So this is my last post! Tomorrow will dawn bright and early and I will not get on line...
We leave at 11:30am here and 4:30am in Gulfport. We get to Gulfport at 10:30pm. So we will be flying all day and I will be working on my English homework...joy to the world! haha! just kidding!
I'm looking foward to being home but not so much to leaving Germany! It was an overall amazing trip! I'm looking foward to them coming to Gulfport!
I may or may not be at school on Friday... I may come for the pep rally...and maybe get some make-up work! Anyways...home bound tomorrow! :)
peace!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wednesday...last day here.. :(
Today is the last day we are in Germany! Tomorrow we get on a jet plane and go home!
Today was foreign language day at Carl Bechstein! It was really cool...all the kids had different activities to do and they had to do all of them in English! That was nice becasue we could understand! FINALLY! It was great! We also helped them with some stuff because we are "native speakers." It was funny..I've never been called a native speaker before so I was enjoying it! oh! I finally got to correct an English teacher instead of her correcting me! It was sooo nice! :) (She spelled first-aid kit wrong...) haha!
So then we came home and I packed a little bit...very saddening. Then I took a nap! It was a nice nap! haha! Took some photos with Marie's family and now we are about to go to a farewell party! All of our group is meeting at someone's house and eating and partying and so on... I think afterwards a lot of the kids are going to Berlin to a bar or club or something...i'm not really sure what and I don't know if me and Marie are going...
It was an intresting day and it will be a fun night! :)
peace!
Today was foreign language day at Carl Bechstein! It was really cool...all the kids had different activities to do and they had to do all of them in English! That was nice becasue we could understand! FINALLY! It was great! We also helped them with some stuff because we are "native speakers." It was funny..I've never been called a native speaker before so I was enjoying it! oh! I finally got to correct an English teacher instead of her correcting me! It was sooo nice! :) (She spelled first-aid kit wrong...) haha!
So then we came home and I packed a little bit...very saddening. Then I took a nap! It was a nice nap! haha! Took some photos with Marie's family and now we are about to go to a farewell party! All of our group is meeting at someone's house and eating and partying and so on... I think afterwards a lot of the kids are going to Berlin to a bar or club or something...i'm not really sure what and I don't know if me and Marie are going...
It was an intresting day and it will be a fun night! :)
peace!
Tuesday...super long fun day!
Tuesday was sooooooooooooooo long! Also a little stressful!
It started with a trip to Berlin. We went to a technology center... It was ok. A little more entertaining then the other one we went to. Still pretty boring but we got to see some cool robot stuff...
Then we went shopping...i got the rest of the gifts I needed to get for my family and friends! However...shopping was a little stressful because we had a time crunch! We had to make it back to Erkner with time to get ready and then go back to Berlin!
Tuesday night we went and saw the ballet Snowwhite! So...it started with us getting ready and rushing out of the house... So we thought we were going to be late for the train...turns out the train was 15 min. late! So ha! forget being late for the train... However, the whole train ride to the ballet the guys with us were hoping that the train was late enough for us to miss getting into the ballet (when the doors close at 7:30...they really close...and don't open back up.). The play was really cool...there were a bunch of guys in tights. One guy had a really big butt... Oh! So in one scene there was a deer that came out...she was completely topless. Welcome to Europe. It was gross...the guys loved it. Really great dancing throughout the ballet!
So yeah...then we caught the train home really late. I was tired and went to sleep. Guten nacht.
peace!
It started with a trip to Berlin. We went to a technology center... It was ok. A little more entertaining then the other one we went to. Still pretty boring but we got to see some cool robot stuff...
Then we went shopping...i got the rest of the gifts I needed to get for my family and friends! However...shopping was a little stressful because we had a time crunch! We had to make it back to Erkner with time to get ready and then go back to Berlin!
Tuesday night we went and saw the ballet Snowwhite! So...it started with us getting ready and rushing out of the house... So we thought we were going to be late for the train...turns out the train was 15 min. late! So ha! forget being late for the train... However, the whole train ride to the ballet the guys with us were hoping that the train was late enough for us to miss getting into the ballet (when the doors close at 7:30...they really close...and don't open back up.). The play was really cool...there were a bunch of guys in tights. One guy had a really big butt... Oh! So in one scene there was a deer that came out...she was completely topless. Welcome to Europe. It was gross...the guys loved it. Really great dancing throughout the ballet!
