My last post :(

I can't wait to see everyone but I am so sad to leave!! My host family is incredible and all of us students have gotten really close! But today was an awesome last day! I got an A in my conversation class!!  I had some type of spaghetti for lunch and was sooo good! Then my whole family went zip lining and climbing! It's called klettern here but I don't really think we have the same thing in America?! You were just connected to a cable and walked across beams, ropes, obstacles and then you would always zip line at the end of each course! It was so much fun...I was so scared but it was that good, scared feeling! Full of adrenaline and so fun with my fam! We did that for about 3 hours then we went to a biergarten to eat and  talk. The weather the past few days has been perfect...a little hot when I try to sleep...but during the day blue sky! We walked around the town after we ate, not sure where we were though....we drove about 30 minutes. 

We got home just about an hour and a half ago....so I had to say bye to my two oldest guest sisters because they go to school really early! I hate saying bye, especially after Ive had such an awesome time. They also got me a good bye present...a bavarian apron to go with my cookbook, a sign to hang in my new apt and they wrote the nicest card ever! In the morning I have to say bye to Eva...I will miss her bad, little whiny self sooo much! So this summer has been wonderful and one I will never forget! 

But now I can look forward to seeing you all...this time tomorrow I will almost be in cinci! liebe dich und sehen uns morgen!

Ganz gute Tagen!

Ok now a happy post!! The past two days were awesome! Monday I had my final in my grammar class...it was only over our vocab notebooks so it wasn't bad. After class I came home for lunch and then met Stephanie around 2.30 to go to Dachau the concentration camp. You have to switch S-bahn trains and then take a bus once you get into to town of Dachau. It took about an hour....so we get off the bus, walk past the info center to the gates and it's closed!!!!!!! Its closed every monday! I felt so stupid because I had looked at their webpage to see what trains/buses we needed! But there were signs outside the gate describing the SS buildings so it wasn't a total failure! In the Dachau train station we saw a sign for Subway and Steph wanted bacon real bad! We thought it was in the station but we go and it wasnt! It was about 3 bus stops away....we spent about 30 mins trying to figure out which bus took us there, which we never did! Now I was like oh there's one in the Munich train station! We get on the train and go to Munich and couldnt find it! So we ask someone working in the dept store....and there is not a subway there! By this time we were hungry and bacon sounded real good!! Now we had to take the train 4 more stops and the subway would be right there. Ok we get there and it takes about 20 mins of walking around until we see it! Yay finally!!! And it was sooo good...we both got extra bacon and loved it! We made friends with the guy that worked there so he was asking where we learned german, about our summer and where we leaved. He then told us the biggest subway IS in the munich station! Schade!   After 4 hours of searching we found it and found out it couldve only taken 2 hours!  ;)

Long story but it was so silly! Monday night I went to Jessie's house with Steph to study for our culture final. We stayed there until 1 and when we walked back it was so cold!!  But tuesday was our final and it went ok! I didn't know a few of the matching names and dates but oh well it is over!!!! That class was not too much fun! After class some of us went to the new ice cream parlor since it was about 92 degrees!! Then I went to the supermarkt to load up on lots of maoams and choc to bring home!!!!! Yay yay maoams! I went with Hans, Julia and Eva to the lake to lay out...but we only stayed a little while since last night was the final/goodbye party. The party was sad and fun...they had a buffet, each class put on a skit and then dr weber talked forever!! I just realized how awesome my guest fam really is! After the party most of the students, including me went to Groebenzell one last time! Sooo much fun!

Now Im supposed to be cleaning my room...oopps! Then Im going to school for the very last time  :(   We have to turn in our german cell phones and work out all of flight details because I will be home TOMORROW!!!  I am really excited to see you all....the first thing I'm doing is taking a drive, singing real loud and getting a huge mt dew! But I am very sad to leave...my fam, the other students, germany are all so awesome. My host mom said I can come visit and stay here whenever and bring my friends! 

Love you all and I will be back tomorrow around 8.30pm so I better see all of you SOON!  

Ganz schlechtes Wochenende :( :(

Ok I'm not gonna go into too much detail....that is how bad it sucks! This weekend was terrible...I don't even have words to say how bad it was! But on friday, I got to the airport and on my plane fine! It was only 55 minutes but when we were landing there were a lot of dark clouds so it was very very bumpy! So scary! 

Then he was waiting on me and he came over a hugged me! Then we went to his apartment and just watched tv. It just felt so weird. He slept almost all day saturday, then we walked around the city a little. He got mad cause I didnt research about Bremen! He didnt talk to me for like 5 mins! Then we sat by the river and talked about school and jobs....where he then told me I was lazy and a typical american since I dont know exactly what I want to do! He said I have to have some interest in at least one thing and that I was not lazy for having internships! I dont know what was going on but I did not visit the person I was expecting too! Saturday night we watched his end of school video that his friend made. Then he went to bed!!

