1st and second day

(by the way, i'm going to type fast and i'm on a german computer so if there is a lot of spelling mistakes((like y's where z's are and vise versa, i'm sorry)

OK so I got on my flight from Kenai to Anchorage and this Hawaiian guy sat next to me. He was clearly drunk. He kept repeating 'if its important to you than its important, datz whats importantttt *than a bunch of slurred words*' but he was harmless. He made me laugh.

My grandma came and visited me in the Anchorage airport. it was fun. i was only there for 2 hours or so.

then off to Portland. and im not sure if it was me or what but i got seated next to the two quietist guys in the world. haha. and im not going to lie, that was one of the most uncomfortable flights in the world. but it was waaayy worth it.

once in portland it was about 5 something in the morning alaska time so i was pretty tired, expecially only sleeping for about an hour and a half on the flight. but it was all part of my plan, i wasnt going to sleep much at all then i was going to sleep at the end of the amsterdam flight so i could be awake for the rest of the day once i got into germany. as soon as i got into portland i checked in and got some food. it was really good. and now for the wait.... i had to wait over 6 hours in that airport. i got so bored i bought a coloring book. for the last hour and a half though that i was there i found two other rotary kids that were going to sweden. then later i found a found another girl that was going to germany. that flight got delayed by an hour though. i ended up sitting by the two people that were going to sweden. they were great. their names were Emily and Kyle. the other girl was Hannah. they definitely made the trip a lot of fun.

with the flight being delayed i almost missed my amsterdam to bremen flight. i litterally had to run to catch my flight. i didnt even get to say goodbye to my friends... =(((( and i didnt get to bye anything. so if you wanted a postcard from there, im sorry. but ironicallly, and thankfully, that flight too was delayed.

So i make it to bremen, meeting about 3 other exchange students on the way. so im standing and waiting and waiting and waiting for my bags to come around the thing and they dont, lucky me. and i can already see my host family and a bunch of other people holding my sign. so i go out there, luggage less, but i really didnt care. i was so happy to see them. we hit it off right away. cracking jokes and everything.

we take care of the baggage thing and we head over to my house for the next 3-4 months. i officially love everything in germany after that drive. i noticed though that all the cars there are reallly small, as are their streets. good thing they are really good drivers their streets are about 2/3 of what ours are, if that. all the roads are made of brick and you really cant distinguish where sidewalks and actuall roads are. like, people ride bikes and walk right in the middle of the road, and no one minds. there is no such thing as road rage here. and the road lines are actually painted nicely (alaskans would appreciate that). the buildings were incredible, i'll have to upload pictures later. you cant describe it.

so we pull up to this amazing house. it is incredible. its one of those houses where everything matches and it looks like it was taken out of a magazine, but it still manages to keep that homey feeling. my room is just as nice. i have balcony doors as windows and they have an machanical shade on them so if i want it to be dark or light in there it can be. I even have my own bathroom. and now onto the garden. Zanete did an amazing job with it. it has a koi pond and a sauna in it and it looks beautiful. and i usually dont even like gardens. we eat out there a lot.

after lunch we went into Syke and saw all of the stores and stuff. everything is crampt but not in an uncomfortable way. Zanete, a former exchange student from argentina, and i went and had icecream at one of the stores. the weather has been so nice lately. its been about 28°c. its a lot. so we went for a walk. after that we went and saw Jan at this music camp thing he is at. it was nice to finally meet him. then Wilfred, Zanet, and i went to a Beirgarden and had dinner.

today zanete took me into Bremen and we had lunch and went to town square. there were so many shops ( i spotted h & m!!!). then we went to the flea market and got stuff for dinner. then we went shopping for a converter so i can use my ipod and stuff. so we get there and shes like #look for the disco!# sure enough they were there. but it looked like it was only for europe to usa not the other way around. cool. so we ask this guy and he brings us to these big huge heavy boxes that were, i swear, 8 times bigger than my laptop. well at least if i got those no one would steal it. and i could always use it as a foot stool. i knew i could find smaller ones so we went and asked another guy #who kept on saying 'micky mouse' for some reason# but after about 15 minutes we got what we went there for and we hopped back into Zanetes bug convertable and came home.

we just got done with dinner now. i'll update later.

BYE!