Raindrops keep falling on my head
Right, well, I thought it’s been a little while and time to give an update.
Well, in the last week we’ve had pretty non-stop rain pouring down. Areas in Switzerland and near me have been flooded and people evacuated and stuff. The river that is about 1 minute away was flooding its banks and the fire service had blocked off entrances and roads and stuff. Now, however, we’re having really nice weather and I can almost say that it’s summer. But the nights are starting to get longer; it’s dark at about 8.30pm now. I’ll be sending back home my summer clothes soon!
Now for the interesting things. I still can’t remember where I left off, so I’ll start wherever I think I should.
12.08. Friday: We went to visit friends who live in the neighbouring state of Baden-Würrtemburg. It took about 3 hours, I think. On the Saturday we all went to Europa Park, which is this big theme park. That was fun! I was there for about 11 hours. Then on Sunday we went to the movies and saw Madagascar and went bowling. On Monday we went to Freiburg, which is this really pretty university city about 20kms from France, and then we went home.
17.08 Wednesday: I went to Munich to meet Sigrid and her parents, who are staying about 6 weeks, travelling through France and Poland and England. We went to the place where Oktoberfest is, and it’s huuuge. The ‘tents’ that they’re building are actually buildings and they can hold something like up to 5000 people! And there is this huge statue of ‘Bavaria’, which is this lady with a lion who is supposed to be the personification of Bavaria. Then we went to the English Gardens and saw some surfing on the river and went to a Biergarten thing. Unfortunately, my really cool funky shoes gave me huge painful blisters from all the running about we did. The cost of looking good, eh?
24.08 Wednesday: I went to Salzburg. Think The Sound of Music, the place of Mozart’s birth, heaps of old castles and churches and windy cobblestone streets. A veeeery beautiful city and I will do what I can to go back there (with a camera this time!). I went with my EF coordinator lady and then I slept over her house (she has a lovely house in the centre-ish of Munich). For all those people who are wondering: I still don’t know when I’m actually coming back! EF should be sending me a letter early next month giving the choices of my return flight; when I know, I’ll let you know!
26.08 Friday: My host-grandfather had his 74th birthday so we went to dinner. Very yummy fish dish. On Saturday we went to the National Garden Show, which is in Munich. We had 6 people and only 5 seats in the car, so I offered to travel with the train. It’s actually amusing (to me) that I was longer in the trains travelling to and from Munich than I was in Munich! We only stayed about 2 and a bit hours at the garden show, because after a while it all starts to look the same. But it was huuuge and so much work was put into it!
Mmmm, that’s like the highlights of my holidays. In the meantime I’ve learnt how to play The Sims (and subsequently become another one of the addicted masses) and I’ve postcards to various people. I then noticed that I have lost or misplaced or never had the addresses of a few people in the first place. I’ve also seen Sin City. A very ‘interesting’ film, to be sure. I’ve played the out-of-tune piano a few times, and my violin, read and learnt a bit. I’ve also applied to Uni. All in all, the holidays have gone by so quickly! Before I know it, I’ll be back at school, and then that means I only have a couple of months left here. Definitely a roller-coaster ride!
Lots of love,
Alicia
Well, in the last week we’ve had pretty non-stop rain pouring down. Areas in Switzerland and near me have been flooded and people evacuated and stuff. The river that is about 1 minute away was flooding its banks and the fire service had blocked off entrances and roads and stuff. Now, however, we’re having really nice weather and I can almost say that it’s summer. But the nights are starting to get longer; it’s dark at about 8.30pm now. I’ll be sending back home my summer clothes soon!
Now for the interesting things. I still can’t remember where I left off, so I’ll start wherever I think I should.
12.08. Friday: We went to visit friends who live in the neighbouring state of Baden-Würrtemburg. It took about 3 hours, I think. On the Saturday we all went to Europa Park, which is this big theme park. That was fun! I was there for about 11 hours. Then on Sunday we went to the movies and saw Madagascar and went bowling. On Monday we went to Freiburg, which is this really pretty university city about 20kms from France, and then we went home.
17.08 Wednesday: I went to Munich to meet Sigrid and her parents, who are staying about 6 weeks, travelling through France and Poland and England. We went to the place where Oktoberfest is, and it’s huuuge. The ‘tents’ that they’re building are actually buildings and they can hold something like up to 5000 people! And there is this huge statue of ‘Bavaria’, which is this lady with a lion who is supposed to be the personification of Bavaria. Then we went to the English Gardens and saw some surfing on the river and went to a Biergarten thing. Unfortunately, my really cool funky shoes gave me huge painful blisters from all the running about we did. The cost of looking good, eh?
24.08 Wednesday: I went to Salzburg. Think The Sound of Music, the place of Mozart’s birth, heaps of old castles and churches and windy cobblestone streets. A veeeery beautiful city and I will do what I can to go back there (with a camera this time!). I went with my EF coordinator lady and then I slept over her house (she has a lovely house in the centre-ish of Munich). For all those people who are wondering: I still don’t know when I’m actually coming back! EF should be sending me a letter early next month giving the choices of my return flight; when I know, I’ll let you know!
26.08 Friday: My host-grandfather had his 74th birthday so we went to dinner. Very yummy fish dish. On Saturday we went to the National Garden Show, which is in Munich. We had 6 people and only 5 seats in the car, so I offered to travel with the train. It’s actually amusing (to me) that I was longer in the trains travelling to and from Munich than I was in Munich! We only stayed about 2 and a bit hours at the garden show, because after a while it all starts to look the same. But it was huuuge and so much work was put into it!
Mmmm, that’s like the highlights of my holidays. In the meantime I’ve learnt how to play The Sims (and subsequently become another one of the addicted masses) and I’ve postcards to various people. I then noticed that I have lost or misplaced or never had the addresses of a few people in the first place. I’ve also seen Sin City. A very ‘interesting’ film, to be sure. I’ve played the out-of-tune piano a few times, and my violin, read and learnt a bit. I’ve also applied to Uni. All in all, the holidays have gone by so quickly! Before I know it, I’ll be back at school, and then that means I only have a couple of months left here. Definitely a roller-coaster ride!
Lots of love,
Alicia
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