Hallo Readers,
This week is Euro Tour. I am so excited but with this long trip also brings a lot of things I still have to do. I have finished my speech I have to give. It unfortunately it is only 3 and half min long when it should be 5 min long. I have successfully thrown all of the clothes that I want to take on the trip on top of my suitcase and that is as far as packing will get until Thursday. The trip begins on Friday. I wil take a train early in the morning and travel to northern Germany. That night all of the exchange students will sleep in a hotel. On Saturday the real trip begins. Jaque and I are not going on the same trips together. There is two buses going in opposite directions. I am going east first starting with Prague, then Budapest, then Vienna, Salzburg,Venice, Rome, Florence, Nice ,Monoca, Avignon, Paris, Bruges, and finally Brussles. Jaque will start with Brussles. All of the exchange students will meet in Rome. It is will take 3 weeks starting Friday. I am so excited and I can't believe it is really happening.
I have found a 3rd family. I will be moving in with them the end of April during our vacations. I have one sister,14. I don't really know that much about them yet. They were over to my house now to have coffee and we only talked for a little bit. I am not going to be living to far from where I live now. As I now have to think about how I am going to get everything out of my room to move into a new house I have realized there is no way I am going to make weight requirements at the airport in July. I am going to have to do some major spring cleaning and send a huge box back home. Ok well that about wraps up my rambling for today. You wont hear from me until after the tour but I will have tons of great stories to write about
Much love
Allysa
Monday, March 14, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
6 months down.
Hallo,
Yesterday was my 6 month anniversary in Germany. (: I haven't done to much other than school since the last time I blogged. This week I am on vacation from school so on Wednesday I went with my host family to a neighboring village. There was a huge hill with a castle on the top. Luckily we got to a ride a bus to the to. It was so pretty you could see the whole town from the very top of the hill. Inside of the castle were 2 museums. One was full of facts and pictures about the history of the castle and the people who lived there just like any other museum. In the middle of the tour we saw a flag and the story behind it says that a military group of men from Bayreuth and the the neighboring town were sent to the U.S. They brought it with them and they worked with people at Westpoint in Virginia. The one here in Germany is a replica and the original is at Westpoint. This was intersting to me. There was also a chart of the royal families in Europe and how all of the are related. The other museum was all about little tin figurines. There was every kind of scene you could think of. They had one of a valley in Africa from wars in Europe, to pirates taking over a ship. Yesterday I went to Nurnberg to meet with 2 other exchange girls to go shopping for Euro Tour.. Which by the way is in 8 days! I am getting so excited but I still don't have my camera fixed. It is on my to-do list before next week. Next Tuesday or Wednesday I will post my itenerary for the Tour. I am not sure how much blogging will actually get done on tour but I will give it my best shot. I will be writing everything down every day. So I can also blog when I get back. My speech I have to give on the tour is almost complete. It is suppose to be 5 min long in German. I timed myself reading it yesterday and it was about 2 min 30 sec. I am going to have to talk super super slow... If there is any questions that anyone wants me to answer about Germany comment on here and I will make sure to answer it in the next few blogs.
Until next time,
Auf wiedersehen
Allysa
Yesterday was my 6 month anniversary in Germany. (: I haven't done to much other than school since the last time I blogged. This week I am on vacation from school so on Wednesday I went with my host family to a neighboring village. There was a huge hill with a castle on the top. Luckily we got to a ride a bus to the to. It was so pretty you could see the whole town from the very top of the hill. Inside of the castle were 2 museums. One was full of facts and pictures about the history of the castle and the people who lived there just like any other museum. In the middle of the tour we saw a flag and the story behind it says that a military group of men from Bayreuth and the the neighboring town were sent to the U.S. They brought it with them and they worked with people at Westpoint in Virginia. The one here in Germany is a replica and the original is at Westpoint. This was intersting to me. There was also a chart of the royal families in Europe and how all of the are related. The other museum was all about little tin figurines. There was every kind of scene you could think of. They had one of a valley in Africa from wars in Europe, to pirates taking over a ship. Yesterday I went to Nurnberg to meet with 2 other exchange girls to go shopping for Euro Tour.. Which by the way is in 8 days! I am getting so excited but I still don't have my camera fixed. It is on my to-do list before next week. Next Tuesday or Wednesday I will post my itenerary for the Tour. I am not sure how much blogging will actually get done on tour but I will give it my best shot. I will be writing everything down every day. So I can also blog when I get back. My speech I have to give on the tour is almost complete. It is suppose to be 5 min long in German. I timed myself reading it yesterday and it was about 2 min 30 sec. I am going to have to talk super super slow... If there is any questions that anyone wants me to answer about Germany comment on here and I will make sure to answer it in the next few blogs.
