Sunday, July 25thMy host sister and I found the church, yes, it is a full-on church, and she said her mom would pick me up, and if not, I should take the bus back to the Hauptbahnhof and back out to the countryside. I walked in and saw many from the program. I sat in the back by the couple with the little boy named Ethan. I understood very little, but got the main points. There were two sister missionaries from Utah. In Sunday school I followed none of the discussion, but kept up with th...

Saturday, July 24th We had breakfast around 10 and Mom - I saw that raw meat spread about which you told me - as soon as I saw it, I hurried and put marmelade on both of my pieces of bread so that they wouldn't ask and if they did, I had an excuse. We went to the Bauhaus - a smaller version of Home Depot. I swear they're owned by the same people. There were big oranges signs, and in the same font as Home Depot it said, "The Home Store". Then we went to the Markt - kind of like Salt Lak...

So I finally found a bus stop and I hopped on the 502, hoping I would get to the Sophienhof on time. I was in luck - 4:02. I found the sisters but couldn't understand either of their names, so we went to the pool (getting onto the bus), going exactly where I had just been. I had them do the transaction to pay to get into the pool since I didn't know what to say. We talked about differences between countries, and I discovered the reason I couldn't understand them was because they were from...

Friday, July 23rd. Today, I slept in late. The girl who helps clean the house knocked on my door at 11 and asked if she could come in to clean. I got up and let her in. I talked to her for a bit, but she was hard to understand. She really rolled her rs. Then while I was studying after eating in the kitchen, I asked her what she did for fun here. Somehow we communicated and decided to meet at the Sophienhof at 4 and then go swimming with her sister. I was just leaving when my hostm...

So, for Thursday, the 22nd?My hostmom gave me a ride to school and in class, more guys had decided to argue against having a one hour lunch instead of two, so Liz said, "Do you like chocolate?" I don't think that will work. Then, in the middle of class, she said, "Can we please ban the sex and drugs and stuff like that?" I felt dumb that I hadn't said anything earlier, so I agreed, and all the guys totally protested, but Ulli said, "How about we at least talk about it less, not every other...

So I need to catch up. What is the plural of Adidas? Wednesday, 7-21-04 I woke early because of that fly, and finally fell back asleep. I rode the bike this morning, leaving only ten minutes before the bus comes. Big mistake - I am OUT OF THE GALAXY OF SHAPE! I had to keep going, so I got there and went to put the bike in when I realiyed I hadn't brought the bike lock key! Ah! Dude, I already broke their door handle, now lose their bike? So I, with no time to spare, wrapped the sti...

Tuesday, 7-20-04 Today I tried the granola that my hostsister usually has for breakfast with yogurt. I thought it was just like cereal, so I poured a whole bowl. Whoops. Mrs. Hostmom turned and saw how much and said, "Oh! I don't sink you vill need zat much!" So I put most back in, and it turned out to be good. The whole milk wasn't though. I got a ride to school again, and I just HAD to call Matt from the phone before school started. He was watching a movie with Kevin and Emily. ...

So I think I have forgotten to tell about some of the weird things. Here are some curious things: Doors are not normal. Some open in, some open out, you can never tell. Also, they have little raised parts where the door is, and I trip on it every time. Pillows are these fabulous-looking things resembling large clouds, that decide to lower your head to the height of the bed, so it is really not a pillow at all and I have been using my sweatshirt. Bikers - everyone here is a biker...

Well, I'm not sure what to do with my pictures. I can only send one at a time to Matt. Anyway, here is the next blog entry:Today I:-woke up early, couldn't get back to sleep, and finally got up to go to the bathroom. I saw something strange on the floor, and when I leaned over to look at it, it hopped away! A darling little frog hopped around and around the room. I took pictures of it. I wish I could figure out how to paste them onto this blog. -got ready, wearing a dress although we w...

First of all, Keyboards here are very different. Ys and Zs are switched. Dashes, slashes, question marks, apostrophes, and Quotation marks, etc. are moved, so please forgive my mistakes. Also, remember that these are in backwards order, so read ones below as well. Saturday, 7-17-04 Today I: -lucked out and found more kids getting a ride so I could too since the phone doesn't work. -sat around, played the piano, talked to Manuel, Felix, Melissa, and Professor Von Schmidt, and p...

7-16-04 The flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam was long - even longer than the wait at Minneapolis. I was tired but I couldn't sleep. In my journal, I guess I was falling asleep and I put, "I was tired but I couldn't sleep or else she knock my teeth out or something." Things I found curious/amaying/interesting/or I had never thought about it: Dutch stewardesses Dutch airport orange waver dudes, security guards Dutch is so much like German, it sounds like a German trying to speak Eng...