Five Days Left

Hello, Hello,

As stated above, there are only five days left before i fly away to the east coast and then to the Motherland, Germany.

While in Washington D.C., i will be meeting the other CBYX scholarship winners and touring our nation's capital. It should be interesting. I only hope i get to room with someone mildly interesting, attractive, good at conversation, and resilient. In short: someone like myself.

So, i've got all my clothes in order and all my technology goods in line too. As for now, i am only reconsidering using my suitcase. 

There are two really awesome suitcases i will be examining later tonight. 

1. Tumi T Tech Polycarbonate 22''

2. Samsonite Black Label X-Lite Hardside Upright 22''

The Samsonite costs  A LOT!! more than the Tumi, but it has definite bling factor with it's pressed fiber shell construction, leather piping, and aluminum reinforcement.

The Tumi is just as good and even a bit larger. It tops out at the max. linear inches(the sum of length, width, and height) for most domestic airlines, 45. Southwest allows 50 linear inches, and most international flights allow slightly larger suitcases.

Bis spaeter, Until later,

Joe the Cat

Paris Hilton or Eva Gabor?

Hallo Leser,

Well,  "Green Acres We Are There!!!!"

It appears Joe the Cat will find himself on a farm in Southern Germany during his year away. I'm very excited to be far away from a big city, although i know that this life will be quite different from the one i have known for so long. In my free time, i expect to be shoveling manure and speaking Swabian Dialect to cows. Cows have lovely brown eyes. Have you ever gazed deeply into a cow's glassy brown eyes? If you haven't, you should sometime.

That's really all for now. I should be going to a school nearby my future home. I'm quite anxious to go, a little unsure, naturally nervous, but definitely ready. 

Next time i write, i should have equipped myself with a few good pieces of winter clothing.

Best Meows,

Joe the Cat

Oh, The Marvelous Things I Will Bring!

(L-R) Scott's Tumi, Joe the Cat's Tumi

Travel Expert, Peter Greenberg, says there are only two types of luggage, carryon and lost.

Hopefully, i won't have to check a bag because I'm a sentimentalist, and everything has some inherent intangible value in it for me. So, I will take most of my necessities with me and any clothing i need later on can be shipped to me from the US. 

However, i plan on buying clothes in Germany so i can have an even more Euro look as i wander and stumble down German streets bobbing my head to the insidious disko beats. I plan to at least see what German diskos are like and probably visit a teeny-bopper one. Yes, those Germans start early when it comes to clubbing, but don't think for a minute I'll be leaving my drink unattended. No, Sirree. 

We'll have to wait and see whether German Diskos are really horrible, as Conan O'Brien claims,  whether they are oasises of the underground art scene and subterranean intelligence, and whether or not I will be able to dance for four hours straight and not hear any–any at all–Kelly Clarkson. 

Because Everyone knows superheroine of all little girls with no self esteem, Kelly Clarkson, doesn't sing. She spews words from her gustative orifice.

Germany Or Bust!

Dear Reader,

news has arrived although not much of it! 

Joe the Cat will be striding onto a Germany-bound Flugzeug on August 6, departing from Washington DC. While in Washington, fellow CBYX scholars and I will tour this great nation's capital. Joe the Cat will be attending a meeting at the State Department and doing something, I don't know exactly what just yet, at the Education and Culture Bureau. In any case, I have to fill out and mail in a form and presumably be patted down upon entering the building. Wuppee!

Kindest Meows,

Joe the Cat

Die Absicht (The Purpose)

THE PURPOSE

This blog was created to chronicle my experiences during a school year spent abroad in Germany as a CBYX Scholarship winner. Life as it has been will never be the same again. Look forward to pictures, stories, humorous miscommunications, cultural exploration, and downright fun recounted in glorious English as well as some German. The portentous question now: Can you handle this?

Fasten your faculty retainment belts, polygrip your dentures, keep your mind inside the blog at all times, and get ready for an awesome ride. I hope you enjoy it as much as I.

Sincerely,

Joe the Cat