Thursday, August 7, 2008

Busy week

This week thus far has been a busy week. On sunday i went to phantasia land which is a rollercoaster theme park. I went with my host sister Caro, jasmine, sarah, and sophie. We took a lot of pictures, and went on every ride.....twice...some three times. The great thing about the park was that ever section was a different theme, there was china land, south africa, the west, and than i was not quite sure what the other one was but i think it was germany...land because of the berlin wall monument. Each theme had its own rides, and attractions, some even had shows. I got to take a picture with a troll\dragon\anastasia looking bat, i was not sure what it was; I got to meet some more americans at the park, and the park´s rides were for the most part in english so that helped alot too, I even got sophie to ride the mechanical bull. I spendt my entire sunday in phantasia land, and I cannot describe how great it is. It was like a 6 flags except better and bigger. On Monday i started language school which actually could be a whole blog in itself. First caro, jasmine, christine, and I got lost. We missed our stop on the underground train ( which was my first time ridding in one, that and I rode on the regular train to bonn). Finally jasmine asked a taxi driver where we should go, and he pointed us in the right direction. When I arrived there the lady was so polite and said " Oh your from Rotary, we were expecting you". 5 minutes later though I found out that somehow it got mixed up and I was put in an advanced german class. The lady said that she was informed that I had previous years in a german class. I said no, but that did not help matters, I was now stuck in an advanced class because it was in the afternoons, and when my regular school starts its in the mornings. It would just have to do, so I got in there and to make everything worse the teacher only spoke in german. She would ask me questions and some questions I knew she was asking and I did not know how to answer them, or she would ask me and I had not a single clue what she was saying. So the other days this week have been the same, I get up, go to language school, and get confused. Its not that I do not want to learn, I try really hard, but I do not know any of the basics. Right now we are learning how to say things in the past form but it is hard when I do not know how to say them in the present form. I will get through it though... hopefully. Finally yesterday I went to a birthday party for sophie, which was really fun. We ate pizza... this time i asked for salamie :D; we played a card game, soaked our feet in a footbath, watched jasmine shock her self with a bug zapper not knowing it was on high voltage, played mario party, and finally watched movies( some in english, some in german). So I have had a good week so far in the end, and tonight I will go to a bbq for jasmine, and friday another birthday for sarah, and saturday......I get to go to a bubble party. Im not sure exactly what it is, but all I know is that its like a dance except you dance in bubbles that are up to your waist. I really do LOVE GERMAY and I cant wait till I can speak the language. But for now I will stick to keeping my hand dictionary at my side.

3 comments:

AbbyAllen said...

Hi Hannah~I'm so glad to see a new blog! I love the way you write and missed hearing news. Now I can see why. BUSY~wow I'll say. Advance German would keep any one hopping. Hope it all clicks soon for you. We miss you here. Love you more than words can say.

Holly said...

I bet you'll learn quicker than you think. A bubble party? That sounds fun. Can you upload some of your pictures?

Sheri said...

Hannah, great to see your new blog!! Sounds like you are keeping busy!! I can't believe you got put into an advanced German class!! I bet you will learn very fast now!! lol Hope all is well with you!!! Hugs, Kisses and all our love!! Sheri, Dad & the boys