rushed than that of our everyday American lives. Here I have had the chance to just sit back and observe life as it goes on from across the Atlantic. Here in Berlin there is a large group of Syrian refugees staying in refugee homes, or others with their own flats and regularly attending school. We have had the opportunity to get to speak to several of these refugees in the school and hear their stories and dreams. This is interesting for me because in Northwest Arkansas we really do not see any refugees fleeing to America from war. Though we do have our fair share of diversity with the large Hispanic and Island populations. In this case of soley race diversity I would say that we in America actually have much more. The US is a melting pot of culture, race, and ethnicity. Here in the Berlin schools I have mostly seen white Germans with the occasional foreign student from another European or Asian country. For me, this new culture has been unbelievably thrilling and new. I love to be emersed into new cultures and world lifestyles and I certainly hope to be back in Germany before to long!
Tschüß und bis später!