Hi everyone!! So alright, I'm here in Berlin, and there are almost too many things to say! Well first, my housing. I live with a mother, father, and 6 year old son. The mom, Melanie, is super duper nice. Right now we're sort of in a she speaks english I speak english phase ... because my german isn't that great. But I was around the house with her yesterday .. dictionary in hand ... saying things in German to her and if they were right she would say "genau" , or exactly, and it was very fun and we laughed a lot and I like her very much. The kid, John, is very cute .. he kind of looks like the kid from Jerry Maguire. I think he is slightly threatened by me, and very spoiled, but I like kids so maybe ill ask him to play a game, or to help me learn some german, and i think that will make him see that i am not a threat. The dad, Erkan, is very nice but kind of cold. I leanred though that he likes hip hop (and is a DJ...haha) so I want to show him some of the hip hop I have on my computer and maybe that will bring us together. My house is on a 4th floor walk up, and you get up to my room up a spiral staircase. whats really cool is that there is a second entrance to the house on the 5th floor, the level of my room, so if i come home after 10, 1030 I just go up in my entrance. My room ..... its really amazing. It has: A double bed, a futon couch, a dresser, a table ..next to futon counch..a desk, a chaize lounge, a tv, a stereo, 5 windows, and 2 plants. im pretty sure it is the master bedroom ...as their room is half the size ... and it really is quite big and great. My group is 9 students, 6 girls and 3 boys. There are 6 of us, including me, doing the visual culture track and 3 doing the german civilization track. The first few days I have been here have been orientation ...and the people are all super nice. I start monday with my language classes .... he put me in a level which he said might be a little difficult ...like he was in between two classes for me and he chose the higher... but he said he put me there because "du bist klug"....or "you are smart"....not to brag, but he did, and that made me feel very good. Jesse is here, and we have seen each other for dinner each night which is nice. He came out last night with a bunch of Lexia students .. i am integrating my both worlds, you see...and it was very fun. He has two very good friends ..anna and nathan, who are actually married..and i am very excited to meet them. Well alright .... thats all I can think of for now.
oh..and i got a cell phone!! madre, padre, here it is if you wish to call me *but beware it may be expensive, and i will perhaps call you when i get a calling card* but here it is 01744913746. but first is the outside of america number, 011, and then the country code, 4930, and then number without the zero in front. well hey, i think thats rght, but im not sure. oh! and people in europe ..tahts my number! ok..miss you all, more later.

Tschüss
Deborah ...which everyone seems to call me these days ...