So wifi is a commodity here. In the US it's the easiest thing in the world to be hooked up to the "datasphere" 24/7, here not so much. It's a strange feeling being cut off from the entire world. My first night here I got to my new bedroom and realized that I had nothing to do... No phone to check.. no computer to stream videos on... I had a book to read at least, but it was nonetheless a very unnerving feeling. Something that you don't experience very often in the good ol' US of A. But regardless I am getting around and I found a German Starbucks with free wifi, so I think I'll just park it here for most of the day and cower in fear from German culture. Don't worry I won't do that, but the language is daunting. I keep getting myself into hairy situations in which people hear me say aufwiedersehen once and all of a sudden start rattling off in 200 km/h German, with a thick accent and I can't pick up a single word. No translate app to fall back on either. I can't believe we have only been here for three days though. I feel like we've just been doing paper work for three days straight. Our visit to Kaiserslautern was however very enjoyable. It was so nice to revisit old friends and childhood memories. I found a fountain in K-town that I remember visiting in the first or second grade. It's meant for kids and there is a fish to "ride" and take photos on. I have a picture of myself when I was five years old "riding the fish" with my buddies, and now I have the same photo 14 years later.... Enjoy. It's priceless

This will no doubt be the experience of a lifetime. Right now though I am feeling a little bit like a fish out of water, and I'm having a hard time breathing air. One thing's for sure though... we are a long way from home 

 (For those of you who can't see that, it says USA 6869 km which is over 4,200 miles)