Ich bin heir!

Well, despite some difficulties adjusting (stomach horribleness and jetlag), I have arrived in beautiful Bavaria relatively unscathed. The home I am living in is lovely and the family is very very nice, and rather generous (mom has paid for most things that have come up thus far, in addition to giving me my "spending money"). I have opened a German bank acount (the fabled EC card shall be forthcoming) and registered with the local authorities (a very..."Your papers please" feeling).

We live in a town called Neufahrn, which as far as I can tell seems to be a suburb of Munich. As far as suburbs go, however, the Germans seem to have us beat. It's beautiful and very pedestrian friendly. There is a "downtown" of sorts with all the typical German shops (a vegetable market, bakery, cheese shop, etc), and many many people seem to travel by bike. The houses are relatively close together and though I am told much of the development in the town is fairly new, they seem to have managed to retain a "small town" sort of atmosphere.

At any rate, tomorrow we will be going to attempt to get my working papers. I am very nervous as one requirement is a "basic" level of German. I am not sure what I have qualifies, or how they measure this. If I fail, I will have to leave after three months, I think. Gah!

Currently it is very early in the morning, and I need to attempt a couple more hours of sleep befor ethe children wake. I hope everyone is well and happy, I hope to hear from you all soon. I still await a plug adapter so it may be a few days before the next update.

Guten Nacht, alle!