I'm a Baden-Württemberger!

With much excitement, I am glad to tell all of you that today I found out my host family information! I will be living in Gelbingen, Baden-Württemberg; a village with about 500 inhabitants on the outskirts of a town called Schwäbisch Hall in southwestern Germany. My host family consists of Georg (dad, a pastor), Anne (mom), Hannah (16, host sibling), Simon (14, host brother), and Henrike (12, host sister). I will also be attended the same school as Hannah, the oldest of the three siblings! After so much waiting, I'm glad that I've finally received the good news. This location in Germany is possibly one of the best I could've wanted and I am so enthused with excitement that all of today's activities have only consisted of finding more about this wonderful place - Germany! As a matter of fact, I think I'll post some pictures of the town I'll be residing in so that you can decide whether this place is really as beautiful as I'm making it out to be! (note: the picture at the beginning of this post is also from Schwäbisch Hall)




















As I'm sure you can easily see, I don't think this town could be anymore beautiful! I also received a letter today, written by Hannah, describing my new German host family. They sound like a very neat group of people and I am very excited to have the opportunity to spend my time in Germany with them.

Another topic of interest is that I finally know the location of my language camp during the first four weeks in Germany. Originally I thought that I might be studing in Göttingen, but it turns out that I will be in a town called Wuppertal, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany (located in the west). All in all, I hope this year will be more amazing than words can even attempt to describe!