Drinking in Germany

Helloooo! Sorry I have not updated for like 48 whole hours =] but I've been busy making my new dorm room into my new home. I'll take some pictures of the REALLY HUGE room I'm living in, as well as the rest of the suite and the buildings. No worries, I'm pretty thorough.

My favorite part of all of this so far has been grocery shopping. I got soo much good stuff! I found an organic nutella substitute with 1/2 the guilt, no milk, no soy, and made with DARK chocolate. I'm in heaven, basically. No sunflower seeds, I actually bought real food, and salad stuff, etc. It's kind of fun being in charge of my own menu for real for once. I cannot wait to make eggs - and muffins with Meg & Jessica.

Speaking of, I finally feel at home-ish in Leipzig. I sat up for several hours with Aleks the day before I moved out of her place, and I am sad it is over already, because we were finally starting to warm up to each other and understand each other. I hope we can still do things, because we have fun together. Now, I'm really enjoying getting to know the other people in my group. I am worried, though, that I will love our group so much that I will not speak German like I want to, but I guess I will just have to wait and see.

I am in LOVE with the price of food in Germany. I got all of my groceries for about two weeks for 40 Euro, and this includes a 3,90 Euro six pack of raspberry (Himberrie) Berliner Weisse and a large bottle of blush wine for 1,90 Euro (twist off top, of course). I love it. I am also liking that drinking in Germany is so much more laid back than at home -- although going to parties is fun, it is also nice to be surrounded by people who drink in moderation and because they enjoy the taste, not because they need to be hammered right away. I am going to the lake shore tomorrow with some friends, and we're going to lay out and do some work and we're bringing my cheap bottle of wine. Not only is Germany's drinking age 16 for beer and wine, but there are also no open container laws. Ahhhh I love being somewhere so relaxed.

Alright, I need to go to sleep now. Pictures to follow (esp because I'm going on two trips this weekend, and plan on being a total tourist the entire time).

Missing everyone so much - email me your home addresses so I can send out postcards!