Right now the entire page appears in German so I hope this post works. Traveling was definitely a great experience. On my flight to Frankfurt I sat next to a Polish girl who was hilarious. The seven hours went very fast. In Frankfurt we were bussed out to our plane to Basel. This plane ride was extremely bumpy. The plane dipped quite often and turned from side to side. The only time I was lost was coming off of the Basel flight. I had my luggage but could not find the bus to Freiburg. Basel airport is divided into two sides. One is French and the other is Swiss. The bus came on the French side. It is hard to ask for directions when everyone speaks French. Thank goodness a woman at the rental car counter spoke English. When I got to Freiburg I made my way to the youth hostel which unfortunately, was on the other side of town. It took me 30 minutes to walk with all my luggage and i'm sure the entire city could hear the sound of my luggage wheels hitting the cobblestone. I slept from 7 pm until the next day. That greatly eased my jetlag.
The next day I could move into my Studentenwohnheim(dorm). The dorm system is a bit different here. It is actually set up like an apartment and is co-ed. I think I have four roommates. I have only met one, the others are on vacation since the semester does not start until April. We have a large kitchen and can paint on the walls as long as we fix it at the end of the semester. One important rule is the cleaning schedule. Everyone in the dorm must have a job. (It's actually a University rule) Hopefully I do not get garbage duty soon. The Germans have many rules about garbage. There is a place for paper, plastic, and three different places for glass depending on the color. I do not fully understand it yet so i try not to create a lot of garbage. Also my dorm is called Vauban. Behind this particular dorm many people live in their cars. It is not really allowed but they still live there. They live their as part of political statement. I am not sure what the statement is but I believe is has to do with Freiburg being such a "Green " city. I believe 70 % vote for the green party here. I would go on but I am very tired seeing as it's 3:30 here. Guten Abend.