so. even though i thought this weekend was going to be pretty lazy, we did a bunch of stuff. and it was really awesome. (below is the picture of mac and cheese from a few posts ago... haha)
on friday we had a birthday party for one of the ladies at work. so here is a few pictures of me and the girls and then our Christoph. Thats Veronika, me and Olivia.
(or Frau Kaaz, Allison and Frau Mende) its so weird because everyone is called by "Frau, or Herr" like Mr. or Mrs. and my name is just Allison. i danno its silly.
but then afterwards i came back to my house and we watch the Olympic opening ceremony. it was insane as you couldnt tell what was from the computer and what the people were actually doing, dancing or whatever. if you didnt see it, you have to check it out online in a few weeks, i guess they arent allowed to leak it out yet... but yah so i am pretty pumped about the olympic stuff, except i feel bad because the air there is like awful.
at night i finally got to talk to my friend sarah, about my other friend Maggie's wedding, that i was so bummed i missed last weekend.. but yah it was good to catch up with her..
the yesterday we went to Bremen, near where we saw the moby dick play, and there was a festival going on there so yah, it was neat. and we had great ice cream. then a really nice dinner on the water. i am getting wayy to spoiled here... i ate duck. it was awesome!
\\\saturday night i went with some friends so a corn labyrinth. it was nuts. and really scary. haha you had to go around and find these points on the maps and get stamps and then at the end if you found them all you could win a prize. i am so scared of stuff like that, i got spooked like 3 times. hahah but it was fun.
Then today after brunch we went to Bremerhaven, which is like an hour away and we went to a museum all about the immigration from this port and other ports around europe. it was really cool. it was a themed museum, you got a card of an actually person and you could follow their life. you got to see what the cabin rooms look like in the one type of ship and then as the years went on the better ships. t and then there was room that was like a mock ellis island, and you had to answer questions, and if you took too long or made the wrong response you could be denied. thankfully, i was let back in... haha then there was a room of where people went after ellis island, so many people went to ohio! the next room was about how immigration is today and different statistics concerning different countries. also in this room there were data bases that you could search for your actual ancestors. i actually found Anna Dagilis. It was really cool, to find my great grandma (i think!) and to see that she left from Hamburg, 1905 and i have been to Hamburg. so yah , it was cool to make the connection.
after this museum we went to a small zoo. i laughed, because they had raccoons in their zoo. thats funny, because i hate them, and they are everywhere on campus. haha they also had really cool seals, they are always fun to watch. then we went to the ship yard, and it was neat to see how massive the cranes and everything are for these ships. plus i am a nerd, and i found a company that actually purchases from my company, JOWO and i got really excited. haha
then we went to another really cool restaurant inside was like a ship and had great fish. yum.
this weekend has made me really want to take a cruise or something... next monday we are going to Helgoland, which is like a small island so that will be fun. i hope the weather is good, but I heard its really windy there... but yah.
time for some lists.
things i am so excited about
1- this fall and being a senior
2- kelly going to toledo
3- akpsi and my bible study girls
4- my new house...
5- seeing ed
6- seeing my friends and laughing and catching up with them
7- swimming
8- food (another list to follow)
9- the dollar.
10- english
11- being able to watch dvds. my dvd reader is messed up on my laptop and i cant figure out how to fix it without paying for it again...
foods i am so excited about eating
1- mexican- like marachi's with nachos, like tortilla and not dorito chips.
2- chipotle
3- tacobell
4- panera
5- swensons.
6- BW3 or somewhere with boneless chicken wings
7- rocknes and a huge hamburger.
8- applebees, the appetizers.
things i will miss in germany
1- riding my bike everywhere, oh wait, i will still do that. ok , so maybe i wont miss riding my bike, but i will miss people who actually know how to drive with bikes on the road... unlike in ameica.
2- my guest mothers amazing cooking. seriously, i need all her recipes before i leave, so i can cook some of this at my new house
3- becks beer being cheaper than pop.
4- cafes and local restaurants that recognize you.
5- seeing my longhorns on the way to work, or the guy that walks his horse every morning, (i dont know if i have talked about that... but yah. he is intense)
6- the trains, and how you can be just about anywhere with them and most of the time they are awesome. and when they arent DB will hook you up
7- the german noises, they make with everything when they are telling a story.. i make them now not even knowing that i do it. haha
8- day trips
9-penny's cheap market
10- breakfast of bread and spreads. oh yum.
11- being paid to recycle every bottle. haha
things i am not looking forward to in the us.
1- school. like the work, i mean i am a nerd but yah
2- i might have to find another job, which sucks because it does.
3- being really busy. blah. its been so peaceful this summer without cramming so much in
4- the heat.
5- forgetting all the german i tried to learn this summer.
6- gas being so expensive. thank gosh for my bike
things i will not miss in germany
1- the dogs that live a few houses away that bark all the time. UHHH
2- not knowing everything thats going on.
3- the dogs everywhere, like tonite we were in a really nice restaurant and they brought their dog, honestly, why cant you leave it at home for an hour while you eat. like i want to be eating with your dog there. THEN the waiter brought the dog this HUGE dog bowl. i was like i dont understand this. but dogs are everywhere.
4- the famous german "push", they dont say excuse me or anything they just push, and today i got really annoyed when this one guy kept pushing me. and like i will be looking at something in the store and someone will walk right infront of me, and in america you could say, sorry, excuse me. here, they dont even see you.
5- hole punching and stapling at my job.
6- smokers. everywhere. blah.
ok well i will probably think of a bunch more but all in all, i am sad to leave because i have learned so much this summer but i am getting really excited to leave. i feel like i am like ok, my time here is almost up... ok LETS GO! :) ten/nine days! :) whoop.
more. later. i have already wrote a lot. bye...
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here is christoph and mich. i mean me. we are the dream team.
he was sad to see me leave.
we had to come from the big ship to the island on these little boats. to me it felt like the titanic when everyone was sinking. here are my guest parents.. we got separated, except i couldnt go too far (on the island. duh!) haha
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