It's been such a long time...

Germany. Land that I love :)
It's been a long two years since I was here. Ever since I left the first time, I've known I had to move here, at least for a little while. And now my dream has come true! At least for a year while I'm an Au Pair.
I've been here a week now. I finally got an adapter so I can use my laptop instead of the family computer. It's so nice to have all the keys in the right places... And even though I've only been here a week, I've already had some adventures.
On the flight over, I got bumped up to Business Class. That was nice. It was also the first three-course meal I've had, and the first time I've eaten duck. It tasted like chicken to my unrefined taste buds. Despite the roomy seating, I had the worst time getting to sleep ever. By that I mean, I don't think I properly slept all night. Once we got to the airport, the host family's grandparents picked me up for the four-hour ride to Braunschweig. I stayed awake all day, even though it kinda killed me. We went to this huge shopping mall in that was built inside the walls of a Schloss (palace) that was bombed out except the outer walls during the War. I went to bed at 20:00 (8:00), which is 2:00 PM back home. Usually I'm doing well to get in bed at 2:00 AM... but my plan worked. I didn't have jet lag except that first day, and I didn't really even get to sleep the night before.
The family with whom I'm staying is super nice and fantastic. The kids are great, and usually very well behaved. I'm lucky enough to be staying with a family that believes in the same religion that I do, which makes life much much much easier. We went to church Sunday, and some crazy things happened. One of the first faces I saw belonged to a guy I had seen before, seven thousand miles away at the MTC. How's that for coincidence? One more crazy thing: the family that sat in front of us was that of the older brother of some friends I had at BYU.
Being in Germany feels like coming home, except my family isn't here.
I'm going to make another post for this past week, since nobody wants to read a novel about this anyway...