Day 5 and 6

Day 5.. I took another day off and just hung out with my host family, and than I hung out with Margy for a little bit.

Day 6.. I went to the parade in Rheinbach, I was with Jordan, and Clint... Clint was taking pictures while I was collecting candy. I felt like a little kid yelling for candy.. and the funny thing was that instead of getting candy people would come around with free beer, and shots. I cant complain it was free after all. I did end up with a wide sack of candy though, and I think clint got alot of good photos. Jordan was probably just glad to get out of the house, and I was just glad to be busy.

To bad today was my last day in Karneval, I really like just being able to wake up in the morning... put on my costume head out the door, and always having something to do. It was such a good expierence being here for Karneval, I cant imagine going back to america and not having holidays like this there. True we have alot of other holidays that we celebrate, like halloween, valentines day, st. patricks day, but they have really traditional holidays that not just a handful of people celebreat... everyone celebrates them too. Such as St. Martins day when kids walk aroudn with lamps, or the well known Oktoberfest, now they have Karneval. Im sure there are other holdiays that I have missed out on but I think its great to be able to be here to see and be a part of all of this. When weeks like this go so well its sad to think I will be leaving in 2 months. But I am really glad that I can see the end. Its funny how slowly I am changing, I seen anyone from home for so long, and even though I miss everyone so much its not the end of the world anymore. At first I was thinking how would i be able to do it.. since our family is so close and so big that there are always people there, but its sort of nice being able to step on my own, and do things that no one else has done and in that way by doing them myself.. i feel like ive accomplished more.

Karneval was great, and its sad that its over... I guess whats next is for some of the family to come and visit... which is the next thing I am looking forward to.