Well, actually I have been in Deutschland for several days. The flight over was pretty good, I watched Fame and didn't sleep more than a half hour, but that's to be expected. Dad and I were picked up by Christian Schwan and then went to his new apartment and a really good breakfast made by Martina (after a tour of the place, of course). Then we slept and went to go meet the Helms. Rolf and Brigitte Schwan (Christian's parents). Vanessa has three siblings: 2 sisters and a brother, Elena, 6, Lucas, 11, and Janine, 18.
Saturday (Samstag) the entire Helm Family (except for Janine), Dad and I went to Wiesbaden. Vanessa's father used to live there, so he gave us a personal tour. For lunch we went to a place that is a Biergarten in the summer. I had Weißwurst and Dad had spicy goulash soup (go figure). That night we had another big meal of sausages (wurst), German pork chops, onions (zweibeln) and potatoes that Wolfgang made.
Sunday, (Sontag) Dad and I were dropped off at Brigitte and Rolf's house and I watched the video of Hargesheim's 850 Jahre (year) Festival while dad did something with Rolf's computer. Then we went out to lunch with Rolf, Brigitte, Christian, Martina, Rolf's brother and his wife, Werner and Elke, and Rolf and Werner's mother, Katarina (Kathy). We had a huge meal and then went home to Vanessa's house to have tea and cakes (at teatime) and soup for dinner. I was full the entire day. Ich bin püf!
Today was my first day of school. (Don't worry Mom, Dad took a lot of pictures. We had to walk to the bus stop though, so he didn'take any of us getting on the bus. The most interesting thing was that there wasn't any lunch break. School ended at 2:00 and we had soup when we got home. However, everyone brings a small sandwich and sneak it in during the second to the last class of the day (12ish). The classes are 45 minutes long and there is 5 minutes between each class. After every other class there is a break for about 20 minutes I think. My schedule for today was Chemie (Chemistry), Englisch (English), Sport (Gym for two hours), Deutsch (german), Französisch (French).
That's all folks!!!
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Hi Missy, it's Mom. Thanks so much for getting this post up so quickly. I would like to learn more about your experiences. Can you describe your new family to us? What was it like to finally meet Vanessa after emailing her for 8 months?
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned you end your school day at 2 pm, but what time do you start? What was it like being the only American in a German school? Or perhaps you aren't the only one? What were your impressions of your teachers and staff? Are you mostly speaking German in school and at home? What do you do for 2 hours in gym class? You are taking French, as well as Spanish, English and German? Wow!!
You may have your privacy filter up too high for comments. Check it out, and talk to your father before he leaves. Love you! Mom