Until next time,
Auf wiedersehen
Allysa
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March
Hello all,
As usual I have not been very good with the whole blogging. I am excited to say it is March. Here in Germany it is pretty much spring. We have had the most beautiful weather. Today I didnt have to wear my winter jacket for the first time since November. I have a countdown on my calender for Euro Tour. Next week I will post my agenda for the 3 weeks all of the places I will be going, seeing and everything.
I still have a list of things I need to finish before this whole EuroTour gets under way. Most importantly I have a speech to write all in German. It is so difficult. I am sure I would have trouble with it if it were in English. My English class still thinks that I don't know anything because I couldn't tell them what the "American Dream" is. I am still not so sure. I had to write the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr. on the board infront of everyone. It was the most nerve racking thing I had to do. There are some very difficult words in that speech. I also had to clarify some of the metaphors which is also difficult. It is not that I don't know about the information or that I don't understand it is that i don't know how to make it simple. I am finally used to only eating bread with salami at dinner time here. I have finished my U.S History class online for a credit to graduate. My german is improving everyday. Yesterday I bought the second edition to my workbook in german. Tomorrow I am meeting with my counselor and his wife. As usual I am so excited I can barely wait. School is well still school. I got information about going on a school trip with my class to Berlin the week before I come back to the U.S.. Oh yeah and most importantly I have my official date to come back
JULY 28th, 2011!!! I will be coming into Des Moines farely late. That next day I already have a family brunch planned. It also happens to be County Fair time. I am so excited. My mother has the official countdown on that one. I am sure she would be more than happy to tell anyone who wants to know.
Oh and in my spare time I have watched 5 movies in the past 3 days, I have listened to every song on my itunes at least 10 times I can't listen to them anymore and I have read almost every magazine in my host family's house.
That is all . Kind of a cheese blog but think of it more as an update,
Until next time
Allysa
As usual I have not been very good with the whole blogging. I am excited to say it is March. Here in Germany it is pretty much spring. We have had the most beautiful weather. Today I didnt have to wear my winter jacket for the first time since November. I have a countdown on my calender for Euro Tour. Next week I will post my agenda for the 3 weeks all of the places I will be going, seeing and everything.
I still have a list of things I need to finish before this whole EuroTour gets under way. Most importantly I have a speech to write all in German. It is so difficult. I am sure I would have trouble with it if it were in English. My English class still thinks that I don't know anything because I couldn't tell them what the "American Dream" is. I am still not so sure. I had to write the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr. on the board infront of everyone. It was the most nerve racking thing I had to do. There are some very difficult words in that speech. I also had to clarify some of the metaphors which is also difficult. It is not that I don't know about the information or that I don't understand it is that i don't know how to make it simple. I am finally used to only eating bread with salami at dinner time here. I have finished my U.S History class online for a credit to graduate. My german is improving everyday. Yesterday I bought the second edition to my workbook in german. Tomorrow I am meeting with my counselor and his wife. As usual I am so excited I can barely wait. School is well still school. I got information about going on a school trip with my class to Berlin the week before I come back to the U.S.. Oh yeah and most importantly I have my official date to come back
JULY 28th, 2011!!! I will be coming into Des Moines farely late. That next day I already have a family brunch planned. It also happens to be County Fair time. I am so excited. My mother has the official countdown on that one. I am sure she would be more than happy to tell anyone who wants to know.
Oh and in my spare time I have watched 5 movies in the past 3 days, I have listened to every song on my itunes at least 10 times I can't listen to them anymore and I have read almost every magazine in my host family's house.
That is all . Kind of a cheese blog but think of it more as an update,
Until next time
Allysa
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