Hallo! Wie geht's? I've arrived in Germany! First off, let me explain the title of the blog. "Ich bin ein Berliner!" is a famous quote by John F. Kennedy when he
visited Berlin. A Berliner is a donut, so he literally said "I am a donut!" when he gave his speech. It's a joke and fits perfectly since I am in Berlin!
The plane rides weren't great, but they also weren't horrible. We had some drama on our flight from Chicago to London! I sat next to a guy named Timothy in our group. I had finally fallen asleep on the plane when he woke me up. I looked over to my left and saw a flight attendant standing next to me and Timothy asking if I could get up so he could get out. I let him out and sat back down. He was gone for a while. After some time, a flight attendant came over the speakers and asked if there was a doctor on board. What was going on?! I got worried and asked Emily, another girl from our group who was sitting in front of me, if she knew what was going on. She said she didn't. A little bit later, a different flight attendant came up to me and asked if I could hand her Timothy's backpack. I gave it to her and she walked off to the back of the plane. He was still gone for quite some time. A different lady came up to me and asked for his kindle. I got it out of the seat pocket and handed it to her. She said that Timothy wasn't feeling well and that he was going to stay at the back of the plane for a while. He was fine and I shouldn't worry. I tried falling back to sleep a few different times after that. After a couple of hours or so, he came back with a flight attendant. I asked him what was going on and he told me. The flight attendant wanted some information from him. We told her we were traveling in a group and that our teacher was actually meeting us in London once we arrived. "Oh fantastic!" Timothy then got to move to the very front of the plane to First Class for the rest of the flight. The doctors who helped him also moved to the front so they could be nearby if he needed anything. Once we landed in London, our group got together and I had to update people on what had happened. Timothy got checked out by paramedics as soon as we got off the plane. We continued to our next gate while he stayed behind to get the ok from the paramedics to carry on. What a great flight, right? It certainly was interesting!
I arrived Sunday early afternoon in Berlin and was picked up by my host mom, Frau Graw (Mrs. Graw). At first I thought she had forgotten to pick me up, but then we found each other. She is really nice and also speaks English! We speak Germish around the apartment, but will soon become only German.
The weather is cold and it rains sometimes, not a lot, but it will rain. I mean cold by it being in the 30s here. I'm hoping it will warm up soon! I packed all layering clothes so I stay warm!
We live in a typical German apartment only 5 minutes from the subway. I live close to another student from the UNL group who is here, Emily, which is really nice. We meet and go to school together every day. We live on the 4th floor, but here in Germany, the 1st floor isn't the 1st floor. So really, I live on the 5th floor! It's definitely a work out every day! We live in Charlottenburg, Berlin. It's literally China town here. No joke. There are so many Chinese restaurants around us!
The first night for dinner I had a goulash with veal! I had never had veal before, but it was good! I met the neighbor across the hall. She's from Austria! She's really nice, everyone has been so far. I've been warned about violence and what to do in case something happens.
More to come later!
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