Well today I didn't have to be at school until 9:35 it was nice to get to sleep in on a Thursday. When I got to school I had English class. I have discovered that everyone here thinks I know every town in the states, oh and that I know every grammar rule in the book. They are sadly mistaken if they are counting on me for grammar lessons.. :/ I had to read a paragraph infront of the class. I also now know why every german thinks American drink Whiskey all the time. Every picture in our english book about drinking as a bottle of Whiskey in it.. After english I had Chemisty, History, and then Spainsh. I am starting to understand more and more but still not enough to participate in class.
So I named this blog pickles because after school I went into the city with Jaqueline. We wanted to eat at Burger King. I orderd mine and said I wanted everything because that was easier. Jaqueline went to order her meal but she didn't want pickles. Well the cashier didn't speak english and we don't speak German.. :/ Problem..
I tried to explain to Jaqueline that you could just pick them off but my English was not making sense. So I described a pickle to the man and he just looked at me like I was so dumb.. He then proceeded to yell for another man in the back working. He came up and I simply said No Pickles.. He goes ok and hits one button.. (: After that we paid and were on our way..
This story really has no point but nothing else exciting went on today.. I rode the bus home with my sister and now I am blogging. I got a new sweater today and some heels.. (:
Tomorrow I think I am going to go to the movies with my sister. Should be fun translating all of that..
Thank you for taking the time to read about my life.. <3
Auf Wiedersehen..
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Busy Busy Busy
Sorry for not blogging yesterday and not today until now. I have been busy with school and going places with my family. Yesterday, School was School. In English my teacher made me stand up and talk about Iowa.. Of course I said it was the place to be. Then I didn't really have anything else so every student got to ask me a question. I got asked the typicals: Do you have sibling, What does your house look like, can you drive, do you have your own car, what are your hobbies...It was fun. My teacher tought me how to Waltz infront of the class. (: Oh yeah, I also got asked if I live on a farm. I said yes then I got asked my dad or grandpa were cowboys.. Then someone asked if I was a cowgirl. My English teacher asked me why I drive everyday to school instead of taking the bus.. I didn't really have an answer to that one. He told me its because Americans don't think about the environment but I think we are getting better at it. Not really sure though. In my free period there was a girl doing here English homework she was suppose to write deffinitons down. She asked me what Frankly meant.. I don't think I have ever used that in a normal conversation. Then when I got home I found a girl my age who rides my bike she wants to hang out so the friend situation is getting better. I do miss walking down the hallways and getting hugs. Here I don't hug anyone. It is weird. I mean I probably could if I wanted but then it would be super awkward.. (: German class yesterday was awesome I am learning to much.. I am starting to understand sentences instead of just words.
Today... well I went to school. I only had a few classes beacause our Geography teacher was sick and we got out at noon because the teachers had a conference. When I got home my host mom made hamburgers for lunch. They were pig meat but still amazing and pretty close to good ol' Iowa hamburgers. After that my host mom and I went to get Nicoli from tennis practice. He is always doing something. Once we got him from practice we went to a zoo type of park where you could walk around but they also had animals to pet. I tried to feed a Llama but another animal with a beak came up and snatched it out of my hand.I screamed.. (: It was fun. I was not feeling to well after getting home and my sister needed to go to the store so I said I would go with her. She bought a new pair of shoes and we looked for a cable to our computers instead of sharing every night. No luck. Maybe on the internet. While we were in the supermarket we saw a girl who looked very American. Her and her friend were speaking english. So after about 10 min of debating if I was going to ask her I walked up to her and asked if she was from Germany. She answered No I am from Australia. So there is another English speaker in my town. She is leaving on Saturday. She has been here for 3 weeks for school.. (:
Well I am going to call it an early night so I can get up on time and shower..
Auf Wiedersehen..<3
Today... well I went to school. I only had a few classes beacause our Geography teacher was sick and we got out at noon because the teachers had a conference. When I got home my host mom made hamburgers for lunch. They were pig meat but still amazing and pretty close to good ol' Iowa hamburgers. After that my host mom and I went to get Nicoli from tennis practice. He is always doing something. Once we got him from practice we went to a zoo type of park where you could walk around but they also had animals to pet. I tried to feed a Llama but another animal with a beak came up and snatched it out of my hand.I screamed.. (: It was fun. I was not feeling to well after getting home and my sister needed to go to the store so I said I would go with her. She bought a new pair of shoes and we looked for a cable to our computers instead of sharing every night. No luck. Maybe on the internet. While we were in the supermarket we saw a girl who looked very American. Her and her friend were speaking english. So after about 10 min of debating if I was going to ask her I walked up to her and asked if she was from Germany. She answered No I am from Australia. So there is another English speaker in my town. She is leaving on Saturday. She has been here for 3 weeks for school.. (:
Well I am going to call it an early night so I can get up on time and shower..
