After an adventurous introduction to Frankfurt in the break period leading up to today, it is finally time for the first day of school at the Feldbergschule Oberursel. We started our day off as all should, with a one and a half hour math class in which I partially partook in a class discussion about sine functions as the class extended further into the subject. After the class ended, the group entered the Feldbergschule’s café for a debrief on student schedules. Shortly after we were greeted with a plethora of delicious German snacks, as both the German and the American students enjoyed a buffet. After the snacks had been quickly consumed, we soon segued into our final class of the day. René and I headed off to a more interesting topic as we entered our economics class. The class was taught partially in English, which was helpful for me to comprehend and actively participate in the class. In fact, when going through the economic scenario readings which were entirely in English, the American exchange students saw themselves with an advantage in understanding the material. And just like that, after being released 40 minutes early, it was 1 o’clock and the school day was over. After a somewhat tiring day of school classes, we returned home by train, where the weather was beginning to kick up as we could tell by the wind blowing ferociously in our direction on the walk to my exchange family’s house. The rain quickly passed, however, just in time for training with René’s soccer team. After several jokes about the new MLS player recruited to the team, we began our training. As it had been over a year since I had last stepped on the soccer field, I was nervous that I was a bit rusty. But it did not take long for me to discover that the small local team in Niederhochstadt was a little bit rusty as well. And after a long practice of hard work, we headed home for the day. ~Philip W.