UPDATE
15.08.2005
2035 Hours
Buxheim, Germany
Status: Alive
Contents: Top Secret, but I’ll take the risk…
Well, I’m going to give you lot a brief update in a short, precise, concise (any difference?) militaristic fashion. Hey, we all have our ways of entertainment, Private!
I was going to give you a pre-update last week, but I didn’t have a chance to publish/save all of my hard work. So I’ll simply have to start again. The problem is, I don’t know where I left off…
26.07.2005 Tuesday: Wadertag. Went to Bregenz, Austria (where I went for the Opera) for an art exhibition from Roy Lichtenstein (Pop Art). It was cool.
Thursday: Schulfest. Each class chose a country and I helped out at the Japanese stand. I learnt origami! And I saw the people out of my 10th class doing the schuhplattle!! Teehehe, it was great day. And in the even the stage band played for a couple hours. Ours is sooo better! J
Friday: Gottesdienst. Church / prayer service. Because of the nice weather we were outside. I understood most of it. That was cool. The theme was ‘flowing water’ or similar. Immediately after, I walked to the train station and went to Ulm with a guy from South Africa. Now, I can’t remember exactly what I’ve written in past blogs, but on my first day in Germany, I arrived in Frankfurt airport and took the train to Ulm, and there my host family picked me up. We were going to climb the cathedral (which, by the way, is the tallest IN THE WORLD, and Ulm is also the birthplace of Albert Einstein), but there was a concert, so we couldn’t. But I did it on this day! Something like 860 steps (one way), and the steps were so small and spirally that I nearly felt sick. (it was also HOT and I was wearing jeans. I know… Germany…hot??) but the view was pretty awesome. I also bought a purdy dress (now looking for shoes to match…) we came home with the train and I missed my bus by 30 seconds! So I decided to walk home…only an hour. And then went to a friends house and slept over. WE made sushi and watched Kill Bill 2.
Saturday: The first day of the Summer Holidays. My friend, Fabiana, a Brasilian exchange student, had her going away party. It was okay. Sad to say goodbye, ofcourse,
Sunday: Went to eat icecream (freaky summer weather was continuing…though rain clouds were looking threatening). I crashed into my host dad on the way home….oops.
Monday: Got my school ID card (a bit belated) so I could buy this cool ticket where I can travel with the train in the whole Bavaria during the holidays. Thought that was a pretty worth while idea. Spoke with Mum and Ellen on the Fellytone.
Wednesday: My host grandmother had her birthday. So we jumped the state border and spent the night. Excellent food, freaky Swäbisch dialect. Unfortunately, a friend had her 18th birthday on the same day and I couldn’t go… oh well.
Thursday: Maya called me!! (And I subsequently nearly missed my train!) I trained for nearly 3hours to visit my friend Sigrid (the Australian exchange student). I stayed there till Sunday. We went to the pub place and met the town (it’s a village). The next day we went with her family and friends of the family to eat icecream in a really pretty city called Mühldorf (however, by now the summerish weather has disappeared, and it’s cold!!) On Saturday we went horse riding. I nearly escaped injury (the stoopid horse stood on my foot!) But it was cool, even though we were just walking round in circles with Sig’s host dad holding the reigns (but I did get to wear his cowboy hat). And the night we went to a party where I met friends of hers from her school. It was also cold that night. I came home on Sunday.
Monday: went to Munich with Sachiko (Japanese exchange student) and her host sister (who has just come back from a year exchange in Japan). Bought a few books.
Tuesday: Hannah left for her year in the States. I baked ANZAC biscuits (it’s interesting how each mixture is different, but none turn out better than any of the others). I mowed the lawn (and got a blister on my thumb for my hard efforts). I went to Sachiko’s house for her goodbye barbeque. At midnight we all (about 8 of us) decided to go to the forest. It was quite amusing, especially cos to get there we had to walk through this meadow with this little rivers flowing through it and it was pitch black. On the way back, I actually fell into one of the rivers. Twice. My shoes and socks were completely brown.
Wednesday: Had to say goodbye to Sachiko. That was hard, and sad.
