Starting off on Saturday, I joyously slept in. This was very nice since I still had a little jet lag. For our first activity, we took an U-Bahn into Frankfurt and visited a fast food restaurant called “Best Worscht.” It was a Currywurst restaurant, where you needed to pick both a flavor and a spice level. The spice level started at no spice and went to so spicy you needed a waiver to buy it! I got the B level of spice and it was still very spicy! Buying food was a great opportunity to practice my German, and I definitely feel a difference in proficiency from when I first arrived here. After that, we went to a karaoke place in the mall. We met up with a bunch of the other exchange students and partners and played karaoke for around 2 hours. It was an interesting window into German music culture. We did sing a lot of English songs that were popular in Germany but also a bunch of German music which I had never heard before. After that, we made our way out of Frankfurt to Oberursel. Funnily enough, we stopped by a Five Guys, which I will say was MUCH better than the Five Guys in America. Once in Oberursel, we took a bus to one of the other exchange student’s friend’s house. They were hosting a watching party for the final game in the Champions league. It was Dortmund vs. Real Madrid, and though unfortunately Real Madrid won, 🙁 it was very fun for me since I met an entirely new group of people, all of which go to the Feldbergschule. I was also able to better understand how big of a thing soccer is in Germany, and how important it is. I’m super excited to see all these people at school on Monday. ~ Kavi
Saturday was a day with our host families. I was tired from Berlin, so I ended up sleeping in. I went with my host student, her mom, and her mom’s friend to Frankfurt. We walked to the train station (with umbrellas since it was raining) and got on the train. We were on the train for a bit, passing Oberursel. We got to the Frankfurt train station and while waiting in a line, I spotted two of my classmates. We then went through a store with lots of stuff— some interesting food (including a really good fruit juice smoothie) and lots of sweets. I also got a small souvenir. We then went to a mall, where we walked around a bit. We went to an Italian restaurant and I got pizza, which was very thin crust. We had to pay for the bathroom, which I expected, but the bathroom was very fancy. One of the fanciest bathrooms I’ve ever seen. I wish I had a picture, but I don’t. We walked around the mall a bit more and came home after around 5 hours. Today was a lot of fun, and I look forward to the rest of the trip! ~Fiona