Fast Kein Frei Internet Macht Schwer Bloggen

Hello Friends and Family,

I am back.  Sorry for the lapse in communication.  I am doing just fine.  Exploiting Starbucks for the free internet, but yet again I buy something everytime, so I think they win on this one. 
I have finished half of my class in Koeln.  Only one more week left.  Yesterday I took a trip to Karlsruhe, where I will be living.  I met my friend Benny and we went apartment viewing.  It was an interesting day.  We got to a rocky start.  So this searching for apartments is a new adventure for me, living in the dorms my college life.  When communicating with the first apartment tenant, I failed to get their phone number and last name... making finding the exact apartment interesting to say the least.  I had the exact address, which is the one thing that helped us significantly.  I finally viewed that apartment thanks to a person leaving it and knowing the tenant.  So that one turned out okay.  That apartment was nice; it's downtown and just a short walk to work.  It would be with two girls.  The girl I met talked really fast, so I had trouble understanding her, but the place was nice and the location is ideal. 
Going to the second apartment was a total disaster.  I got a message back from this place asking if noon worked, so I replied and said was, but got nothing back.  I guess they didn't get it in time, but we went searching for it anyway.  I figured they got it and were going to send more information.  Did I mention I only had the street name and postal code?  Haha!  So Benny and I walked up and down the street, but it was a no success.  By this time I was frustrated with myself for not getting all the info.  Oh well, we headed to the third place.
The third place I had a phone number, exact address and confirmation of the meeting... this was going to be a winner (and it was).  We arrived and met the landlords, which were really nice.  They talked slow for me and showed me the whole place.  The building I viewed had two apartments with three and four roommates.  The location is outside of town and I would need to hop on a train daily, but it's much better than coming from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe and back everyday where DB offered me an apartment.  So, I wouldn't mind living outside of the city.  The room would be furnished!  SCORE :D  It's also cheaper than the downtown apt clearly.  We will see Wednesday where I will live for 6 months.  Exciting stuff. 

Well folks, I will log off here and go and view the city of Koeln while I am here.  I'll upload pictures of it next time.
Tschuess!