A couple miscellaneous thoughts

1) I heard a real German person say "gesundheit" and it was surprisingly exciting.

2) My host family and I went to a GIANT fireworks show called Pyro Games at this theme park kind of place. They were insane! I've never seen fireworks like that in Europe and honestly they were way better than any I've seen in the USA as well.

3) I switched my keyboard to German mode which means I incessantly hit the z-key for y and always have to search for the punctuation...

4) Stables are pretty standard worldwide.

5) There are, in fact, mosquitoes here. They are called Mücke and are TEENY in comparison to those of central Illinois.

6) There is a heatwave here (getting up to the mid-eighties) and a cold-front at home.

7) Pizza was eaten with a fork and knife.