Die Aufenthaltserlaubnis

Today started out with us all trying desperately to get to Ludgeriplatz at 8:15 in the morning. For me, this meant that I had to leave at about 7:30, which is normally when I'd be showering. But this was ok because there were some neat ice crystals on the wall of the bus stop enclosure.

(Bad picture, I know, but it's what I've got)
Being a different bus stop, I looked at the bus schedule last night in order to figure out what exactly to do bus-wise. Well it turns out that was not very useful. Because there's construction going on in the downtown area, bus routes are changed a little bit. I ended up getting off the bus at the Bahnhof, where the route ended, at 8:08. This means I got to run the four blocks or so to Ludgeriplatz. It ended up ok though since I wasn't the last one there.
We had to go to this government building on this roundabout to get our Aufenthaltserlaubnisse, our residence permits. We had previously filled out two forms for this process and now we were going in to have them dealt with. That went surprisingly smoothly-the lady taking care of it was really nice-until her computer froze. We ended up not finishing everyone's paperwork. I was one of the lucky ones, but some others, including Jake, have to go back sometime next week.
In other news, today is the end of the first week of classes. It has gone well for me, and I believe Jake would say the same. There's kind of an obligation to dislike Paideia, religion is at this point still uncertain, and German grammar is much better than it sounds. Now I just have to figure out something to do this weekend.
Bis später,
Marcus