started, however a lot classes here don't start until next week. All but one of my courses start this week :-) Today I had "Security Communities and the Critics." This class is taught in English and its going to be really interesting. Its a very small seminar, with only about 8 students so it will require a lot of participation from all of us. We discussed the topic of the course and debated a little bit. It should be very interesting and a great course to add as part of my degree. And I would have taken this course whether it taught in English or German, so no negative comments from any of you! :-) Next week Monday starts my course on, thats right you guessed it, "Sex and the City." This course will be taught in German and I'm taking it with my friend Laura. I cannot wait to see what will be required of me for this class...if its too much I may consider dropping it, but we'll just have 
to see how it works out :-) This week I also have Politics of the EU, A United Nations course (focusing on the rights of a child), Intercultural Learning, Political Myths, and German Foreign Policy. I'm probably going to drop one or two of these courses, depending on the amount of credits and work each one is.On a different note, this past Friday I travelled to Heidelberg with some friends. It is about a hour and a half from Frankfurt via
train. Heidelberg is a quaint German town on the Neckar river. It is known for its Castle and beautiful Altstadt. Pictures are on facebook, but I'll include a few here as well. We arrived around 10:30am and got some food. Around noon we made our
way up to the castle and spent a while walking around, exploring, taking
pictures, and of course laying out in the sun. Afterwards we walked around the Altstadt and had some coffee and cake. We wandered around for a bit more, then decided to make our way back to Frankfurt. It was a fantastic afternoon and it was nice to experience something a bit
different than what would be found in Frankfurt.