Auf Wiedersehen..<3
Monday, September 27, 2010
Routine.
Hey all,
I am starting to get into a routine. It isn't as hard to get up in the mornings anymore. School is just school again. Not oh my goodness I get to meet tons of new people and a new building, ride a new bus. So I am not really sure what I am suppose to blog about if nothing happens. I don't really want to be boring to everyone saying the same old same old. Yesterday I went with my family to the Erimatage. It is a beautiful place and everything is so old. They have their own water so its free and cheap for them to run their fountains. They also have a castle there but it is really small. I got to go inside of it. I posted pictures on here yesterday of it. I really enjoyed looking at the inside.
It is starting to get kind of cold here. I no longer walk or ride my bike to school. I take the bus to and home from school. I am starting to get that winter cold. I am not looking forward to it at all. My room is freezing I have gloves on as I am typing this. I really want it to be warmer out again. My host sister from Brazil has never seen the snow so this winter I am going to build a snowman and go sledding with her. I am super excited. (:
Tuesday and Wednesday I have afternoon classes that I am not looking forward to. Tuesday I have German lessons and on Wednesday I am going to dance classes. I talked to a girl in my class today her name is Brenda. In December or January she is going to New Zealand for 2 months on an exchange and another pupil is coming to our class. The exchange students are slowly taking over... (:
This weekend I am going on another Rotary trip with my club. I don't know where but it is two days and its with Rotary so it can be nothing less than amazing.
Well that is all for today.
Auf Wiedersehen.
I am starting to get into a routine. It isn't as hard to get up in the mornings anymore. School is just school again. Not oh my goodness I get to meet tons of new people and a new building, ride a new bus. So I am not really sure what I am suppose to blog about if nothing happens. I don't really want to be boring to everyone saying the same old same old. Yesterday I went with my family to the Erimatage. It is a beautiful place and everything is so old. They have their own water so its free and cheap for them to run their fountains. They also have a castle there but it is really small. I got to go inside of it. I posted pictures on here yesterday of it. I really enjoyed looking at the inside.
It is starting to get kind of cold here. I no longer walk or ride my bike to school. I take the bus to and home from school. I am starting to get that winter cold. I am not looking forward to it at all. My room is freezing I have gloves on as I am typing this. I really want it to be warmer out again. My host sister from Brazil has never seen the snow so this winter I am going to build a snowman and go sledding with her. I am super excited. (:
Tuesday and Wednesday I have afternoon classes that I am not looking forward to. Tuesday I have German lessons and on Wednesday I am going to dance classes. I talked to a girl in my class today her name is Brenda. In December or January she is going to New Zealand for 2 months on an exchange and another pupil is coming to our class. The exchange students are slowly taking over... (:
This weekend I am going on another Rotary trip with my club. I don't know where but it is two days and its with Rotary so it can be nothing less than amazing.
Well that is all for today.
Auf Wiedersehen.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Pictures Only
My brother and I eating cotton Candy
Nicoli at his soccer game They won 
Me, Ida, Patricia, and Libby. Girls from Rotary (:
Konsta Me and Patricia
Me with the American flag at a coal mine
Me driving on a sand track. 
Me by the race car I rode in.
Half in Poland half in Germany
A castle
Me in the Fireplace
The celing in the castle
The view from the train
My town. Bayreuth
My sister and I 
My host mom and Sister
After my not so successful 3rd Bike ride. 
The rollercoaster at Oktoberfest I rode with My second host sister Isa.
Jaque, Me, Isa, and my second host mom at the top of the ferriswheel. 
Oktoberfest from above.
A parade at Oktoberfest.
The band in the parade. 
A traditional meal. Fish on a stick.. No thanks. 
Me next to the Dome where the Munich soccer team plays. Depending on who is playing the dome glows different colors. 
Saturday, September 25, 2010
OktoberFest
This one might be a little long so bare with me,
I went to the famous Oktoberfest. It was amazing I loved it. There are tons of people probably twice as many as the Iowa State Fair. Most of the people are dressed in traditional outfits. My second host dad was dressed this way. It was cool to see him get in to the celebration. Oktoberfest is held in Munich. That is about a two hour drive from where I live in Bayreuth. There are tons of rides there. I rode a rollercoaster with my host sister. It was intense. I will post pictures. After that my family and I went on a ferris wheel so we could see the whole area of the celebration. Oktoberfest is not all about the drinking and getting wasted there was so much more than that. Yes a lot of people are drinking but they don't get wasted and act stupid. We went into a big tent where people were sitting at huge tables eating. There was traditonal music being played. It was awesome. I had a traditional meal. Not sure what it is called my host mom just ordered it for me. It was delicious. While I was there they had a parade of people and horses. It was very neat. They normally don't have all of these things but they are celebrating 200 years. I bought some souveniers but I can't tell you what they are because they are gifts for people back home. I want it to be a surprise. At the celebration they have tons of food and specially sweets. There was a candy place everywhere we went. On todays trip I learned a few things.
