I'm liking this

I gotta say, I've come to be friends with this blogging stuff.
I really enjoyed writing the first post and even though I don't have enough time I kinda have the urge to write again.
My best friend is going to pick me up soon and we're going to go out to eat -- I guess he wants to spoil me a little before I leave him stranded for the next three months.
The reason why I started this post is a rather simple one. I wanted to share more of my life with the online readers. As I already mentioned I have a duel citizenship and at the time I'm living in Germany with my parents. The past half year I was trying to survive the school wildlife and thankfully I did. My reward for that was my Graduation on March 16th. Graduation is a bit earlier in Germany, especially in my state. Graduation is not as a big thing in Germany as it is in the US. Which to my mind is rather ironic, because it is way harder to graduate in 'Deutschland'. At the end of 13th grade (yes, that's right!), you have to take three written final exams for 5 hours in each of your major classes. Next to that you also have one oral exam of 20 Minutes in one of your minor classes. It is all very confusing because you have to reach a certain amount of points in the end and blaablaaablaa. I'm just glad I graduated and passed all my tests! So thankfully I can say now: ICH HABE ABITUR! That means as much as: I have my High School Diploma. Abitur is the High School Diploma of the Upper-Level-Class...but I'm not going to get started in how the German school system works. It is all waaaaay too confusing!
Anyway, I'm just gonna share some pictures for now, so you can enjoy them...or not. haha!

                                            Anna Julia

The Graduation Formal Ball of my school

I'm a Newbie

So this is my very first post, even though I started this blog like about 10000 years ago. I don't really know why I haven't written anything yet, but I guess I was just too darn lazy to write anything about my life. I'm also not that old and only at the sweet age of 19, so in my eyes I haven't experienced anything big.......yet!
But now, a month after graduation I kinda have the urge to write on this blog. It's rather random that I'm starting it right now, but let's see how it goes!

So as I already said I'm 19 years old and another fact of my life is that I'm half German and half American. I'm sorry in advance if one post is in German gibberish and the next in English -- please don't be mad and just go with it!

In four days I will be experiencing a very exciting trip. I will be flying to the East coast, Philadelphia to be correct, to visit family in New Jersey. I will be staying with my mom's cousins family, who are loving and warm people. After my stay with them I will be going to NEW YORK CITY (EEEEEEEEEEEK -- sooo excited!!) and will let the concrete jungle turn me into a city animal. A friend, who I've only known for circa 2 months, is going to accompany me to NYC. She has been studying abroad in Venice for the past 5 months and visited us for 10 days over easter. It was a wonderful time while she was here and I can say that we have made a great new family friend. 
After my stay in NYC I will be flying to South Dakota to visit the other part of my family there. Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins, Greatuncle and Aunt and friends will be friendly faces, who I can't wait to see again. My last stay in South Dakota was about 9 months ago. And no, this isn't a very long time...but I still can't wait to have my family and friends, who live about 3000 miles away, so close to me again. 
I guess that this will be all for now -- my next post will be from the US. Can't wait!

Me, four days before departure. All anxious!

                            











                  Anna Julia