Things I've Noticed

Hey! Sorry I haven't been posting that much but I have a few things to finally add now! Just some things I've noticed while being here my first month!
- Breakfast is HUGE here and it consists of bread, tea and all sorts of things to put on your bread ( such as meat, cheese, spreads, jelly/marmalade, butter and more!) Also people here have egg boiling machines and they eat boiled eggs hot in a dish as shown in the picture. I am very bad at eating eggs this way and have failed on multiple attempts...
- People here rarely touch their food and eat EVERYTHING with a fork and knife ( including fries and sushi?)
- Apparently I cut my food with the knife on the wrong side of the fork.  My cutting of food has become a form of entertainment for my family.
- People here bike everywhere, myself included and there are even bike streets! Although no one wears helmets here, there are little to no accidents!

If you'd like to know more just email me or comment on my posts!

First Few Weeks

Hey! These few weeks here in Germany have been AMAZING! My host family is so nice and for the first week and a half have been talking to me in english but sadly that stopped about a week ago when school started my german is doing good though. My first weekend here I went to a small town/city? in the Netherlands and we just walked around and ate Belgium Fries ( SO GOOD!)  picture 1 and 2 are from my trip to the Netherlands for the day. I've been hanging out with my host siblings friends and we've been biking all over town. It's incredibly pretty here and i'm in awe of where I am everyday i'm in the town.  On August 1, my host mom had to meet a friend in Oldenburg so my host sister and brother
( Fanni and Henri) and I walked around the city and they showed me popular shops and good places to eat! pictures 3 and 4 were from Oldenburg. The weather here has been rainy and slightly cold but it feels just like home! I also met with my Rotary Club members and had a bike tour with them! And had tea with them and they talked about everything going on in the next few weeks! I'll try to keep updates and post more
about german things such as food and culture!
Thank you again Bellingham Rotary and Rotary
District 5050 for sending me here and giving me
the chance to meet these amazing people!
Auf Wiedersehen,
Izzy Cybula

This is my counselor Tjard- Garrels, Onno Kappei, and the other counselor, Luca my other host family's daughter she is going to Italy for the year, my host sister Fanni, Me, Mateus he's here from Brazil.