17 Days ...

... is how many days I have left in Germany!!!!! 13 working days and two weekends. So right now, my room is full of large moving boxes because I have soooo much stuff here and I need to pack it all up to ship home. I have seven, all full, a large suitcase (not yet full), a large holdall (empty) and a room full of things. I sure hope I'm gonna get it all packed, because I am rubbish at throwing stuff out.

I'm also trying to organize a goodbye party. :D We're going to this really nice restaurant chain called Maredo. It does Latin Americany/Spanishy food and is soooooo delicious, and not expensive. I'm so excited. I love going out to eat, but I only really get the chance at home (when my parents are paying haha) and sometimes with friends in Liverpool, but here not at all, so I am really looking forward to it.

My replacement Cara is coming out in about a week and a half too, so I'm excited to get to see her again. We only have one week here together, but I think that there will be lots of funny stories, and funny pictures that week.

This is what we got up to last time she was here:




(We were dressing up as caterpillars!).

Last week my college work for this year was due in. I had to write a 2000 word log book chronicaling my experiences here, as well as a 3000 word research paper (I wrote about the White Rose Movement and the memory culture that has developed in Germany since the end of
the war) in German. I mailed it off on Wednesday, two days before the deadline, and by the end of it, I was quite proud. :) All through May I was stressing about it, but once I had done all my research and started writing it up, it flowed quite nicely.
So much so that I decided to apply for the new dissertation module which has been added to our module choices for senior year. You have to apply because your academic grades count towards whether you are allowed to do it or not, and I am allowed to do it!! I was so happy, because I really enjoyed doing independent research and writing up an essay on what I had found out.
My dissertation is going to be on the European Union and whether it is beneficial for Germany or not, and whether expansion will be advantageous or not. I don't know yet whether I have to write in English or German; English would obviously be easier (it's 10-12,000 word) but I am prepared to accept the challenge if it's in German. I have no idea yet whether I have got places on the other modules I selected, but I hope so. I will be doing two electives, core language and the dissertation module each semester. I'm so excited about next year!!

Well, that's about all for now, I have no idea what else to write right now.
I'm listening to some really cool Cajun music by Blind Uncle Gaspard and Ann Savoy. I love it! You should go check it out!!


Lots of Love xx