So yeah...then we caught the train home really late. I was tired and went to sleep. Guten nacht.
peace!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday a.k.a. boring day...
Alright...so today was pretty boring...well at least the end was!
It started with a tour of Berlin! That was pretty cool! Berlin has a very intresting past! If ever I have to do a report about a city I will do it on Berlin! Our tour guide was really funny! He was Canadian and really cute! haha! He knew a lot about Berlin and that was really cool! Also he didn't try to completely earse Hitler from history like some of our other tour guides have...
We saw the place where 20,000 books were burned when the Natzi's took power, the hotel where Micheal Jackson held his baby over the rail, the bunker where Hitler killed himself (which now has a bunch of hotels over it...), the t.v. tower, the memorial for murder Jews in Eruope (a.k.a. the holocaust mesum), Checkpoint Charlie again... All really intresting places... Berlin's history is still very evident...
By the way...we did all of this in the rain...and cold....and rain. it was pleasent. not.
Then we went on a bus, a train, and another train to a technology park...It was really boring... You see what had happened was...we were walking around outside in the cold....and then they brought us into a warm building...and let us sit...while he went on and on in a sweet little rythmeic accent that you couldn't really understand.... it was pleasent and put us to sleep pretty quickly... even the adults were having a hard time staying awake...besides Mr. Gunkel who was sitting right in front of the guy! haha!
Then he made us get up and walk around the area...in the rain. pleasent. This is how that went...(i'm really quoting..not making this up...) "and...uh...this building...here...is...uh...oh...the "something german" building for....uh......" He would finish that and then we would nod our heads and go yeah...
We did see a really cool robot thingy but that was by someone else...i posted a video with it maybe...? too tired...
Alright...really tired! Tomorrow we go to the ballet! yeah! Also it will be below freezing...yeah...not.
frieden. (peace.)
It started with a tour of Berlin! That was pretty cool! Berlin has a very intresting past! If ever I have to do a report about a city I will do it on Berlin! Our tour guide was really funny! He was Canadian and really cute! haha! He knew a lot about Berlin and that was really cool! Also he didn't try to completely earse Hitler from history like some of our other tour guides have...
We saw the place where 20,000 books were burned when the Natzi's took power, the hotel where Micheal Jackson held his baby over the rail, the bunker where Hitler killed himself (which now has a bunch of hotels over it...), the t.v. tower, the memorial for murder Jews in Eruope (a.k.a. the holocaust mesum), Checkpoint Charlie again... All really intresting places... Berlin's history is still very evident...
By the way...we did all of this in the rain...and cold....and rain. it was pleasent. not.
Then we went on a bus, a train, and another train to a technology park...It was really boring... You see what had happened was...we were walking around outside in the cold....and then they brought us into a warm building...and let us sit...while he went on and on in a sweet little rythmeic accent that you couldn't really understand.... it was pleasent and put us to sleep pretty quickly... even the adults were having a hard time staying awake...besides Mr. Gunkel who was sitting right in front of the guy! haha!
Then he made us get up and walk around the area...in the rain. pleasent. This is how that went...(i'm really quoting..not making this up...) "and...uh...this building...here...is...uh...oh...the "something german" building for....uh......" He would finish that and then we would nod our heads and go yeah...
We did see a really cool robot thingy but that was by someone else...i posted a video with it maybe...? too tired...
Alright...really tired! Tomorrow we go to the ballet! yeah! Also it will be below freezing...yeah...not.
frieden. (peace.)
Actually on Sunday...
Alright...feeling much better!
Sunday we woke up and drove to Berlin! That was scccaaarrryyy.... 100kph on a very narrow one way road...scary! AHH! But it was fun! haha!