Sunday he woke up late again and he drove me to where he works at the shipyard. We walked around and sat by another river. Then he said we need to get back so you can pack up your things. It only took me 5 mins cause I hadn't really used anything since I just sat there all weekend! We had an hour before I needed to be at the airport so he rolls over to the couch on a computer chair and goes off on me!!! He said I wasnt excited to be there, he doesnt know why I came, I didnt show any interest in the city, Im lazy and will end up staying in Maysville, getting fat like everyone else. He said I showed no emotions so then I just started crying!!! I have no idea where this came from! And now Im not really sad...Im just so mad that he treated me like that since I have done everything for him even though we live thousands of miles apart! He was sooo rude and mean and just evil! Not the phil I was excited to see! So I told him I wanted to go to the airport...I would wait there instead! So he took me and I was crying the whole time, crying at my gate and during my flight! I was so upset that the check-in lady spoke german to me and she asked window or aisle seat...and I said tv! Im almost glad cause I can finally be completely done with philipp...I already sent him a goodbye email...its not worth it! Im not wasting my time anymore...Im too lazy to write anymore emails!  ;)

And to make it even better my flight home was late and when we got to munich there were too many planes to land so we had to fly around the airport for about 15 mins! Then the train home takes an hour...so it was late and I had forgotten my key! So I texted my fam and they came to pick me up at the station in esting so I didnt have to walk with all of my stuff so late! 

horrible weekend...Im trying to quickly forget it!

  **The group with the mayor of Olching [guy in front, left]! Credit this photo to Jessie...I still haven't had time to upload mine!

Yay...blogging about the actual day!

Today was finally sooooo beautiful!!! When I woke up it was raining but by the time school was over it was blue sky with zero clouds!!!! It was about 85 which is a little warm but I will take it....it was awesome! And good thing we had nice weather because we went to my teachers house for lunch. It was a typical bavarian meal...Leberkaese, potato salad and pretzels. Sehr lecker [very yummy]  After lunch all the conversation people had to stay to watch the movie, Goodbye, Lenin! It was hard to stay in and watch a movie but it's a good one so that made it easier.

I got back to my house around 4.30 and Eva was sick. She had thrown up. Poor thing looked terrible! I then went to a lake to swim with Hans, Julia and Leoni. I had not been to this lake and it was soooo much prettier than the Olchinger See, where we usually go. It was so clean that you could see your feet and there was much more grass to lay out on! We layed out, got in the water, ate ice cream and then came home around 7.30. Christine was working so Hans made dinner...sunny-side up eggs and salad. Odd for bavaria?!

Now I just got done packing...so Im gonna study for my irregular verbs test tomorrow and go to sleep soon! I have to get up early, go to school and then catch my flight! Hans told me exactly where Lufthansa check-in is so Im not too worried about getting there on time anymore! I'm so excited to see Phil and Im also very excited to see you all...I'll be almost home this time in 7 days!

Loooovvvvveeeee yyyooouuuu!

still behind...

Ok I am doing my best and I'm not gonna have time to post my Berlin pics...but they're on facebook and if you don't have facebook I will gladly show you in person!! In only 8 days!

Well yesterday was a good day! Class and then lunch...white rice with sauce and meat and of course cucumbers with some type of dressing! I have so much homework due that I came upstairs and started to work on finishing my vocab notebooks...well an hour later I woke up! I fell asleep sitting up!! Im starting to get exhausted but I don't want to sleep...I want to see everything before Im out of time. Once I woke up I heard Eva outside playing so I went out and sat on the bench with Christine. Eva had to pee so Christine just told her to go by the tree!! The bathroom is only up a few steps so I don't understand the whole peeing outside deal! Oh well...we all stayed outside until about 5 and then I came in because it was sooo humid! At 7.30 we had to go to Stammtisch in Olching...just a gathering. Hans and I walked since Im afraid of my bike now...it was only a 20 min walk. Christine had to dry her hair so she met us there with her bike! It was a lot of fun...most all of the students were there with their fams so we talked and ate very good pizza. We stayed until about 11 so we walked home and I went to bed...I had the get up extra early today!

