"But…I don't want to leave…"

Alright, so naturally after having going on vacation, one expects everything to keep better. However, with my luck, things started going a bit downhill.

So my beloved Terno family were just my Welcome Family, so naturally, I knew that I was not going to be able to stay with them for my whole exchange experience. However, I wasn't expecting to be moved into ANOTHER GERMAN STATE THAT IS MORE THAN TWO HOURS AWAY. I was hoping that at least the AFS Gods would be kind enough and hard working enough to find me a host family that was at least in the central Hessen area, if not in Marburg, than at least in Giessen but noooo, Ama has to be moved into a completely new area. So yeah, my new host family was revealed to be located in Remscheid, which is located in Nordrhein Westfalen.

What does one normally do when they find out that they have only about two weeks or so left in a town and with people that they've came to adore? I'm actually really not sure but I basically slowly began telling everyone that I was leaving and wishing that somehow I'd be magically relocated back to central Hessen one way or another. Additionally, for some reason or another, I somehow got closer to people during my final moments in Marburg…Why all of this bonding couldn't have occurred about a month earlier or so, I WILL NEVER KNOW

The most tragic yet amazing day during my final moments was obviously my last full day in school, and in Marburg as a whole. If you haven't realized from my previous post about school, I am in love with the kids in my 5th grade German class, so I got so emotional during my last lesson with them (which also ended up being the day that I had to do my presentation on The Outsiders…IN GERMAN…and when I say it was God Awful, I mean the fullest extent of AWFUL). So let's just say a tear nearly slipped out when they all said "Auf Wiedersehen" to me.

My babies :(

Now on to the evening! So literally my going away celebration was very spontaneous, Clara literally gathered all the people about 4 hours or so before. But we went out with almost all my favorite Marburg people and we did regular teenager stuff and it was basically one of the best experiences I've had here so far. 

Feli and Franzi in the background (:

So the next day Erdmuthe drove me to Remscheid, which took about 3 hours or so each way, so I was very appreciative of that because they could've easily told me to take the train. Okay so here's the thing, I'm really not an emotional person but for some reason I managed to get so attached to these people that I was very sad when I had to leave. I never actually cried because you know I'm not a crier. However when I hugged everyone before we began driving, I actually was so close to full on tears, especially when I embraced Clara and let's not get me started on my wreck of emotions when I hugged Erdmuthe for the last time before she left my new home in Remscheid. It took me about three hours to unpack because I was still trying to not burst out into tears like every 30 minutes. 

Partial view of Marburg by the Castle

Okay so now it's time to get super heart-warmy and Nicholas Sparksy! So I basically just wanna point how grateful I am for everything I got to experience while I was in Marburg. The people I encountered and built some sort of relationship with are truly one of a kind and I promise that despite the distance, I will actually always attempt to stay in touch one way or another! And a special nod to the Ternos for being an amazing family and actually treating me like one of theirs despite how at times I seemed to be reclusive, I promise it's not cause I didn't like you guys or that I felt uncomfortable, I'm just not used to the whole "family time" thing and I just second guess the actions I want to do or the things I would like to say a lot. So I'm sorry if I gave you guys the wrong impression! I know you guys read my blog so I hope you still find my technique of writing interesting! :)

Okay so song of the Post time! 

 Okay so leider, this time the song is going to be sung in English because the album that this song came from was the soundtrack playing in my head during this stage in my exchange. And I am also a sucker for Mayer, he makes me very very happy. 

So here's Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer!