Off to Deuschtland!

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Well I will be beginning my long trip to Saxony-Anhalt on Wednesday and will be out of contact for at least a couple of days. After that I will be starting my 9-10 month stint in Germany and will probably be less active than I already am, if I am even active on the Org. I don't know what else to say, but good bye and any random bits of advice are welcome, especially the humorous ones.

EDIT: Oh that's horrible...Would a mod mind correcting the spelling to Deutschland, I must really be getting jittery.

[LeftEyeNine]

Don't act like a Turk there.

...and have a good journey and experience..

[The_Doctor]

Have fun.

An important piece of advice, under no circumstance must you ever, ever mention the war. I repeat, do not mention the war, especially to older Germans, younger ones might be okay, but old, just don't risk it. I have first hand experience of this, my nan is German and WW2 is not allowed on the TV when she is the house or all she goes on and on about it for what seems like forever.

[doc_bean]

Have fun !

[Vladimir]

Have fun !

Just a walk in the park.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

drink beer

[Alexanderofmacedon]

You can mention WWII, but you have to be sensative that's all. You have to realize even though there were some bad apples and some horrible leaders many of the soldiers fought for their homeland not senseless killing. Just because they are German doesn't mean they are any less or more interested in WWII in my opinion.

[Ice]

Good luck Kenshin. Best of watches. I hope it goes well and you can adjust.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Visit Bayern the beautiful my friend, you will not regret it.

Edit: If you go to Nuernberg, there's an Internet Cafe in the Lorenzkirche U-Bahn station that offers very reasonable rates, all things considered.

[discovery1]

Have fun Kenshin.

[edyzmedieval]

Bye bye my fearful enemy.

Have fun.

[Dutch_guy]

Come over and visit Holland if you have the spare time, probably not even that far by car / train - not by American standards anyway.

[Ser Clegane]

Be sure to visit Wörlitz when you are in Sachsen-Anhalt (I will actually go there this weekend).
You should also go to Wittenberg.

But I guess your host family will make sure that you see these places

[Silver Rusher]

Come over and visit Holland if you have the spare time, probably not even that far by car / train - not by American standards anyway.

Wouldn't count on that, Saxony is on the other side of Germany.

Have a great time UK.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

you visit many places.


have fun.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

[Strike For The South]

blegh.

[Ice]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather, Kenshin. Take care, bud.

[edyzmedieval]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

I guess nobody has the blessing that I have. My grandfather is 91 years old(he celebrated today 91 years old) and he is in a good shape.

WWII veteran, 8 decorations, aircraft pilot.

[edyzmedieval]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

I guess nobody has the blessing that I have. My grandfather is 91 years old(he celebrated today 91 years old) and he is in a good shape.

WWII veteran, 8 decorations, aircraft pilot.

[edyzmedieval]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

I guess nobody has the blessing that I have. My grandfather is 91 years old(he celebrated today 91 years old) and he is in a good shape.

WWII veteran, 8 decorations, aircraft pilot.

[edyzmedieval]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

I guess nobody has the blessing that I have. My grandfather is 91 years old(he celebrated today 91 years old) and he is in a good shape.

WWII veteran, 8 decorations, aircraft pilot.

[Bar Kochba]

wow 4 of the same posts... is that a record.

Have a good trip

[Fragony]

Well my grandfather died today...
He's been sick for quite a while and this morning he had a seizure and then later on his heart stopped. He is hours away and I had already said my goodbyes and pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't see him again. It's been a pretty tough day, but I'll be heading out as planned. This may be my last post on the Org for quite some time, the earliest I could be back is maybe next Sunday or Monday, but I won't be on very frequently.

Good bye Org, I'd miss you if my life wasn't going to be so hectic.

My condolances

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Well I am in Germany now and everything is working out really well, except not knowing the language of course. I'm not going to stay long, but I figured I should tell you guys that things are going well and my host-family and first day of school went well.

[Ser Clegane]

Willkommen in Deutschland

[Gregoshi]

Enjoy your stay in Germany UK. Do check in with us when you can.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Time for an update!!!

Who's excited??

Okay so I have now been in Germany for a little over a week and have gone to an AFS Orientation camp. It wasn't really worth much, except I got to speak English and work on my Spanish. I also took a communal shower, which was strange for me, but since there was only one other person there and I knew him somewhat well by then it was okay.

Sunday I drank my first beer, which was okay once I got used to the taste. I'm not going to be one of the exchange students that gets drunk, throws up on the bathroom floor, and then frantically tries to find the German words for Bleach and disinfectant so that his/her host parents don't find out when they get back though.

School is going a bit better, and I am starting to fit in a bit more, but I am still an outsider and the language barrier is still a big problem.

I don't really know what else to write, but if anyone is thinking about being an exchange students or has any questions feel free to post them, I'll get to them eventually, if not immediately.

[Csargo]

Have fun in Germany Kenshin you lucky....Censored beep beep beep beep beep. Beeps a pretty fun word beep beep beep

[Strike For The South]

You got to drink real German Beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lucky...

[GoreBag]

A girl in my German class spent a year there on an exchange. She said she kept a lot of water around to drink it all very quickly after a night of drinking. Apparently, it helps drop her score on some kind of meter that was used to judge her intoxication level. Sounds a little fishy, but there's your anecdote from me, I suppose.

Lucky for you, though, the strongbeer-season is approaching. I have no other suggestions, though, besides that visting Bamberg for the smokebeer is a good idea. Oh, and everything in moderation...even moderation.