3 Juli - Homeward bound

Some time during the night our roommates came in, but they tried to be quiet. We woke up at about 7am and also tried to be quiet so we didn't disturb them. I had laid our clothes out that we needed and had everything pretty much ready to go, so it wasn't too bad.  We checked out and took the tram to the station to catch our train.

I was able to find a train back home that only had one change, so that was nice. We were able to settle in and just relax. It was a six hour trip, but we've learned how to occupy ourselves pretty well on these train trips. Skylar with his books and drawing and me with my books and knitting. Skylar was able to take a nap for a little bit, but I just couldn't find a way to get comfortable. I had this strange feeling of excitement that I was going home... but I wasn't really going home... made me kind of look forward to the feeling when I go home for real. Not that I don't love it here, but just thinking about my friends and my usual routine made me a little homesick. 

Back in Heilbronn, we took a taxi back to the flat. I didn't even haul the suitcase upstairs, I brought it straight to the basement to do laundry. Everything seemed to have taken on the smell of smoke even though I tried to wrap the offending clothes in plastic. Once all the clothes were out, I took the rest of the stuff up and unpacked. Then we both flopped on the bed and got our internet fix.

One of the guys, Benjamin, that lives downstairs from us was at the Masters class. He invited us to a BBQ, so we went to that for a little while. Benjamin offered German lessons to Skylar once a week. Some of the other students that I met at the Masters class were there as well. I said something to the other guy that lives downstairs from me about being there six weeks and never seeing them and he commented that he sees me all the time on my bicycle with my Pippie Longstrumph hair. Haven't had it called that since I was 6 :) I had some nice conversations with some of the other students, but then of course they all started speaking German. It is quite an interesting language to listen to and I actually kind of like trying to figure out what people are saying. So many sch sounds. I was pretty train lagged or something though and all I wanted to do was lay down for a while, so I went upstairs to bed.