Greetings from Germany!

Hello, and thanks for the responses!

Although in reality I live in a region called "the Eifel", it's not all that exciting around here, so I try and go to Cologne at least once a week. I was there yesterday with my boyfriend who lives in Aachen (also a beautiful city; I might move there in October) and  I just love being around so many people! The city is my favorite place to be. Good stores, nice scenery, and having a Dom Kölsch on the steps to the Kölner Dom is a great way to end the day

An au pair job is actually what got me over here in the first place. I'm also intending to start school here in April 2010, and I thought working here for a year first would give me a better idea if I really could imagine staying in a foreign country for so long. I also spent a month in Berlin last summer, but have to say I prefer west Germany, though I'm planning to study in the north, in Kiel.

I'm here for a change of scenery too; I love California, but I wanted something new. The process of managing to stay here and go to school are however more difficult than I at first expected; Germany is a rather bureaucratic country.

what do you plan on doing in Germany?