I'm Here!

My trip to Germany started at 3:10 on a flight from La Crosse to Chicago and then after a few hour layover I flew from Chicago to Frankfurt. It was about a 9 hour flight from 7:10 to 4:00 AM. Germany is 7 hours ahead so that means I arrived at 11:00. I didn't get much sleep on the plane, but I found all my luggage fine, and I found the train station in the airport too. I got a cool discount card for train tickets for a year now, and I hope I can get some use out of it. The train ride from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld (where my host family lives) was a little hectic. I only had 4 minutes to catch a connecting train and I had to hurry all my luggage up and down some stairs to get to another platform, but I made it. When I got to Bad Hersfeld, I had forgotten to bring along my host family's phone number, and I hadn't exchanged any money for a cab, so I just walked from the train station to their house. It was like a mile, and I was lugging around 130 lbs. of luggage. Not much has happened since then. I've been trying to speak as much German as I can, but I'm still a little self conscious. They had a little party for me yesterday for my birthday which was nice. Not much happening today, but I'll keep you guys posted.