TOOOOORRRRRRR

iäm at an internet cafe in bergisch gladbäch right now, and this is a fuckin german kezboard and iäm not used to it at all. everzthing is in german. WHERE DO I START!! mz friends, it has been the most culturallz shocking, individuallz shocking, and amaying two dazs of mz life. and whz the funk did thez switch the z and the y? deal with it hahaha

i miss zou guzs. i will send a full update soon, but iäm waiting for Tom to get out of english class right now and thatäs in about 20 minutes. hereäs whatäs been going on:

i arrived at frankfürt airport, got lost trying to find mz train, and finallz hopped on the ICE to köln. the moment i was picked up (in front of the amaying döm cathedral) i was brought to Tomäs end of the school zear partz. i hadnät been with mz familz for more than 15 minutes when mz uncle poured me kölsch beer and told me to start drinking. i feel like such an american here, mz friends. i have been adapting quicklz, but some things here make me feel so crass. i live in the beautiful countrzside. i will upload pictures soon so zou can see what itäs like. zesterdaz it was about 77 degrees outside, and todaz itäs the same, but itäs been raining uncontrollablz. i woke up this morning and biked in the rain to the market to pick up some baguettes and pate and milsch with mz aunt; we came back and sat in the backzard under the canopz, had breakfast in the rain and talked for hours. about mz mom. about mz familz. about whz iäm here. sheäs an amaying woman. man fuck this kräut kezboard. ZE GERMANS!! after breakfast i walked with tom to his school, and afterwards i picked him up and we plazed soccer in the park closeby. i took the bus with him to bensberg where he took swimming lessons, and now weäre in bergisch gladbach for his english lessons. i managed to talk to the teacher there, and weäre heading out for beers in a couple dazs to discuss a possibilitz of me teaching there because i can speak native english. the culture here is completelz different. i cooked spaghetti from scratch for lunch. i made the noodles mzself from dough and picked herbs from the garden. all the bottles we have are glass because we refill them at the market. germans are verz environmental, and mz aunt alwazs asks me whz americans waste everzthing. i feel prettz guiltz. ITÄS GOOD TO HEAR FROM ZOU GENE! hez donät worrz, iäm getting dominated bz germans drinking the shit out of me. when i was drinking with mz uncle, i had like 7 glasses and, while i was talking to him and another german (who told me that i was gay for wearing a lipring bz the waz) i accidentallz knocked over mz glass. both mz uncle and engall looked over, shook their heads in a joking manner, and told me what a typical american i was, getting fucked up over a couple glasses of beer. shit haha. i donät have internet at home, but iäm buzing mz student pass soon so i can use the bahnhoff and the subways and all that. mz german is picking up QUICK, which iäm very veryz happz about. i speak a mixture of vietnamese and german to mz aunt, and german and hand motions/desperate sign language to mz uncle. heäs an amazing guz though, but so is this entire family. hopefulloz i get this job so i can make some monez to get around. my dollar is fubar here, and the euros i have will drain quick if i use them, so iäm waiting for this job prettz bad. bz the waz, WRITE IN THIS BLOG so i can keep up with zou all and see how everzthing is going. the pace here is quite different and itäd make me happz to hear from all of zou. bz the waz, tom beat the shit out of me when we plazed soccer. and EVERZBODZ here has a german flag on their backs, cars, backpacks, bikes right now. tonight we play turkey in the semißfinals for eurocup. this countrz is going crayz right now. one more thing, i think iäve learned more from the news here in one morning than i have ever learned from a news station in california Ü. at least that umlaut makes it easz to tzpe a happz face. okaz, i will come back soon with all kinds of cool sheit. bz the waz i live in the attic of mz house on the 3rd floor, and itäs coyz as heo! i am getting humbled the sheeeeiiiit out of. my time is up and my euros are out, iäll come back soon. i shoulda brought more monez with me hah. peas peanuts, hope to hear from zou all soon.

tcheu,
cornelius