Thursday: Went to Stuttgart with my family and Franziska. Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Würrtemburg (the neighbouring state) and about 2 hours away. I fell in love with a coat. It was beautiful coat. (Only) 130 euros. It was perfect. If only I didn’t have to buy a new camera… BUT I did buy a pair of shoes I’ve been wanting for a loooong time. They were reduced to 40 euros from 60. and they were the last ones there (the were the display ones) and just happened to be my size. And then the woman said cos they were a little dirty at the toes I could have them for 35 euros!! Bargain! And I figured that 10 euros I got for mowing the lawn, I could pay the other 25. Retail therapy really is a medicine.
Friday: I went with the Kleidermanns to visit friends of the family, in Baden-Würtemburg. About 3 hours away, in the Black Forest Region. On Saturday we went to EuropaPark, which was awesome. Did what you usually do at a theme park; stood in queues then have the pants scared of you for about 10 seconds and then do it all over again. Even after 11 hours, it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Sunday: Rather crappy weather, which is ironic cos that region of Germany is actually the region with the most sunshine and is on average 5°C warmer than where I live. We went to the movies and saw Madagascar (my 2nd and half time) but still funny. And that night we went bowling. (Still as crap now as I was in Australia, but still fun).
Monday: We went to Freiburg (which is really close to the border with France, so you guys know where we’re speaking, geographically). A really really nice, old, university city. Pissing down rain. Cos it was a Christian public holiday, there was a church service. We looked in for a second, and it was amazing. It was full of people, and the orchestra was playing some huge concerto from Bach or someone and the choir were going off, so to speak. The feeling was pretty special. We drove back home through the Black Forest. Unfortunately the rain prohibited my from admiring it in it’s fullness.
Today (Tuesday): well, the cloudy rainyish weather continues. I’m actually wearing a jumper than I have worn skiing, and yesterday we had the heating on full bore. Wonderful Summer in Germany.
I’m not quite sure what I’m doing for the rest of this week. Hopefully I’ll be going to Munich tomorrow or the day after with Sigrid and her parents. And sometime in the next week I might be going to Salzburg (in Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). Where, apparently, there’s more rain then sun (hahaha, but that’s applicable to most of Europe…)
I hope this gives you enough of an insight of what I’ve been up to recently. I’ll do what I can to keep you all updated.
Ciao,
Alicia xxx
2035 Hours
Buxheim, Germany
Status: Alive
Contents: Top Secret, but I’ll take the risk…
Well, I’m going to give you lot a brief update in a short, precise, concise (any difference?) militaristic fashion. Hey, we all have our ways of entertainment, Private!
I was going to give you a pre-update last week, but I didn’t have a chance to publish/save all of my hard work. So I’ll simply have to start again. The problem is, I don’t know where I left off…
26.07.2005 Tuesday: Wadertag. Went to Bregenz, Austria (where I went for the Opera) for an art exhibition from Roy Lichtenstein (Pop Art). It was cool.
Thursday: Schulfest. Each class chose a country and I helped out at the Japanese stand. I learnt origami! And I saw the people out of my 10th class doing the schuhplattle!! Teehehe, it was great day. And in the even the stage band played for a couple hours. Ours is sooo better! J
Friday: Gottesdienst. Church / prayer service. Because of the nice weather we were outside. I understood most of it. That was cool. The theme was ‘flowing water’ or similar. Immediately after, I walked to the train station and went to Ulm with a guy from South Africa. Now, I can’t remember exactly what I’ve written in past blogs, but on my first day in Germany, I arrived in Frankfurt airport and took the train to Ulm, and there my host family picked me up. We were going to climb the cathedral (which, by the way, is the tallest IN THE WORLD, and Ulm is also the birthplace of Albert Einstein), but there was a concert, so we couldn’t. But I did it on this day! Something like 860 steps (one way), and the steps were so small and spirally that I nearly felt sick. (it was also HOT and I was wearing jeans. I know… Germany…hot??) but the view was pretty awesome. I also bought a purdy dress (now looking for shoes to match…) we came home with the train and I missed my bus by 30 seconds! So I decided to walk home…only an hour. And then went to a friends house and slept over. WE made sushi and watched Kill Bill 2.
Saturday: The first day of the Summer Holidays. My friend, Fabiana, a Brasilian exchange student, had her going away party. It was okay. Sad to say goodbye, ofcourse,
Sunday: Went to eat icecream (freaky summer weather was continuing…though rain clouds were looking threatening). I crashed into my host dad on the way home….oops.
Monday: Got my school ID card (a bit belated) so I could buy this cool ticket where I can travel with the train in the whole Bavaria during the holidays. Thought that was a pretty worth while idea. Spoke with Mum and Ellen on the Fellytone.
