I have landed

So I landed in Cologne yesterday around 5:30pm local time. Of course one of my bags was lost somewhere in London, but besides that everything else went really well. My new roommate came to the airport to pick me up; we took the train+subway back to my new place, about a 15-20 min trip, which is not bad.
I had time to settle in, unpack one of the bags that actually made it to Cologne (the other one they're delivering sometime today, allegedly). And then Dieu, my roommate, and I went for a quick tour of the neighborhood, mainly so that I knew where to go the next day to catch the bus to the University. It turns out, the University is within walking distance, but by bus it takes the whole 2-3 minutes.
After the quick tour, Dieu's friend Stefania came to visit her. Then together we went out to Club Rose. It was fun to mingle with German college students, however I found myself speaking Italian as Stefania is an Italian born in Germany to Italian parents. And of course then we ran into a random guy at the subway stop who turned out to be Italian as well.........
The night ended with the three of us getting soaked in the pouring rain after leaving the club. Fun times, let me tell you, especially after you didn't plan for the rainy weather. Oh well.

Today I am proud to say that I was able to wake up in time for the early morning meeting with the Int'l Student Office. They showed us the campus and the area. Later tonight we're kicking off the "Welcome Week" at a Pub followed by a party at the "Edel Pink" nightclub...

More to come

Auf Wiedersehen

Stasha