Today was better than yesterday. I feel like I accomplished something today. I bought a cell phone for a great deal and I found laundry detergent (what I bought 2 days ago was actually fabric softener??? lol). And I found a travel size, desperately needed hair dryer for 7 Euro. YAY!
The cell was slightly difficult to find at the beginning because I didn't really know a lot about German phone companies. I really just walked into a couple phone stores and looked around at the brochures and such. I did ask some of the sales people about contracts and what not.
Culture Clash #3: Cell phone contracts are for a minimum of 2 years.
Signing a contract for a phone would have been much cheaper for me over the next year than a pre-paid phone because I would have only had to pay 1 Euro for the phone, a 5 Euro flat fee and then whatever plan I choose. However, the minimum number of months for which you can sign a contract is 24 months...and I definately will not be here that long.
Sooooo, I ended up with a pre-paid. It's not bad and I got a good deal. Only 35 Euro for the phone and 10 Euro for the sim card and then I got 10 Euros worth of minutes (I pay 9 cents per minute anywhere in Germany) for free with the sim card. I think I did well...considering the fact that this is all new to me for the most part.
Then the rain began... It has rained pretty much everyday that I've been here, but I did know before hand that Germany was a beautiful, yet rainy, country. Julia tried to beat the rain, but neither of us had an umbrella because it was so pretty and warm out this morning. I showed Julia the supermarket and we are going to the flee market tomorrow to hopefully find me a bike. A bike will be very helpful, especially when I miss the bus or go to the Supermarket and buy heavy things like water (yes it's true, no one drinks the tap water here).
Well now I'm just catching up. I didn't get to homesick until about 6 today (not too bad I think). Doing some laundry and praying that I put the soap and the softener in the right slots lol. Please pray for me! I miss you all so much!
The cell was slightly difficult to find at the beginning because I didn't really know a lot about German phone companies. I really just walked into a couple phone stores and looked around at the brochures and such. I did ask some of the sales people about contracts and what not.
Culture Clash #3: Cell phone contracts are for a minimum of 2 years.
Signing a contract for a phone would have been much cheaper for me over the next year than a pre-paid phone because I would have only had to pay 1 Euro for the phone, a 5 Euro flat fee and then whatever plan I choose. However, the minimum number of months for which you can sign a contract is 24 months...and I definately will not be here that long.
Sooooo, I ended up with a pre-paid. It's not bad and I got a good deal. Only 35 Euro for the phone and 10 Euro for the sim card and then I got 10 Euros worth of minutes (I pay 9 cents per minute anywhere in Germany) for free with the sim card. I think I did well...considering the fact that this is all new to me for the most part.
Then the rain began... It has rained pretty much everyday that I've been here, but I did know before hand that Germany was a beautiful, yet rainy, country. Julia tried to beat the rain, but neither of us had an umbrella because it was so pretty and warm out this morning. I showed Julia the supermarket and we are going to the flee market tomorrow to hopefully find me a bike. A bike will be very helpful, especially when I miss the bus or go to the Supermarket and buy heavy things like water (yes it's true, no one drinks the tap water here).
Well now I'm just catching up. I didn't get to homesick until about 6 today (not too bad I think). Doing some laundry and praying that I put the soap and the softener in the right slots lol. Please pray for me! I miss you all so much!
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