Introductory Post & Preparing to leave for Germany

So... I haven't really had the best record for keeping in contact with most people... but this is me trying to make things easier! 

This is - fingers crossed - going to be the start of a blog that I will actually be able to keep up to date with everything that's going on.. provided I have internet.. which still has yet to be seen but that's just a minor detail right? 

I'll try and post on here as much as possible, sometimes they may be small posts but please bear with me and if I am particularly rubbish feel free to contact me and give me a kick up the bum to write more! 

Right then on to the slightly more interesting side of things...

Preparing to leave for Germany


So... in typical Pippa style I was/am late with organising everything... surprise surprise! (yes mum you were right - sorry!)

I received information about the school i'm going to (Goethe Schule) just before going to Holland and then pretty much forgot all about it.. good!
But anyway, the most important thing is that everything's done now!
I got a reply from the German/English/Home Economics teacher (Heidi) yesterday - good to know the Germans know how to multitask - and she's going to look for somewhere for me for the first few days.. which is at least something! 
The next thing is to look for somewhere more permanent, and find out how much that's going to take out of my pay!

Anyway, I say that's the next thing but I think i'm getting ahead of myself with that statement. The next step is really to sort out how i'm even going to get to Ilsenburg from the train station in Cologne which is where I will be deposited following the 3 day course I have to do, which starts on the 24th. 
For this I have done something, which is look up the cost of a train ticket - Its bad, as in bad bad, but there you go, I need to get there so it'll be have to be done! I'm still putting it off anyway though. 

On the whole i'm very excited about going, Heidi seems lovely and she's the one who'll be "responsible" for me while i'm there so that's all good to me!

I just need to make sure the English I use is actually proper English and not slang with rubbish grammar, (which this whole post is probably full of!) although I may just go for the whole "it's genuine English" excuse, not so sure how the German efficiency will take that though... one way to find out!


I think that's about all the interesting stuff I have for you now, but I will update it again as soon as anything else noteworthy happens... shopping might be included in this.. after all, a girl needs new clothes for a (relatively) new climate right?