I Belong Here

I went out with six of my classmates tonight. We met at Caribou Coffee downtown at 8:00; I had a peach dream, or something like that. Around 9:30, we transferred over to Top of the Hill for drinks. I had a Blue Ridge Blue Wheat; it was excellent. A little about each of them:

Bastian - an outgoing, nice German guy who organized the get-together; has lived for half a year in Peru working for the Germany Embassy; also visited Chile, which he preferred to Peru; going to Bath then Madrid; once on an underwater rugby team
Svea - absolutely gorgeous girl from Hamburg; goes to school in Hannover, is only here for a semester; big fan of Schalke 04; doesn't like HSV; nervous about her English skills; like the Eagles and Dixie Chicks and Jurassic Five; not a big Rammstein fan, but likes Clueso; will have never been away from home as long as she is going to be this semester; her dad worked in Richmond, VA when she was a baby. Her family lived there for a year, but she doesn't remember it; once got her picture taken in front of the White House while she was asleep; seems interested in going to UNC football and basketball games
Frank - has bounced around between FL and NC, I think; went to three undergrad schools in the Asheville area; really big into IT stuff; married; going to Barcelona; looking for summer internship in DC; really, really motivated about school
Mary - originally from the Triangle area, went to undergrad at UNC; has a serious boyfriend in Florida; worked in Moldova for the Peace Corps;
Megan - quite a fascinating girl; originally from Chattanooga; spent a year in Ostrava, Czech Republic following high school; did undergrad at Macalester (sp?) College in St. Paul; worked as an English teacher for a year in Brno, Czech Republic; has spent time in Romania; plays rollerderby
Matt - from middle Michigan; a raft guide; very outdoorsy it seems; didn't get a chance to talk to him as much, as he was on the opposite end of the table.

What an amazing group of people.