So, I've been in Germany for about 15 days now and have nothing better to do, so I thought I would write a short blog post and update everybody on my current status.
After arriving in Munich, I finally made my way to Regensburg where, after putting my bags in a storage locker, I eventually made it to the University. I was happy to see a familiar face upon arriving and after a few minutes I had my keys and new address and was on my way to what would be my new home.
My "shared apartment" (DEU: Wohngemeinschaft) is on the top (US: 5th, DE:4th) floor of a building that was originally built during the first half of the 13th century (before 1250), which means that the building is over 760 years old! Cool stuff! It has, of course, been remolded and updated a few times since then but we/I am pretty sure that the wood that is exposed in my room is still original. My room is good sized and has features such as a bed, a desk, some windows, and a few shelves. The rest of the apartment consists of a few bathrooms, 5 other bedrooms, and a shared kitchen. It seems like a pretty cool place, but I was only there for two nights before I made my way back to northern Germany.
During my 46 hours in Regensburg I was able to accomplish quite a bit! I officially enrolled/matriculated at the University, got my health insurance, signed my lease, opened a bank account, registered with the city, applied for my residence permit and still somehow found the time to do a little bit of relaxing, check out some of the city and, of course, drink a few beers.
Originally I had planed on leaving on Friday the 6th to go and visit my host family, but after I finished everything that I needed to get done on Thursday I decided I might as well hop on a train. I was supposed to arrive in Bremen at 20:48, but due to delays and my boarding the wrong train it was closer to 23.15 before I arrived. Exhausted, I was picked up from the train station by my all to nice of Host brother who had school the next day.
Since being back in the all to beautiful Ostereis-Paradise I've been lucky enough to see a number of friends whom I haven't seen in at least a year if not two. Last week I went and visited Christoph in Oldenburg for a few minutes before we made our way to Heike's mothers house for the night. I also spent last Friday with Johannes in Köln, or rather in the car driving to and from Köln where we was looking at an apartment. We did, however, still get a chance to check out the Kölner Dom and to drink a few Kölsch.
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So, Heike and Andreas have their Silver Anniversary on Monday, and on the 1st I'll be on my way back to Regensburg for a few days before heading to Göttingen and then back to Regensburg just in time for the semester to begin.
Life is hectic, but exactly that is what keeps in interesting.
Bis demnächst!