Wednesday: My host grandmother had her birthday. So we jumped the state border and spent the night. Excellent food, freaky Swäbisch dialect. Unfortunately, a friend had her 18th birthday on the same day and I couldn’t go… oh well.
Thursday: Maya called me!! (And I subsequently nearly missed my train!) I trained for nearly 3hours to visit my friend Sigrid (the Australian exchange student). I stayed there till Sunday. We went to the pub place and met the town (it’s a village). The next day we went with her family and friends of the family to eat icecream in a really pretty city called Mühldorf (however, by now the summerish weather has disappeared, and it’s cold!!) On Saturday we went horse riding. I nearly escaped injury (the stoopid horse stood on my foot!) But it was cool, even though we were just walking round in circles with Sig’s host dad holding the reigns (but I did get to wear his cowboy hat). And the night we went to a party where I met friends of hers from her school. It was also cold that night. I came home on Sunday.
Monday: went to Munich with Sachiko (Japanese exchange student) and her host sister (who has just come back from a year exchange in Japan). Bought a few books.
Tuesday: Hannah left for her year in the States. I baked ANZAC biscuits (it’s interesting how each mixture is different, but none turn out better than any of the others). I mowed the lawn (and got a blister on my thumb for my hard efforts). I went to Sachiko’s house for her goodbye barbeque. At midnight we all (about 8 of us) decided to go to the forest. It was quite amusing, especially cos to get there we had to walk through this meadow with this little rivers flowing through it and it was pitch black. On the way back, I actually fell into one of the rivers. Twice. My shoes and socks were completely brown.
Wednesday: Had to say goodbye to Sachiko. That was hard, and sad.
Thursday: Went to Stuttgart with my family and Franziska. Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Würrtemburg (the neighbouring state) and about 2 hours away. I fell in love with a coat. It was beautiful coat. (Only) 130 euros. It was perfect. If only I didn’t have to buy a new camera… BUT I did buy a pair of shoes I’ve been wanting for a loooong time. They were reduced to 40 euros from 60. and they were the last ones there (the were the display ones) and just happened to be my size. And then the woman said cos they were a little dirty at the toes I could have them for 35 euros!! Bargain! And I figured that 10 euros I got for mowing the lawn, I could pay the other 25. Retail therapy really is a medicine.
Friday: I went with the Kleidermanns to visit friends of the family, in Baden-Würtemburg. About 3 hours away, in the Black Forest Region. On Saturday we went to EuropaPark, which was awesome. Did what you usually do at a theme park; stood in queues then have the pants scared of you for about 10 seconds and then do it all over again. Even after 11 hours, it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Sunday: Rather crappy weather, which is ironic cos that region of Germany is actually the region with the most sunshine and is on average 5°C warmer than where I live. We went to the movies and saw Madagascar (my 2nd and half time) but still funny. And that night we went bowling. (Still as crap now as I was in Australia, but still fun).
Monday: We went to Freiburg (which is really close to the border with France, so you guys know where we’re speaking, geographically). A really really nice, old, university city. Pissing down rain. Cos it was a Christian public holiday, there was a church service. We looked in for a second, and it was amazing. It was full of people, and the orchestra was playing some huge concerto from Bach or someone and the choir were going off, so to speak. The feeling was pretty special. We drove back home through the Black Forest. Unfortunately the rain prohibited my from admiring it in it’s fullness.
Today (Tuesday): well, the cloudy rainyish weather continues. I’m actually wearing a jumper than I have worn skiing, and yesterday we had the heating on full bore. Wonderful Summer in Germany.
I’m not quite sure what I’m doing for the rest of this week. Hopefully I’ll be going to Munich tomorrow or the day after with Sigrid and her parents. And sometime in the next week I might be going to Salzburg (in Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). Where, apparently, there’s more rain then sun (hahaha, but that’s applicable to most of Europe…)
I hope this gives you enough of an insight of what I’ve been up to recently. I’ll do what I can to keep you all updated.
Ciao,
Alicia xxx
posted by Alicia @ 6:16 AM
1 Comments:
At 1:23 AM,
Maya said…
wow! roy lichtenstein! for all of you who havent seen my blam picture (jeez, you must have been living under a rock, because its been my identity for a good year now) i looooove lichtenstein's work. very very jealous lisha!
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