By the end of today, I experienced complete jet-lag. I pulled an "all-nighter" since I couldn't sleep on the plane (8 hours), and Germany is 7 hours ahead of Illinois! I have moved in with my temporary host family: there are 5 students in high school: Elena (female-19), Simon (male-18), Teresa (female-16), Anne (female-16), and Jonas (male-14). They're an extremely nice family with kids my age! Once I got settled in, we talked for a bit and went out to dinner. It took a while for me to realize that I was actually in Germany, after being tired from staying up throughout the night! On Monday I start the intense four-week language and cultural learnings of the country, with high hopes to return home fluent in German.
