You know what I really love about Germany? Of course you don't! (it's not like I've said I liked anything about Germany in my previous posts.)
Well, I love how everyone is so nice and hospitable and sweet to people they have just met. Or I should say all the people I've met.
My new soccer team, for instance, is very nice. all the girls treat me with patience and kindness and really just want to help. Which is awesome, because I just want to learn! I just came back from my second practice and I don't know if they noticed but I was certainly surprised that after meeting them all one time they all hugged me to say hello and goodbye. It seems like it would an insult to a person not to hug them upon arrival or before leaving.
And I love it! It's so entirely different from anything I've ever known and yet this is how some people grow up, feeling such unity in groups and communities. it also makes me happy that when a German says "how are you?" they aren't just saying it, they mean it. They really want to know. It makes me think a German would feel very alienated and lonely in America were they in the opposite situation from me.
I start school on Monday! And hopefully everything going tolerably! Wish me luck!
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