Ich bin zwanzig

I figured out this weekend that I chose the right country to spend my 20^th birthday in. According to my host family, 20^th birthdays here are one of the big birthday milestones whereas in the U.S. it’s 21. My host family definitely proved their case on Saturday by making me a very yummy brunch in which they played music, made cupcakes that spelled out ‘Happy Birthday,’ and just went all out to celebrate. If that wasn’t enough, they even bought me a costume for Carnival! Afterwards, Tessa, our two host sisters, and I went grocery shopping for the party. Since it was a rainy day, Tessa and I decided to just relax and watch a movie before getting ready for the party. Then after Skyping my family and dinner, the party began! It was a lot of fun getting to be with a big group of the bioscience kids, especially since we have all grown pretty close in just 3 weeks.

Today was a pretty relaxing day with some of the nicest weather we have had these past 3 weeks! I first meet up with some of the students to go to mass in the Münster. I still cannot get over how pretty the church is even after going to mass there for the past 3 weeks. I’m definitely getting spoiled on all these nice churches here! Afterwards, Tessa and I cleaned up from the party and finished our movie from yesterday. It’s funny to see my host family’s reaction when we watch a movie in English that they are used to hearing in German because the characters’ voices are different and they always say “Oh, they sound so different! I didn’t expect him/her to sound that way.” Overall, it was a great birthday weekend and I’m very thankful for having such a sweet host family and group of Aggies here with me to celebrate!!