Hannover, little towns, Hamburg, and Berlin

I left the big city of Frankfurt with a need to find the true Germany. I was tired of the noise of jackhammers outside my hostel window and needed a good night sleep. I left Frankfurt on Saturday with my student Victor. Victor has been a lot of fun to spend time with. His father is an owner of a large sports betting company in Frankfurt and yet Victor is realizing life as a bigger experience than just the money that comes with living in the high-class society of Frankfurt. We have a great time joking around and talking. When I arrived on the train to Hannover there was a large group of German students waiting at the train station for me with banners, smiles, and excited hearts. I jumped off the train hugging and laughing with them, surprised to see many that had not told me they were going to come visit. We then took off for the Hannover zoo which is a mix between the Jungle cruise at Disneyland and the San Diego wild animal park. It started to rain really hard by the end of the time there and so we ran as fast as we could to the U-bahn(subway). We ate really good brautwursts for dinner and then went out for drinks and spent the night laughing and reminiscing. One of my students had made a video for the summer. It was so great to see the impact this summer made on all of them. The all want to come back to America. In a country that seems to have only annimosity towards America and its role in world politics, it is amazing to see the role that relationship played in these students lives and how that transcends cultural barriers. The next day we went to more beautifull gardens and visited the old town in Frankfurt. It´s so funny because I tell my students how beautifull everything is and they think I am crazy because it is so normal to them. They think that LA is more interesting and I think they are crazy. After all my students left I took a train with one of my students, Carina, to her little village. We rode through the hills and forrests of Germany and arrived in a quaint little village. I learned how to say, ``Thankyou for letting me stay at your house´´´to her parents, who actually spoke alot more English than I expected. They took me to eat Scnitzle and I loved it again. The food here is incredible. So many great breads, cheeses, meats, and desserts. I think I am going to make a doughboy comeback. The next day I visited a German highschool. I got to visit a class of students who were challenged that worked in the bakery. We made pizza together and I took pictures of them. Then I went to Carina´s class and spoke with them about America. It was really sad to hear the students talk about their fears here. Unemployment is so high right now that many of them really fear being able to get jobs after graduation.
Later Carina, her father, and my new little German sister Hannah drove on the Eutoban to Hamburg. We passed through forrests and cities that the brothers Grimm wrote fairy tailes about. I pictured myself following the steps of the pied piper and little red riding hood through the forrest of my imagination. Hamburg is a big transportation production city. It was beautifull! We drove around and saw the ports and then they saw me off at the train station. I arrived in Berlin and am staying at a Hostel called Circus that is really hip and cool. I wish I had more time here but today I will go on a sight-seeing tour and then leave for Leipzig.