Today, Wed 15...all of the students plus the 8 from germany 1 went to visit King Ludwig's castles. We left at 8 and had a two hour drive on a bus. We went to Neuschwanstein first...it was up a little mtn and was the castle that Disney copied to design Cinderella's castle. It is not finished but we got to see 15 rooms...a little disappointing because it is huge from the outside...and the tour only lasted 15 min! But there was a bridge nearby that he had built for hi girlfriend. It was really high and narrow but it was a gorgeous view of the castle, mtns and the valley. After that we drove about 45 mins to his hunting castle. We didn't know we were going there too so we were all out of cash and they weren't any atms. So we all just got ice cream and sat outside! The bus ride home lasted forever!! We had to stop about  times because people needed to potty! We finally got back to esting around 7.30 but both of my guest parents are working so my house was silent. I just took a shower and wrote my last journals/essays due tomorrow! We did a lot today...it doesnt really sound like it but we walked a ton and saw a lot of very old things! Tomorrow the conversation professor is cooking us a typical bavarian meal! yikes...

But Ill be home one week from tomorrow! I love it here but I miss you all and love you too!

Wooowww

Ok I've got a lot to talk about but I'll try to make it short cause it'll be boring if it's too long and Im sleepy!

Thursday the 9th...I went to school like normal and had a test! Then I dont really remember what I did...its been a while now! :)  But I know I did pack for Berlin!! I bought an online ticket so I had to print it! Hans, my guest father is out of ink so the neighbor was gonna let me print it! She's not a neighbor....she lives in our same house!!!!!!! On my floor!!!! I had no idea for almost 4 weeks!!! She has her own little apartment!! I always saw her door but I just thought it was a storage room or something!! IDK but very odd that I have never seen her coming or going!

Friday-Sunday was Berlin!!!!!!!! It was once again amazing!! Our train was supposed to leave at 9.21 but it was 20 minutes late...and it was supposed to be 6 hrs and 23 min but it was only 5!! Sehr gut! When we arrived we [jessie and me] were meeting stephanie at our hostel. We got a little turned around along the wall but we found it! It was a room for 8 people with its own bath but we never got roommates!!! Which was nice so we didn't have to be quiet when we got back at night! Fri night we met up with a girl that had been an exchange student in Jessie's town....she gave us the tour and was soooo pretty with the lights!! Sat morning we woke up early to go up in the dome of the Reichstag [their capital buliding]...we only waited an hour and it was sooo worth it! Great views of the city and Jessie's an architect major so she loved it even more!! An american architect designed it...Norman somebody...I have papers so I can show everyone when I get home! The we had to go to kurfurstendamm...the shopping district because dumb me only took flip flops and we were going to go on a 4 hour tour!!! And the soles of my flip flops are gone!!!!! And the ku'damm is close to where I stayed last time so it was so neat seeing it all again! And on our four our tour I saw it all again and it was great! We had really good weather but it was pretty chilly! Only about 50 and windy...waiting in line that morning got cold! Our train back sunday morning left at 11.52 so we went and got food for the ride and got a sandwich to eat while we waited for it. Well we boarded on time but then the lights went off and it shut down!! So we had to sit on the train for an hour while they fixed it and the ride was almost 7 hours!!! We were already exhausted so that long ride didnt help! I came home and told Christine a little about the trip, showered and went to bed!!

Today Mon 13th was great weather!! 80 and mostly sunny! FINALLY! My fam says I bring rain because when Im gone it doesnt rain any and when I got back yesterday it rained! And its supposed to be rainy in Bremen this weekend and sunny here!! Schade! We met with the mayor of Olching in their city hall...he actually lives right across the street from me! It was good...he didn't go on talking forever like Herr Weber!! Thank goodness!!! But after that 5 of us went swimming in the Amper river til about 7. Then I came home, ate some cereal, showered, did hwork and now Im in bed!! Long days ahead but only 9 until Im home...still miss you all but Im sad to leave...I feel like I got here yesterday! But I have plenty of good stories to share and Ill post some pics tomorrow! 

Love you all!

8. Juli

Oooppss I have the wrong month for yesterday...see time is going by way too fast! 

Today we had better weather! It was cool but sunny! Yay!!!!  I went to class and we talked about the political parties in germany...viel Spass! Then I came home for lunch and had i think chicken over white rice. Again...it was good whatever it was! For dessert, I had banana pudding with some choc pudding on top. Not much of a choc, banana or pudding person but it was good  too! 

