My time with our class is up and now I am off on my own. It is sad to think that my days with USF are now officially over... Every closed door brings a opened one. Anyhow I find myself in a small village near Stutttgart called Heiligenzimmern and I have just met family that I have never met in my life before. A very small town and extremely German, from its own beer to a large and very elegant chuch! It is picture like, nestled between two large mountains, surrounded by fields and thick forrest. They are extremely hospitable and do everything in an extreme German fashion. Such as coffee and cake every afternoon and breakfast with pork, cheese, and ham, as well as eating pleanty of pork. They run a large pig farm here and own most of the town's fields. An interesting fact is that only one of them speaks english so it has been a challengeing time to communicate, but the little German I learned in class is being put to use and is helping a great deal. The past few days with them have been amazing, from a 165mph ride on the autobahn, to seeing a technology muesum, to visitng a castle and concert there, as well as going to a nuclear fission laboratory! All very exciting and interesting! I was also able to get a hold of a mountain bike here and I have been riding all over the place here, there is many mountains around here and bike trails all over them here in the Black Forrest. I am very thankful for everything my family here has done for me and it has really opened my eyes to my German heritage as this is the town where my family has been for hundreds of years. Next stop after this is to Munich and visitng my father's side of the family! I'll share that soon!