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[amadeupname]

I've been here for about a week and a half, and I've been to a castle, gotten lost in Nürnberg (a.k.a. Nuremberg), been to the zoo, finished a sock (and am almost halfway through the second), done some embroidery that will be turned into a little sewing case, gone to the lake three times, and smelled turkey poo the entire time because I'm living with turkey farmers and when you have 25,000 turkeys (no, I did not mis-type that, there really are that many zeros), your property kinda smells. You get used to it. Mostly.

While I was in Nürnberg I bought Christmas ornaments for me and Mom, and the special edition Indiana Jones three-movie set. I was super excited, because I've been wanting to see them for a while, and since they're in English and German I thought it would be fun to watch with the kids... and then I got back to the house and remembered that, thanks to regional DVD codes, I can't play it back home unless I download something to my computer. FUN TIMES.

I think I'm slowly getting less homesick, but it's still there. It's sort of a dull "No matter how much fun you're having this still isn't home and you don't belong here" feeling that seems to spike randomly. This afternoon was one of those spikes, though I really was just sad and lonely instead of crying, so that's something, at least.

Comments

[angahith.livejournal.com]

I'll help you get them to work, back at home. You can even set most standalone dvd players region-free.

Also, i LIVED a year in Nürnberg and STILL got lost all the time. XD

[thesaneminority.livejournal.com]

SWEET. Can we get it to work on my PS2, though?

Which reminds me - I NEEDS YOUR PHONE NUMBAH! I mean, so we can figure out if I'm gonna visit in September. I could probably try now, since I'm on the border of Baden Württemberg and Bayern, but I've got a little more than a week left and I've got people asking if I want to go to Frankfurt and I don't know what the family has planned, so.... yeah. *cough*

[magiclad2007.livejournal.com]

If you can hold out until December, a quick taste of home will be there for a week or two. In Hamburg.

[thesaneminority.livejournal.com]

If you're going to Hamburg during winter break, I'll probably already be home by then (I come home December 8 and I'm planning on sleeping for the next couple days). Also, even if you're there while I'm there, I'd have to talk to the family I'm with, see if it's okay if I go off to Hamburg (and they'd have to take me to the train station, help me buy my ticket, etc), buy the ticket (and I might not even have money by then), blah blah blah... My free time is in September, so I can't just hop on a train and bum around town with you. Which sucks, because that would be awesome.

I think I'll be fine, so long as I can call Nick and my mom every so often and email people. Thanks, though.

[moldypotatochip.livejournal.com]

I downloaded VLC Media Player and I can watch Japanese DVDs on my laptop with it. I'd recommend it.

[thesaneminority.livejournal.com]

That's weird, because I HAVE VLC. I'll have to give that a try - I was just trying to run the DVD through the DVD player on my computer.

[noacat.livejournal.com]

*huggs* My sister spent a year in France... she actually just got back... anyway, she felt the same way but overtime things got better. Mostly, I think, because she spent a great deal of time wandering around, getting to know the area.

The other lovely thing about Europe is that you can travel to lots of different countries by train -- which, according to my sis, is relatively inexpensive. So, it might not be like home, but you can certainly have a great adventure! *huggbees* Hope you feel less homesick very soon!