Merry Christmas
Hello everyone!
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a stupendous New Year!
Let's see what's new in Alicia's side of the world...
Well, last weekend it snowed. Yay. It's offical, snow is very cool. No pun intended. I was so excited. And the forecast said it would be a white Christmas, as in, it would snow on Christmas. But they lied!!! It stopped snowing a few days ago and so now most of the snow has become brown mush, and this morning it was so hot (5 degrees) that the rest of it melted. So I have a patchy White Christmas. Yay. Christmas is celebrated here on the 24th (today), not on the 25th. Today the whole family will be here for Kaffee, which is like afternoon tea/coffee with cake, and dinner. and then later, at 10pm we're going to a Church Service.
But when it was snowing, and after it snowed, I made the most of it....no, I didn't make a snow angel, or a snowman, or a snow fight (but I will, you can count on it).... i went for walks in the forest which is just down the road and went to the village, which was nice. The river was semi-frozen and very beautiful. And I didn't know it, but on the other side of the river is the next state, Waden-Buddenburg. The spellings wrong, but I'll change it when I see how it's actually spelt.
Yesterday was the last day of school, and during German, our second class, we had a bit of a party with tea and punch and cakes and pretzles and biscuits and lollies (all the good things) and then I went with another girl from the orchestra to the church to rehearse and then the whole school, well, not the actual school, but the students and teachers came and there was a service and the choir sang (very well; it's nice to hear some guys sing) and the orchestra played and it all went very well. And progress! My violin didn't break any strings or go out of tune because of the cold. But the bridge was wonky so I spent all of this morning fixing that up. And this morning I also called my family. WHOM HUNG UP ON ME!!! Thanks, Mum, I love you too. And then Ellen and Josie. I would've called you all, but the phone bill... Alex, I tried to call, but to no avail. And the phone card is still not working...
But I have details about my Language and Culture Camp, thanks mum. It sounds very good, so that's something I'll be doing these holidays. I get to go to Munich, and go to the art museum, the largest Technical Museum, castles (yay), and bowling and movies and 'discover Munich' trips. And ofcourse, learn some German, which will be a very good thing.
Ah, the Opera Discothek. hahahaha. It was so ... different. Very cool experience, though. Imagine very loud dico music (duf-duf-duf stuff) and then people in fluro/neon colours under the black light, with huuuuuge flared pants, and matching shirts, with 10-20cm spiked hair and 10cm platform shoes which they rightly call 'towers' and then with black eye liner. They can dance, though nothing like I have ever seen ... I had a great time. Very different from Ischgl : )
Congratulations on everyone's OPs, from the sounds of it, everyone did pretty well. And Ellen, yay, you have a host family!
Hmmmm, what else? Ah! All those funky groovers going to Woodford, have an awesome time. I want to hear about the your Woodford Experiences.
Happy Birthday Coridyn!! I didn't get to say that on the phone, because someone HUNG UP!!!!! But yes, Happy 19th.
I think that's about all. I'll send you guys an email with a photo of me in Ischgl and one of me in snow, and maybe one of Munich. I'll see how big it is.
Again, have a great Christmas and New Year.
Love, Alicia
P.S: Nathaniel! I can't believe what you've done to my room!!!!!
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a stupendous New Year!
Let's see what's new in Alicia's side of the world...
Well, last weekend it snowed. Yay. It's offical, snow is very cool. No pun intended. I was so excited. And the forecast said it would be a white Christmas, as in, it would snow on Christmas. But they lied!!! It stopped snowing a few days ago and so now most of the snow has become brown mush, and this morning it was so hot (5 degrees) that the rest of it melted. So I have a patchy White Christmas. Yay. Christmas is celebrated here on the 24th (today), not on the 25th. Today the whole family will be here for Kaffee, which is like afternoon tea/coffee with cake, and dinner. and then later, at 10pm we're going to a Church Service.
But when it was snowing, and after it snowed, I made the most of it....no, I didn't make a snow angel, or a snowman, or a snow fight (but I will, you can count on it).... i went for walks in the forest which is just down the road and went to the village, which was nice. The river was semi-frozen and very beautiful. And I didn't know it, but on the other side of the river is the next state, Waden-Buddenburg. The spellings wrong, but I'll change it when I see how it's actually spelt.
Yesterday was the last day of school, and during German, our second class, we had a bit of a party with tea and punch and cakes and pretzles and biscuits and lollies (all the good things) and then I went with another girl from the orchestra to the church to rehearse and then the whole school, well, not the actual school, but the students and teachers came and there was a service and the choir sang (very well; it's nice to hear some guys sing) and the orchestra played and it all went very well. And progress! My violin didn't break any strings or go out of tune because of the cold. But the bridge was wonky so I spent all of this morning fixing that up. And this morning I also called my family. WHOM HUNG UP ON ME!!! Thanks, Mum, I love you too. And then Ellen and Josie. I would've called you all, but the phone bill... Alex, I tried to call, but to no avail. And the phone card is still not working...
But I have details about my Language and Culture Camp, thanks mum. It sounds very good, so that's something I'll be doing these holidays. I get to go to Munich, and go to the art museum, the largest Technical Museum, castles (yay), and bowling and movies and 'discover Munich' trips. And ofcourse, learn some German, which will be a very good thing.
Ah, the Opera Discothek. hahahaha. It was so ... different. Very cool experience, though. Imagine very loud dico music (duf-duf-duf stuff) and then people in fluro/neon colours under the black light, with huuuuuge flared pants, and matching shirts, with 10-20cm spiked hair and 10cm platform shoes which they rightly call 'towers' and then with black eye liner. They can dance, though nothing like I have ever seen ... I had a great time. Very different from Ischgl : )
Congratulations on everyone's OPs, from the sounds of it, everyone did pretty well. And Ellen, yay, you have a host family!
Hmmmm, what else? Ah! All those funky groovers going to Woodford, have an awesome time. I want to hear about the your Woodford Experiences.
Happy Birthday Coridyn!! I didn't get to say that on the phone, because someone HUNG UP!!!!! But yes, Happy 19th.
I think that's about all. I'll send you guys an email with a photo of me in Ischgl and one of me in snow, and maybe one of Munich. I'll see how big it is.
Again, have a great Christmas and New Year.
Love, Alicia
P.S: Nathaniel! I can't believe what you've done to my room!!!!!
posted by Alicia @ 5:40 AM
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