Welcome back.
Progress at learning German is quite good. For I have studied it a bit before, it's a bit easier to me. Basically We have learned the common courtesies, ordering food and in case of problems, asking for help. The easiest way to to the latter is to stand in one place, raise your hands above your heads and say "Helfe mich!" we were told that in case we get lost, always ask for help. The people are said to be quite friendly and used to tourist. But let's hope, we don't get lost.
I looked up Hamburg from the map and it seemed quite large. 1.8 million people take resident there what is.. Larger that the population of Estonia, where I am from. Looking from the map it seemed quite far from the sea. As for I have lived by the sea for all my life, it shall be an interesting experience. hamburg is situated on the river Elbe and the port of Hamburg is the third largest in Europe (the first two are Port of Rotterdam and Port of Antwerp). As for we are going there in February, I looked up the average temperature. The max. is 4.4 degrees Celsius and the min. is -1.2 degrees Celsius. Coming from a Nordic country, that has degrees minus 15-30, I'd say that it's nice. At the moment there is +1 degrees outside and the snow hasn't come yet. Which is a shame.
We have found out the almost exact date on which we are flying to Hamburg. It is the 6th of February. Also we have found out that the practice instructor from Hamburg has dealt with exchange students before and is quite strict. And from the present information, there should be other students from other countries there at the same time too. Gonna be exciting.
For now, auf wiedersehn.
