Freiburg im Breisgau

Ich bin in Freiburg!

So far I've had my first three German classes, a pair of trips to the same beer garden, a pizza party as a get to know everybody, and some walking adventures around town.

After spending nine months doing a Junior Year Abroad through an American College, my class here with Goethe is much more international than I was expecting. I am the youngest person in my class and the only one still doing any sort of undergraduate degree. There are few graduate students from the States in my group, four engineers from Iraq, a veterinarian from Sudan, a business man from Brasil living in Switzerland, a student from Indonesia and another from the Philippines, and finally two women from Ukraine and Tokyo. We have every continent represented other than Oceania. Its an amazing group and we all get along great in class, helping each other out and laughing at silly mistakes.

All and all, I'm really glad that I decided to come and do this program and Freiburg the city has exceeded my expectations. I went on a walking tour given by the Goethe Institute yesterday, that was entirely in German, and was surprised to see how much of it I could understand. We walked along the canals, through the University district, to the Münster and the market place. I purchased my first Currywurst since the train station in Köln from these cute old ladies in the market place.

I find it kinda funny that after spending a year studying the European Union, I won't be in "Europe" on election day, since tomorrow I'm spending the day in Switzerland.

Hallo Basel!

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