Family trip here.

I have been counting down the days till part of my family comes up to see me and its funny how time works... how slow the days go but when they are here how fast they speed up. On the day they arrived I was like a kid at Christmas just waiting to open my presents. I was waiting in the airport when I spotted mom through the automatic doors. I started getting really impatient because the doors would open and than I would see them in the back and than the doors would close... they were the last ones out of the airport. I thought that I would not recognize them, or that because I havent seen them in so long there wouldent be anything to fill the awkward silence with.. but it wasnt like that at all. Actually it was like I never left them. We picked up right where we left off and jumped from one conovorsation to the next. There are alot of fun things we did so here is just a run down on some of them. On friday they arrived and we went back to my guest parents house and let abby and christine settle in while mom and doug were at the hotel doing the same. We all met here at my host families house for diner, and some wine. We stayed up pretty late... well i know abby christine and I did. The next day we got up early and headed down to a government bunker. Where if there was ever a nucleur war a select 3000 people would be able to sruvive a month down in thsi bunker. That was pretty cool to see, and than we ate lunch and had some more wine... well actually I forgot to mention it was my birthday so we had cake and champagne througout the day. Than on sunday it was a longer tour. We went down the Rhein and visited castles, forts, went to the point where the two rivers meet. We also visited the bridge of Reamagen. We saw alot of places that day. Than on Monday we went around Rheinbach and Meckenheim and everyone got to see my schools, and than later on went shopping and site seeing in Bonn. Than on Tuesday my host mom took us to the museum of history in bonn and than we went back to Rheinbach so they could meet my first host family. Finally on wednesday we went to Koln where doug and I climbed all the stairs to the top of the Koln Dom, we did some shopping again, and than everyone met my counselor and we went from a pub to a pub where we ate. It doesnt seem like we saw or visited alot by just writing it down but really we were everywhere. I was not lieing to the family either when I said they walk ALOT here. Abby and christines legs were both sore from all the walking. Mom was enjoying every minute of it while remembering back to when she lived here. Doug liked to see all the site seeing and was the only one up to walk all the stairs to the top of the dome. I am pretty sure you will all hear from them what they got to do. It would be a little to much to write down here.

So this morning I had to watch them as they left and it really didnt hit me until I was home that I was once again alone. I half wanted to jump on the next plane after them because I miss just having that closeness with my family again. I think I can survive one more month though and I am excited to see everyone when I get back :D