1. The only thing scarier than being able to go any speed on the Autobon is being able to go any speed you want on the Autobon while it is raining.
2. Not everyone gets wasted at Oktoberfest.
3. I love sweets.
4. I love German traditonal music.
5. I am coming back next year
6. This is going to be a great year full of things that not many people get to see.
7. Beer tastes like Beer no matter where you go. I had a sip of my host dads and it was terrible.
I think that is all for now. If I think of anything else I will just blog again.
<3 me
Auf Widersehen.
I went to the famous Oktoberfest. It was amazing I loved it. There are tons of people probably twice as many as the Iowa State Fair. Most of the people are dressed in traditional outfits. My second host dad was dressed this way. It was cool to see him get in to the celebration. Oktoberfest is held in Munich. That is about a two hour drive from where I live in Bayreuth. There are tons of rides there. I rode a rollercoaster with my host sister. It was intense. I will post pictures. After that my family and I went on a ferris wheel so we could see the whole area of the celebration. Oktoberfest is not all about the drinking and getting wasted there was so much more than that. Yes a lot of people are drinking but they don't get wasted and act stupid. We went into a big tent where people were sitting at huge tables eating. There was traditonal music being played. It was awesome. I had a traditional meal. Not sure what it is called my host mom just ordered it for me. It was delicious. While I was there they had a parade of people and horses. It was very neat. They normally don't have all of these things but they are celebrating 200 years. I bought some souveniers but I can't tell you what they are because they are gifts for people back home. I want it to be a surprise. At the celebration they have tons of food and specially sweets. There was a candy place everywhere we went. On todays trip I learned a few things.
1. The only thing scarier than being able to go any speed on the Autobon is being able to go any speed you want on the Autobon while it is raining.
2. Not everyone gets wasted at Oktoberfest.
3. I love sweets.
4. I love German traditonal music.
5. I am coming back next year
6. This is going to be a great year full of things that not many people get to see.
7. Beer tastes like Beer no matter where you go. I had a sip of my host dads and it was terrible.
I think that is all for now. If I think of anything else I will just blog again.
<3 me
Auf Widersehen.
Friday, September 24, 2010
SEW
This one is going to be short since I already posted today. I just got done skyping with everyone at SEW. I loved it. You all are so awesome. Good luck tonight at the game and dancing. (:
Yepp that is all..
Love all of you!
Skype is amazing. <3
Auf Wiedersehen.
Yepp that is all..
Love all of you!
Skype is amazing. <3
Auf Wiedersehen.
Guten Morgen
Guten Morgen All,
Friday September 24, 2010
So I have decided that I now have other reasons to love fridays since I can't watch football I get to look forward to having 2 classes on Fridays.. (: Physics then Spainsh and that my Friday. My family sends best wishes to everyone. I walked into town after school and went to a book store. It has chairs that anyone can sit in. I went to find a childrens german book. I understood about every third word. I looked at the whole thing and then I found the english book section. I read a book called Everything is Illuminated. It is a very good book. Today I word flats. My host mom asked my if I got them here when I told her no. She told me that she thought they only had nikes, Ugg boots, and flip flops in America.. (: It made me laugh.. I am going to Oktober Fest tomorrow. I will write all about it when I get back. I want to go see a new movie. I have come to notice that you don't have to speak the same language to understand a few things. 1. When peopel are arguing. 2. When a child says something smart to the parent. 3. When something funny is said. 4. When it is a serious moment.
Today in town two girls asked me for directions. I simply just said I didn't speak german and that I was sorry. That is all for now. I am going to an Antique Market. (:
Auf Wiedersehen.
Friday September 24, 2010
So I have decided that I now have other reasons to love fridays since I can't watch football I get to look forward to having 2 classes on Fridays.. (: Physics then Spainsh and that my Friday. My family sends best wishes to everyone. I walked into town after school and went to a book store. It has chairs that anyone can sit in. I went to find a childrens german book. I understood about every third word. I looked at the whole thing and then I found the english book section. I read a book called Everything is Illuminated. It is a very good book. Today I word flats. My host mom asked my if I got them here when I told her no. She told me that she thought they only had nikes, Ugg boots, and flip flops in America.. (: It made me laugh.. I am going to Oktober Fest tomorrow. I will write all about it when I get back. I want to go see a new movie. I have come to notice that you don't have to speak the same language to understand a few things. 1. When peopel are arguing. 2. When a child says something smart to the parent. 3. When something funny is said. 4. When it is a serious moment.
Today in town two girls asked me for directions. I simply just said I didn't speak german and that I was sorry. That is all for now. I am going to an Antique Market. (:
Auf Wiedersehen.
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