Venice, Italy one of the most pretty cities on the tour. To start off we had to take a boat ride to get to the city. Which is totally awesome and the only way of transportation is walking or taking a taxi boat. They also had so many gondolas and personal boats in the waterways through the city. The hostel we stayed in was seperated boys on one side girls on the other. The rooms were one big room with lots of beds spread out. This was very fun because all of us could be together the whole night. In the restaurant we ate at they only serves fish this would have been fantastic other than the fact I don't eat fish. Everyone said it was really good. Something in Italy I noticed was that the appetizer was like a full plate of Noodles and then you got your actual meal. It was always so much food and afterwards we couldn't possibly say no to the dessert. In the city streets there wasn't much space to walk because most of the streets were only like little passage ways. They also had big streets but the majority were little streets. In the Venice I went on a gondola ride with 4 other girls in my tour. We went through the city for 45 min. It was the coolest thing ever the man we had wore a striped shirt and that little hat. He was also very good looking. On the boat ride he also sang one song in Italian. We only stayed the one night in Venice and then were off to Rome.
To get to Rome we had to sleep on the bus overnight this was one of the worst nights of sleep but it was totally worth it. Once we got to Rome we toured a little section of the city on the way home we missed the last bus and had to be taken back in groups with the Rotexer car. I will write next time all about Rome that I don't have to split the days we spent in Rome up.
Until next time,
Allysa
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friendship Fair
On Wednesday the 25th of May I got the chance to skype the Southeast Warren Elementary school during their friendship fair. All of the kids had spent an amount of time learning about Germany and its culture. I got to skype with one class at a time and talk to them about living here and what some of the differences are between the two countries. After talking a little bit and showing them some money, a bus pass, and little souveniers they all got to ask me questions of their choice. It was so cute. I got asked a lot of things but some of the ones the stuck out the most to me were the following:
Do they have tvs in Germany?
Do they have horses?
What is your favorite color? I answered in German to this one and they told me what it was in English.
What does your house look like?
Do they have a ton of German Shepards?
Favorite Number in German?
How do the Germans pronounce my name?
Whether I live in east or west Germany.
Have you seen the Berlin fence?
What was my biggest Challenage in Germany?
Do you have to be a good student to go to another country?
If soccer is the national sport.
What is my favorite food in Germany.
Why did you want to go to Germany.
and to finish What is your favorite thing about being in Germany?
Some of these were very easy for me to answer but some of them I really had to think about. It was such a good experience for me and I would do it a million times over if I could. At first I was super nervous and wasn't sure what I was going to say exactly but the longer I kept talking the more comfortable I got.
I would really just like to thank the Southeast Warren staff that let me be a part of the Friendship Fair. I hope that the little ones seeing me sparks a little fire inside of that says they can do whatever they want if they believe and make it happen. There is so much more out there than small town Iowa. There is a whole other world just waiting to be discovered.
Until next time. Allysa Spear
Do they have tvs in Germany?
Do they have horses?
What is your favorite color? I answered in German to this one and they told me what it was in English.
What does your house look like?
Do they have a ton of German Shepards?
Favorite Number in German?
How do the Germans pronounce my name?
Whether I live in east or west Germany.
Have you seen the Berlin fence?
What was my biggest Challenage in Germany?
Do you have to be a good student to go to another country?
If soccer is the national sport.
What is my favorite food in Germany.
Why did you want to go to Germany.
and to finish What is your favorite thing about being in Germany?
Some of these were very easy for me to answer but some of them I really had to think about. It was such a good experience for me and I would do it a million times over if I could. At first I was super nervous and wasn't sure what I was going to say exactly but the longer I kept talking the more comfortable I got.
I would really just like to thank the Southeast Warren staff that let me be a part of the Friendship Fair. I hope that the little ones seeing me sparks a little fire inside of that says they can do whatever they want if they believe and make it happen. There is so much more out there than small town Iowa. There is a whole other world just waiting to be discovered.
Until next time. Allysa Spear
Euro Tour Part 3
The bus ride to get to Vienna was not a long one because I slept the entire way there. A little ways before we were actually into the city we stopped at a big outlet mall. I decided not to buy clothes and things that I really didn't need so me and 3 other girls went to Starbucks had a coffee and sat there for 2 hours chit-chatting. The first stop in the city was a yellow palace. We walked around the whole thing finding out tons of information, getting gifts for family and friends back home and then were off to spend the night sitting outside talking with everyone at the hostel. The next day we went to Stephans Dome and then had the complete day full of free time. Everyone split up ino seperate groups. The Brazilians tried to earn money by singing and playing music until they got told by the cops that it wasn't allowed to do that where they were at. After Vienna we were off to Salzburg through the Alps. This was the most beautiful bus ride the whole trip. We went directly through all of the huge mountains full of white snow at their tops. In Salzburg we went got a tour in a salt mine. We all had to put on jumpsuits so that we woulnd't ruin our clothes. We were on a train most of the way in and then in the middle we got off and then slid down a slide adn got photos taken. We then got back on the train and went a little further and got into a boat. I was a little bit scared because it was so dark that we couldn't see where we were going. At the end of the boat ride we got to taste a little bit of the water. It was so salty and not at all good. Then we got on the train for the last time and went back out of the mine. After the mine we went into the city for a tour. We got to see a lot of things about Motzart. After that we all went to the hostel to once again spend time with each other.
Next stop Venice, Italy.
Allysa Spear
Next stop Venice, Italy.
Allysa Spear
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Kindergarten
I'm going to take a little break from writing about Euro tour to tell you about my Easter Break in Germany. Well first thing that is very differnt is that we have 2 weeks vacation. In those two weeks Jaque and I worked in a kindergarten. It was like an internship, we worked with the kids, we played with them, we read books, told about our contries and most importantly had to speak German the whole time.
When I had to tell the little kids about the USA I first explained everything in English. All of the little kids were wide eyed and didn't really know what to think after a minuet or two I then translated what I had said into German. They were all just kind of in shock and didn't really have to many questions for me. We got out the globe and showed them just how far Germany is away from Iowa.
This was also a good experience in helping with my German. I had to use only german and couldn't use an english word when I didn't understand because the kids only know German instead I had to explain what I was trying to tell them or have them do. The children were very good at telling long stories and very fast. I was always reminding them to speak slower and they would for about 3 words then they would continue to speak fast again.
I really enjoyed the two weeks that I worked there. I am planning on going back at the end of July right before I come back to Iowa. I am trying to upload 3 pictures but it is not working. I will try again tomorrow.
Allysa
When I had to tell the little kids about the USA I first explained everything in English. All of the little kids were wide eyed and didn't really know what to think after a minuet or two I then translated what I had said into German. They were all just kind of in shock and didn't really have to many questions for me. We got out the globe and showed them just how far Germany is away from Iowa.
This was also a good experience in helping with my German. I had to use only german and couldn't use an english word when I didn't understand because the kids only know German instead I had to explain what I was trying to tell them or have them do. The children were very good at telling long stories and very fast. I was always reminding them to speak slower and they would for about 3 words then they would continue to speak fast again.
I really enjoyed the two weeks that I worked there. I am planning on going back at the end of July right before I come back to Iowa. I am trying to upload 3 pictures but it is not working. I will try again tomorrow.
Allysa
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