week five

It's hard to believe that I've been here for five weeks. I just have four more after this one.

The students at VKI (the more permanent ones) are taking a trip next week for Laucha, Germany to go soaring. My first supervisor didn't like the idea of me going and missing a week. However, my new supervisor is a lot more laid back and thinks it will be a good opportunity to meet people and have fun. So next week I'm going to be gone from work and will be soaring every day. I'm quite excited. It'll be similar to what I've been doing in the US (me and an instructor flying around), but different in that they use a winch launch. I'll post more about these things when I get back. The trip lasts from Sunday to Sunday.

Because the trip leaves Sunday, it doesn't really make sense to goto Paris this weekend. Also, no one else was really interested in going. There are some students from Paris that say they'll be driving home on a weekend soon so I think I'll go with them sometime soon.

This week has been fun. Tuesday was spent rock climbing at the gym. Wednesday we went to Brussells to watch the Turkey vs. Germany soccer match (Germany won). Thursday I worked on my landlord's bikes and then rode around. Afterwards I watched Spain vs. Russia with my roommate (Spain won). Soccer is a lot of fun to watch with other people. I'll probably goto some of the MSU games next year.

This week I've worked on creating a photo album that depicts the typical day-to-day life for me. I started when I woke up, taking pictures of the apartment, the trip to the VKI, going around work, and the night watching the soccer game. You can see the album here (with comments on the photos): http://picasaweb.google.com/wcleveland/DailyLife