From now to forever.

I can already tell that Peter Moren's solo album, "The Last Tycoon," is going to be my most memorable soundtrack for this trip, and it isn't even released until Tuesday!!! (I cannot WAIT.) I'm going to try to find a good music store here, hopefully something like Waterloo back home that has a lot of good indie music because I'm afraid the album won't be released in mainstream stores like Kaufhof. I'll ask Uli about it today.

Anyway, I've been up to quite a lot recently! I don't really remember what I wrote about when I last updated (and I think I might have even updated yesterday morning, I just can't remember haha!!!) The days are so full of things that I forget what day it is. So we will just recap yesterday.

I really wanted to go hiking yesterday, and the weather was quite beautiful for a while, but my friend Seita didn't want to go so I decided this was one adventure I shouldn't have alone. There is plenty of time to go hiking, so I'm not too worried. I was just hoping to see some snow!!! Oh, well. But Seita and I did go out, and I bought a real, loose-but-cute and very warm (but not TOO warm) hiking jacket. I really, really hope that it is a proper hiking jacket; I was a little torn, and I didn't want to rush the purchase, but it was on sale (40 Euro) and I figured that I could make it work. Now I will, for sure, because I am not buying ANY MORE CLOTHES if I can help it. Then Seita and I went to lunch at a nice little Italian place. It was a little more expensive than I like, and the food really wasn't SUPER (not as good as other places I've been,) so I don't think I'll go back. Then we grabbed some chocolate from this place that had a "Chocolat" poster on the wall and it reminded me a lot of the place in the movie, sooooo cool!!! The woman working there was really nice and spoke in English and German to us (Seita doesn't like speaking in German.) Then, since the chocolate was for later, we went to get some Eis (ice cream) at this great little spot south of campus. I still prefer Mona Lisa Eiscafe, but it was delicious and my tummy was happy. I do need to eat more fruits and veggies, though. Especially since my body is still adjusting to the time difference (not to mention the language difference; I have a bit of a headache today!!) Anyway, then I was thinking I might go see a movie so I could FINALLY immerse myself in the German language a little, but then I remembered there was going to be a Kneippentour for International Students (bar-hopping, basically.) I am SO glad I decided to go, because I met some really nice people and found my Tandem partner!! Her name is Maike and she is super sweet. And, she lives in Vauban! Perfect:) I am going with her and Silke to Maria's place on Tuesday to cook, and I'm very excited! Today they are also gathering, and I was going to meet up with them after I spent some time with Uli *but* my roommate and his girlfriend invited me out tonight and I want to meet more new people so I think I am going to do that instead! I'm really excited to meet new people all of the time. AND, last night (and I think probably also tonight) I have been speaking a lot more German since last night, which is great. Other than a bit of a headache, I'm so happy to be practicing. Anyway, dad is calling so I have to go!!! I'll update more later. Tschuess!