At 3, we all had to meet at the school for the tour of old esting with mr. burkon. We walked about a mile and sat in an old church to listen to the history of the town. Not much fun but Im in europe so it was still awesome! After the tour...me and jessie went into munich to eat and I wanted to find a bavarian cookbook. Jessie also had to send some more postcards so we went to the post office and then tried to decide where to eat. Burger King was right across the street and she finally gave in and went with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was real good...not as good as the food Christine always cooks...but a reminder of home and it was wonderful. We both got double cheeseburgers and fries...she loved it even if she didn't want to say it! Then we went to Hugendubel...a bookstore that we love to say! It's huge...like 5 stories and has everything...like a barnes and noble. But I found a cookbook with lots of pics so now when I come home Im gonna cook bavarian meals for everyone and you all will love it! Im not very good at cooking but Ill give it a try. And good news...it came with a cd of bavarian music...so not only can we eat bavarian food...we can listen to bavarian music while were eating it! YES! You all should be very excited! We came back after that, around 8, because we both had to write 2 essays and study for our convo test. But Im not studying bc I studied for the last test and got a 2 but I didnt study for the first and got a 1! So that sounds like I shouldn't study ever again  ;)   Eva also got a new game and she was dying to show it to me...she wanted to play tonight but it was her bedtime so I promised her I would play tomorrow.

But...tomorrow is going to be a busy busy day! I have to pack for berlin, go to a neighbors to print  my ticket, play the game with eva and make it to our annual stammtisch in grobenzell where we all are going to have a sleepover at dans because his house is closer to the train and our train leaves at 8.47. So I dont have any pics for today but dont worry! Im going to berlin and will have tons when I get back! Miss and love you! vierti

7. Juni

I want to stay caught up, especially weekdays because I'm gonna be gone again this weekend!! Yay Berlin! And yesterday was not very eventful...so I have time to write about it before I have to go back to my school and go on of a tour of Old Esting. I live in Neu Esting but they're pretty much the same...over 1200 years old! 

Yesterday we got our second test back and this time I got a 2! I forgot to do an entire section! I don't know what's wrong with me sometimes?! I guess I had a sad face and Frau Burkon said alles gut Danielle! A 2 is still an A in the states. When I came home, Eva was cutting things out of a magazine and was looking at the picture album I had sent after the wreck. So we cut gabby out and then cut out clothes for her to wear! Eva thought it was sooo funny. For lunch I had meat with potatoes, cooked carrots and cucumbers! Again cucumbers in everything! They always say we're having fleisch [meat]...they never say what kind and sometimes I can't tell. Who knows what I've eaten haha! I think it was some kind of ham though! Of course it was delicious.

I still don't have my ticket to Berlin! So after lunch I looked on the internet again and had planned to go into Munich to ask in the office. But it started pouring! I didn't want to go if it was that rainy so I didn't! I just stayed in and played with Eva. We played a little hide-and-seek and she likes when I lay down and let her fly on my legs. Then Christine wanted to watch coverage of Michael Jackson stuff so we just sat around and watched tv. Took a break for some ham and cheese sandwiches and the got ready to watch the actual memorial! It was quite odd watching it in german but they just had a person speaking over the english. I tried real hard to hear the english so that I could understand such a historical moment  ;)  I came up with the girls around 9 our time...worked on homework and eventually went to bed. I have to get ready for this tour now! It's really windy and cool...like 55 degrees. I also need to figure out my ticket to Berlin situation.

We also got a calendar of our last events! We pretty much have something going on everyday and it's gonna go by soooo fast  :(   But I do miss you all and of course I looove you!  vierti

Waaaayyyy behind!

Sorry I'm so behind on my Abenteuer [adventures]!! First...Salzburg was pretty awesome! It was a little dirtier than Munich and it was full of obvious tourists! People were everywhere with their maps out and fanny packs on! It was very pretty though! All of the buildings are so old and beautiful! Every shop in the city has to have a sign that looks old...like elaborate, goldish... The city is pretty much split in the middle by the Salzach River. On one side is the "old city" and the other is just the "city" Even though pretty much everything in Salzburg is very, very old! On our first day we visited the Hellbrunn Garden, which has the trick fountains that the Archbishop used to trick his visitors with after they had had a lot to drink! We went on a tour of those and tried our best not to get soaked but it was fun! We also hiked up the mountain to have an amazing view of the mountains and the city! It was fairly nice weather and the view was breathtaking! Halfway up the mtn was a stone theater that the king used to entertain himself! We played around with it some to break our climb in half! That night we went out to a pizza place and sat outside with some Austrians and some tourists!

