3, 2, 1, Contact

So I mentioned earlier that making friends here seems difficult. I think I forgot to mention why. Our very first day here, the directors explained to us the difference between coconuts and peaches. Coconuts have a hard outershell, but are soft and mushy on the outside. Peaches are opposite. Of course this was a metaphor for Germans vs Americans. Germans are the coconuts. So after this introduction, things because a little more daunting.
Today, however, I made an attempt with the German world of students. IT is very common to sit at a table with people you don't know in the school cafeteria. I ate without the rest of the KIIS group, so I made myself comfortable. Shortly after, a group of guys sat down next to me. Now, let me just say that getting food at the Mensa is something like Russian roulette. A week or so ago, they had something labeled as "American Schnitzel". I honestly didn't know there was such a thing. And if there was, I certainly didn't think it would be covered in a gravy that had corn and beans. Moving on. Today, I got what I thought was some sort of pasta with vegetables and sauerkraut. Well, it wasn't pasta, so I attempted to ask the guys sitting next to me what it was. The guy sitting directly next to me gave me a side long glance and said nothing. The guy opposite me asked me if I spoke French, which was actually pretty cool, and better than him thinking I'm American, I think. He gave me a very brief description, and that was that. No other conversation. It was some kind of potato thing, any how.