I have officially started washing my last round of clothes that this energy efficient, low water, German washer will be seeing. I fly out of Frankfurt on Monday the 18th at about 11:00 with Air Lingus, an Irish airline. I can honestly say that I will definitely be missing this place. As is expected, the closer you get to departure, the more real the idea of leaving becomes, and with that, more clarity as to what all you are going to miss. I'm sure many are wondering what it is that I will miss the most. Unfortunately, I don't have an acceptable answer for you. I suppose the obvious thing is all of the amazing people that I have met here, I have been so lucky as to make the acquaintance of numerous marvelous individuals who will be sorely missed. In an attempt at a more satisfying answer, I would have to say that I will miss the order of the German culture and country. Sometimes it is unhealthily structured, of course, but it is very nice to have a consistent method and order in the daily routine. You can confidently assume that when things need to be done, they will be done. When something needs to be taken care of, it will. When the train is posted at arriving at 8:36, it will be there. Which brings up another point, I will miss the public transportation here. It is extremely easy and quite reliable, even in a smaller town.
What am I looking forward to? Much easier: family, friends, New Mexican food, being able to communicate smoothly with anyone I want whenever I want, seeing the sun, stores being open until midnight every night, business having hours in which it is possible to visit them, Satellite Café, Frontier, Durango Joe's, and Starbucks. (Among many other things, of course!)
This week has been one of last hangouts with many people from classes and that I have gotten to know while here in Würzburg. It can get tiring at times, running around with social obligations, but it has been great to get some last words in, a couple last hugs, and a few last German beers. Also, spending some time with the host family, of course! I will definitely miss them, they have been absolutely wonderful my whole stay here. So kind, so caring, and so helpful...they were truly a huge part of what made this stay in Germany so successful, fun, and enlightening as it was!
Now it is time to start a little packing. I see a suitcase and a backpack. I see A LOT of stuff that has to fit into the two of them. We will see if I can pass this final test in order to depart the country successfully!
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| Three Korean girls from the German course, Sohee, Hinvit, and Jaehyang (from left to right) were kind enough to cook a traditional Korean New Years meal as a goodbye lunch. |
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| SOOOO delicious! |
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| I brought a pack of brownie mix. However we didn't have access to the kitchen... |
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| ...so we had to improvise. |