On saturday I finally got to go on the Sound of Music tour!!!! No one would go with me but I knew that I wasn't going to Salzburg and not going on it! I got up early since I didn't really know how to get there to make sure I wouldn't miss it! I had no problems and made it to the meeting place by 11.30! The tour didn't start until 2!!! Ha! I just walked around and went to a bakery to get some food! Then it was 2 and it all started!!!!! It was soo fun and lasted 4 hours! We drove 30 minutes in the country and that was gorgeous!! Everyone else went to the castle while I was gone but I think I made the right choice! The little country village was so pretty and the fields up to the mtns were so green! But I got to see pretty much every scene that was shot in Austria! The indoor shots were done in LA. I did get to see the church where the marriage scene was...it was so much smaller but even prettier! That night I met the group at our hostel and we went back out!

I got home sunday and my fam was not home...so I came up to my room and immediately just fell asleep. I woke up and Hans just came in my room! He didn't know I was home and he was sooo embarrassed!! But I was just in bed but he got all red! It was a pretty day so I went outside and played with the girls. They had a foam airplane that we played with forever! Fun enough. My guest mom had to work so we had to eat whatever we could find...I just ate toast and good strawberry jelly! After the girls went to bed I sat on the balcony and talked to Hans until Christine got home! '

And today I had school and we are talking about the world's trash problem in my convo class! I have no idea why but we talk about trash for an hour and a half! So weird! I cam home for lunch and had spaghetti...they put cucumbers in everything here! There were cucumbers in the sauce, I had a cucumber salad and she had put cucumbers on the sandwich she gave me for school! It was all good though. Then this afternoon we ate cake and played a board game and two card games. I think I lost every time! I went shopping with Christine and Julia after that to a place like walgreens and then one like a hallmark. I bought a big book bag so that I have more room to bring things home! And from about 7 until 15 miutes ago I was doing non-stop homework! I had to do 10 pages in a workbook, write 2 essays, correct 1 essay and work on my vocabulary book. We only have 7 more days of class...we need 60 words for convo and I have 30 but for culture we'll have to have 80 and I have 18! oopppsss

Now Im gonna sleep so that I can have fun tomorrow! I hope everyone has gotten their postcard! I love you all and I miss you!! 

2 Juli

Ok tonight is another early night because I'm leaving for Austria in the morning!!!!!!! Yay home of the Sound of Music...which I have already looked up info for! The tour is 4 hours!!!!! I can barely control my excitement! But we leave Esting at 8.57 in the morn so I've gotta get all rested up for what's gonna be an awesome 4th of July celebration in Salzburg!

Today was school with both classes and another test in my convo class. I did glance through my notes a little but there was a section of vocab that we had to know that came from our workbook....oops! But I think I still did sehr gut! The weather was beautiful again...3rd day in a row! So me and jess went into the city and climbed the tower of the Frauenkirche [Mary's Church] and you're supposed to be able to see the Alps from there but we didn't  :(  I will fo sho see them tomorrow though!! Then we went to Olympia Park bc Tollwood, the fair-like thing that my fam took me to is still going on. But we never found it! Ha...it was pretty though so we walked around and Bruce Springsteen was in concert at the arena! There were so many people just sitting outside of it listening! Crazy german fans! It started thundering so we headed back to the subway and came home. I got home and watched tv with the sisters, fixed a pizza [apparently the girls eat pizza every time Christines not home!] and packed for Austria!! The train ride is only about 2 hours so not bad and they still speak german there so that's good too! So I won't be able to blog again until Sunday night or Mon! I'll have plenty of pics!!

Happy 4th of July Saturday!!!  liebe dich...vermisse dich immer!

1. Juli

Yay I have time to blog after the actual day! But that's only because we all have so much homework that we can't go out and have fun tonight! boooooo  

I have a test, two journal articles, vocab notebook and a workbook due! I have most of it done though. I didn't go to Stammtisch since neither of my guest parents are here to go with me!  :(   After class I came home and ate Schinkennudeln...which is noodles and ham!! Very good! And today was sooo sunny again so I met Jessie, Dan and Josh at the Olchinger See. But since I had my bike wreck I took the train and then the bus! I hadn't ridden the bus yet but I got to the see and back without running into any fences! YES! At the see [lake] they swam but I just layed out. There was a rope swing but I didn't think it was smart with my current injuries. Haha but I got a good tan!

When I got home I showered and started homework. It was really hot since my room's on the third floor so I went down with the girls to watch tv. We watched spongebob which is always a good time...but squidward is tadeus here! So weird...al the others are the same! We were watching it and I was doing hwork and all of a sudden it was 8! Stammtisch was at 7.30 in Olching so it would've been 8.30 by the time I got there! So I just ate cereal for dinner and talked with my guest sisters! Now I'm in bed not wanting to study! I'm so excited for the next/last 3 weekends!  Salzburg, Berlin and Bremen!

sorry pretty boring day!! llooooovvvvvveeeee and mmmmiiiissssss you all!!!  vierti