First post from Tübingen

Grüsse aus Tübingen!

I am here all content and full from a far-too-large packet of tortellini (who says you should save half til later?!) and thought I should do a little update.

The journey here was all fine. Having said that the tension was beginning to mount on the taxi ride to Heathrow, with the taxi driver telling me he thought my bag was probably 28 kilos when it had to be under 23 kilos. I had prepared myself to cry a little to get pity from the woman at the desk (manipulative I know... but desperate times!) Miraculously it was 22.9 kilos... it was the closest I have ever been to fist-pumping the air! I managed to restrain myself and give a maniacal smile instead.

Met by a friend of a friend at the central bus station at Tübingen and having met a fellow Erasmus student on the way, I didn’t get that initial arrival panic. Even the rain, which began to bucket down, didn’t *dampen* my mood significantly. (See what I did there??!! I need to get out more.) Got the keys and arrived at the flat where I’m staying without too much problem. And having thought I would be entirely alone, there turned out to be 3 of my 4 flatmates already in. They are lovely (all German) and have been really good at explaining everything. The room is pretty nice (see photo below) and I live very close to about 3 supermarkets, including an organic one, as well as a bakery, bank etc.

All in all feeling remarkably calm and settled- just the small matter of sorting boring bank and phone things tomorrow and then I’m off to the pub with some of the other international students on the same intensive German language course as me!

Spot the sheep

Ciao! That seems to be the thing they say here...