After we got to Berlin we stopped and saw the East Side Gallery a.k.a. The old Berlin Wall! That was really cool... They have turned the wall into a memorial kind of... Where a bunch of artists have painted murals onto the wall... The one I posted with this is really intresting... The first little window shows the Berlin and the Berlin wall... the second window shows everywhere and I don't think there is really a wall there...and then the third one shows china and the Great Wall of China and the last one shows Moscow 
and the wall there... and then at the end it says...wouldn't it be nice to live without walls? What a message!
and the wall there... and then at the end it says...wouldn't it be nice to live without walls? What a message!After we saw the wall...we drove around Berlin for a little while and then went to Checkpoint Charlie... that was really cool.... I got a picture at it! See?? >>>
I know it's with a british soldier but oh well! It was still really cool!
That was pretty much all we did Sunday... it was a long day with lots of walking pretty much! Tons of fun!
The food here is pretty intresting...i think it's making me sick though...not good! :(
Alright...moving on to today...
peace!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Zoo Day!
So I can't keep track of the days anymore so each day will have a nickname! Today is zoo day because we went to the zoo today! duh! haha!
The zoo was amazing! I had sooo much fun! We got to ride on the train again! YAY! That's always fun! :) I've had a great time with the trains so far! They are a lot of fun! :)
At the zoo we got to see a panda! They fed it while we were there! It was really cool! We also got to see Knut! Knut is the only polar bear in the world bred in captivity! That was really cool! We also say a bunch of other animals that we don't have at the zoo in New Orleans! It was a lot of fun! We also went to the aquarium...that's pretty much the same as the aquarium in New Orleans...they had a few more different fish from Asia that were pretty intresting looking! They also had black tip sharks in there! I told Marie that we fish and eat those in MS...she thought I was kidding! It was soo funny! :)
I also saw my dad at the zoo! See him in the picture! HAHAHA! :) Today was a lot of fun! We went and hung out with everyone else and watched the Germany vs. Russia Soccer game! Germany won! YAY!
So there a couple of differences I've discovered so far...
One is the toliets... I'm enjoying trying to figure out how to flush them! It's often a five minute process! HAHA! The bathrooms here are almost the same size as the bed rooms! It's pretty amazing! So going to the bathrooms is a pretty entertaining thing! Also..when you are out in public you have to pay to use the restroom! That's soo wierd!
The food is different! Some of it I like...some not so much! Curry apparently makes me sick because I have had it twice and it made me sick both times! My stomach has been in constant turmoil while we have been here...it can't decide wheather it likes it here or not!
They listen to American music! So far I have heard: Britney Spears, Rihana, Lady Gaga, Kayne West, Usher, Beyonce and I know some more I just can't think of any right now!
Transportation here is intresting! I love the trains! They are soo much fun! Car rides are SCARY!!!! I'm cringing and holding on to the door for dear life! The sad part is..I'm not kidding. It really does scare me! Also...since we've been here I have seen two SUV's and no trucks! Lots of little automatic cars though!
The school systems are a little different...here's something I said earlier...becasue I don't feel like reexplaining it! .... There are 13 grades instead of 12. There are also two different school systems... One is an acadmeic school system and the other is a vocational/technical school system. At the end of grade 7 they take a test and it decides what school system they will enter! Really different from the U.S. I haven't really figured out which is better... I know we are doing our exchange with a gymnasium (the academic school system)! They go to school starting at 8am and get out at 2,3, or 4 depending on their classes! (They stay after school very, very seldomly...) There are private schools but I don't know much about them... They go to school longer then 180 days... Their holidays are really strange... They get random two weeks off and then they have six weeks off in the summer... Students are about the same age as in our schools.. Subjects in the academic schools are about the same as in the U.S.. Although they have more langages... (All of the kids here speak EXCELLENT English! It's AMAZING!) The vocational/technical schools are a little different...ummm...a lot different...
We are going to a meusum tomorrow...the Story of Berlin!
No ice in drinks is a change I wasn't expecting! Hot coke is nasty! yuck! Still can't get over this! I finally got some normal water though! Thank goodness for that!
I miss home! As much as I'm loving it here...I'm ready to go home! I want to see Momma and Daddy and even annoying Amber and Chrissy! Hayden and Julie I really miss also! I also miss American food!!!!!!!! I feel bad in the morning when I don't eat much and Marie is tryin to feed me! I just don't eat much in the morning!
Alright...enough for now! Soon it will be bed time!
peace.
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