This is my life?! yay!

Ok so sorry I have not blogged in a while but life has been so exciting and new everyday! So many things are going on and I don't want to miss one thing! So since my last blog alot has happened.
I went to a church here in Quedlinburg called the Nicolaikirche. And Being in Luther country it is indeed Luthurn. Most of the churches around here are Luthern. This was my first time to attend a church service that was not in english. So I was pretty much lost the whole sermon, but I did bring my english Bible and followed along with the Scripture reading. We also took Communion. This was not much different from Communion in the states except it was with real wine! (white wine to be precise) This was a first for me!
My classes are comming along just fine. Every morning I walk into town and meet one-on-one with Frau Dr. McClain and learn about grammar (intensely). It is really great because its like a tutoring session. I can already feel my German improving. However, this course with her will end on Thursday. Then I will start my Field course. This is where I will be out in the city simply interacting with native speakers daily. I will be meeting with an older woman from the community once a week for coffee. Her name is Barbel Funke (pronounced Bar bell Funk uh). She is an artist and does not speak one word of english. This will be such a wonderful opportunity. I really look forward to learning from her and maybe doing a little art as well.
Last Friday we took a class field trip to our state capital, Magdeburg. Our state is called Saxony-Anhalt. We took the train to Magdeburg and immediately walked to the big cathedral or Dom as they call it. This Church is very old and even houses the burial site for Otto the great. He was the first king of Germany. Well his father Henry was actually crowned first here in Quedlinburg. But his son Otto started the Ottonian Empire. So anyway we saw his tomb and an amazing Caahedral. They are currently conducting an archeological dig inside the church so we were able to see that as well.
Then we saw a really cool building. The architecht is Hundertwasser. This building pink! It actually has many colors on it but the main color is pink. It would be a dream to live in it. I think it is an appartment building with shops on the ground level. It reminds me of a Dr. Suess creation. Then we of course shopped a little and had afternoon coffee (my favorite).
Tomorrow we are all going back to Magdeburg in order to see Valkurie with Tom Cruise. (we got to see the filming site in Berlin) So this film interests our group greatly.
I hope all of you are well! May God bless your days! :) Tchuss!
xoxo
Michelle