Some Dusseldorf Action
The town in Germany that I am staying in is called Dusseldorf. It is about 20 minutes by train north of Cologne (Koln). I am staying with a host family that lives about 45 minutes by tram from the school I attend, AIB. They live on what is called a sports area, which is basically a rec center. There is a track and field, outdoor basketball goals, indoor basketball goals, soccer field, excerise room, and a few other things. They rent out 4 rooms in a seperate building, so that is where I and another gentlemen from A&M are staying. They treat us nice there, and run a small bar / resturant type thing upstairs. This is where we eat and have the occasional Gatz beer (local to Dusseldorf).
This is my room. The only english channel is MTV, so I've been watching a decent amount of Cribs and Pimp My Ride, coupled with some European football and handball.
One of three Frank Gehrey buildings in Dusseldorf. They are right next to each other, the other two are silver and white. I think the locals refer to them as 'The Three Drunk Brothers' or something like that. I have some philosophical differences with Mr. Gehrey but I must admit it is really nice having these neat buildings in the scenery every day.
We went up in this thing on the first day to get a bird's eye view of the city. Booya.
This is the building my school is in.
This is what I see when I walk out of AIB. Pretty swank.
Some pics of the sports area. It's set into a wooded area, I saw some kids sledding out there the other day. Anyhow, that's all for now.
This is my room. The only english channel is MTV, so I've been watching a decent amount of Cribs and Pimp My Ride, coupled with some European football and handball.
One of three Frank Gehrey buildings in Dusseldorf. They are right next to each other, the other two are silver and white. I think the locals refer to them as 'The Three Drunk Brothers' or something like that. I have some philosophical differences with Mr. Gehrey but I must admit it is really nice having these neat buildings in the scenery every day.
We went up in this thing on the first day to get a bird's eye view of the city. Booya.
This is the building my school is in.
This is what I see when I walk out of AIB. Pretty swank.
Some pics of the sports area. It's set into a wooded area, I saw some kids sledding out there the other day. Anyhow, that's all for now.
posted by Dan at 9:18 AM
1 Comments:
German people are pretty interesting. They are fairly reserved, and everything here is strict, clear, and concise. They don’t like to beat around the bush, and are to the point for most things. Haven’t met too many extreme characters yet, probably will though. My family is really cool. The father doesn’t speak any English and the mother speaks a little, enough to communicate. We hit up the bar every night for dinner and beer, and it is true that they drink beer like water here.
I’m actually picking up German pretty quickly; we are taking a class here at school but not for credit. It’s quite fun. Anyhow, thanks for commenting. Hope all is well in Texas.
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