I have now been exactly 1 week at my third host family's house. I can not believe how fast time goes, its already March! Im happy here though, feeling at home in a new, strange house gets easier every time you do it. Ulli Müller and Herbert Müller are my new host parents, and they have 4 kids. Tobias (20) and Johanna (13) are the only ones still living at home though. I occupy the daughter Verena's room, who is studying by Nürnberg. Florian, also on his own, is the oldest. Herbert is a pediatrician here in Kempten, Ulli stays at home and loves to spend time talking and drinking tea. Herbert's family is originally from Neumarkt, in southern Tirol (northern Italy, which before the world wars belonged to Austria), so also speaks fluent Italian. Im excited because over Easter we are going to visit the family in Italy, also 'stopping by' Venice. Ulli's parents live here as well, in sort of seperate part of the house. The father (being from the area around Salzburg, Austria) is slightly difficult to understand, but both are very sweet. I walk about a half hour to school from here (I am back in the bigger city Kempten), but along the Iller River, so its pretty. Ulli is an amazing cook (part awesome, part not so good), and the family is really sweet. Having an older 'brother' is a very different thing. Tobi has decided his new favorite word is 'Herrlich' (king-like). Johanna is very into 'being-cool', but also has a sweet temperment. She's relatively quiet.
Saturday I went snowshoeing with Herbert and Ulli on one of the mountains about 45min from the house. It was a beautiful day and really fun to make it so high up. We were right by Sonthofen and Oberstdorf (the most southern town in Germany), in case you are a Google-Earth fanatic. I got really warm though going up, and the snow was really heavy. I never knew snowshoeing could be so much work. And they didn't bring water with. The pictures of the Alps are from that day though.
Ulli and I taking a break.
Inside Müllers house, Tobi's favorite beer brand. I found it entertaining.
The tv room - The wadrobe got me interested because it looks a lot like the Norwegian Rosemalden, but is a very typical farmer thing from back in the days in this region.
The kitchen.
The living room. They have a really beautiful garden, but Ill try and get pictures of it when the snow is gone (hopefully soon!).
Dining room.
Entry way.
My room.
It looks like I have a lot of stuff (which I do), but some of the older daughter Verena's stuff is in there as well. I have a view of the Zugspitze from my window! And a couch. Which is really nice.
My new address:
Sonja Smerud
c/o Herbert Müller
Drosselweg 3
87439 Kempten
Germany
Life is really good right now. I hope the same goes for back home! Looking forward to Spring and sending hugs from Bayern!
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