Diversity in Germany:
After visiting with the refugee students, I had a new understanding of the varying culturs that make up the melting pot that is Berlin. Coming here, I didn't expect to see so many different kinds of people from so many backgrounds, and the experience has been eye opening. I have met Syrian, Turkish, and Polish students, and they make up a significant portian of the school. Similarly to Har-Ber, GHO has language classes for students coming to study from a foriegn country. It also makes me realize that different individuals come from a variety of backgrounds and some much more difficult than others.
The Past Weekend: These last 3 days have been LIT! First Basti and I explored Alexanderplatz, and we went shopping for some Deutsch apparel. Then we met up with Nico, Leo, Chris, and David to go to a medieval themed escape room which was incredibly difficult. After destroying two toilets, learning to play the piano, crawling through small cooridors, we finally managed to make it through all of the escape rooms. It was such a fun experience that we decided we are all going again this week! The next day was Nico's birthday, so we went to a trampoline park, and we then had a nice lunch with all of his friends. On Sunday Basti's cousins, brothers, aunt, uncle, and grandparents all came to have a massive German cookout. It was some of the most delicious and weird meats I have ever had! To end this amazing weekend, we went to a neighbors garage and watched the Deutschland vs. Ukraine game. I realized something very quickly, Germans are very excited about soccer. They scream, blow airhorns, have vuvuzalas, and they go absolutely insane when someone makes a goal.
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