I like the books I bought in german. With Fio's help, I read some stories and they were good! There was this Dave Eggers story was just hilarious. We both had some good laughs.
Oh, and Das Parfum is such an interesting movie... I saw it in german today. Along with Futurama and the Simpsons.... here in Bavaria, we get Austrian television too and DAMN those accents are impossible to understand!!
Ok. I am going to sleep now. I had the oddest dream about Alex b. last night. mostly because I was thinking about him yesterday--- as a result of thinking about myself.

I just watched annie hall in german... I believe that no one in this family liked it hahaha.
The last time I saw it, was so long ago- I didnt realize that half of the movie talked about sex. Oh well. At least europeans are open about that sort of thing.

Bavarians have a great mindset. really.
Most people here assume I am either Turkish or Italian. I thought that was pretty interesting as well.
I am really getting along with this host family right now. And more so my host sisters..... but I still feel so trapped here.

Yesterday I finally made my way down to Prisma the disco that all the kids here go to.
It wasn't bad. I saw a lot of kids from school and david was right, it is definitely easier to get along outside of school... and christine was right in that germans are more sociable when drunk.
It was nice to get out. But I still feel that I need to move on to a bigger city. I just don't know how to tell Fiorella. Although I will admit, this whole thing is less nerve-wracking than before. I believe it has to do with me reading The Fountainhead right now. There is just something about that book.
I will write more later.

For the first time ever I have gone to church on christmas.... while the mass was a little boring (harder to pay attention) it was beautiful. I have gone to many different religious services and even though I am not a fan of becoming a devout follower of anything... its hard not to appreciate these things. I also did manage to figure out that Heilig means holy in german. hah. I should have known that before.
The family gave me a lot of presents for christmas..... it was really sweet of them. They are nice people. I just highly doubt I can spend the rest of the year here. I need to get out. I will admit, I have not been the picture perfect host student that they probably expected, but hey, when you are always in the house, you tend to get a little harsh.
But getting back to christmas, I love it here in germany.
Two days ago, I met Becca in Ulm. As it turned out, I had to buy a bayern ticket- 20 damn euros. I decided not to waste that money so I took the train back to Augsburg and hopped on the next train to Munich. Oh how I miss spontaneity (I bet that word doesn't even exist in German). Anyhow in Munich, I took the U-Bahn to Maximilian Street and there was a huge Weihnachtsmarkt right there! It was so beautiful. I just walked around for about an hour or so. There were so many tourists....  and a bunch of santas walked past me drinking beer. Typical. I bought myself a bratwurst just as the place was closing up, took the U-Bahn back to the Hauptbahnhauf and took a train back to Augsburg.
I ended up running after, then missing the train back to Donauwörth... but I eventually got home. I also ran into Gabriel and his friends from school. He's a nice kid. I am definitely visiting him one day in Costa Rica.
I also picked up The Fountainhead again. All I can say is that this book is amazing and has helped define who I am again and again. Even now. I can't believe I had stopped reading for this long. It is embarrassing actually.
I should probably go.
oh, I am pretty positive that all my culture shock and homesickness has now diminished.
Auf Weidersehen.