I couldn’t believe my eyes when we arrived to little Weimar – the place is like from a postcard! We sat down to the little restaurant terrace and ordered beer, bratwurst and sauerkraut. We were surrounded by horse carriages and pastel-colored buildings. It felt absolutely surreal! First three weeks we studied German language, quite intensively. It was nice to notice that even though the language is difficult (and also there is a lot of stuff that doesn’t make any sense and you should know things ‘by heart’ as the Germans say) that for example pronouncing was easy and the grammar rules were not too far from Swedish. I enjoyed the German classes a lot and it’s been truly useful to know the basics; people here in Eastern German appreciate if you can order a coffee using their language (also, they can’t speak English here). 
The school here is very different compared to Finland. We have three classes per week, sometimes less and we’re given one excercise and two weeks to finish it! It feels rather easy, even though we take master classes here. Anyways, the teachers are amazing; they are really inspiring and passionate about what they do. So even though we don’t have as many contact lessons as we are used to in Finland, we are more than eager to do well here.
There’s a few things from my exchange that I’ll remember forever; the visit to Buchenwald (concentration camp) and Zwiebelmarkt, an onion festival that lured nearly 360 000 people to little Weimar – to buy onions! Of course all the little things – such as our favorite cafeteria, the people I’ve met, delicious fried chicken and so on – will be remembered as well. 
All in all, Weimar is breathtakingly beautiful, food is absolutely delicious (and cheap), beer is great and people are (mostly) nice. I’ve gathered important experiences here already, but I believe that I’ll see the whole picture of this adventure as soon as I’m back in Finland.
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