International Night went really well!! This is what the USA childrens did: we ran on the stage while 'Born in the USA' played. soooo funny. and we explained how america is diverse by greeting the crowd in different languages. i said shalom of course. then we explained baseball to everyone by it acting out!! i was first base. hahah. then i explained the impotance of barack obama. i talked about how he gives hope, or hoffnung. haaaaa. then we RAPPPPPED our rap about america and i beat boxed and it was sooooo funny. OH MY GOOOOD and then we sang the national anthem and gave out s'mores that we made earlier that day just for the occation. we were really proud. it ruled. the other countries were REALLY GOOOOOD. ´sooo many dances, songs, foods, and slideshows. it was a really fun night. seeeee in the picture all the different cultures??? hahah me and my plaid shirt.



We had a Dassel scavenger hunt where u had to take pics of things that it described and ask people on the street questions and other stuff. a lot of nice old peole germans helped us! yayyy! here is a pic of the front of our school that i had to take for the rally. i think the question was: 'how do u say welcome in other languages' or something. i actually was really angry the whole time because my group was made up of mostly the asian kids and me and my mexican friend Abi were left out because they wouldnt talk in deutsch or english! ahhhhhh wat evs. we didnt win, but i still got a PASCH bag and some candy. hahah they are really in to the 'everyone's a winner' thing here. it was a really cute program thought. later that day i went back to dassel with my two boston friends and that was funnnnn. Then that night was DISCO again. it wasnt as wild and crazy this time, but there was a theeeeme. it was black and white. so fancy. i took some pics. i had funnnnnnnnn. but i went to sleep SO LATE but on sundays u get to sleep in till whenever u want to that was good. and then me and my friends played some basketball and played cards, and i made a necklace in one of the beading activities. and that night me and my teacher Nina and Charlotte starting writing a song for the course. theres a verse for every country. its really funny.

TODAY was good because we went to Einbeck again and saw HARRY POTTER UND DER HALB BLÜT PRINZ!!!! hahahaha it was good. i tried to understand it all, and i kinda did, kinda didnt and i got so tired while i was trying to get what they were saying and i fell asleep in the movie!!! then i woke up and dead people were attacking harry potter!! hahah i had fun though.

tonight is the badminton turnment. my friends are playing. i guess i will go. i also need to finish the song......
TOMORROW WE GO TO GÖTTENGIN!!!! very excited. and thursday is HANNOVER!!!!!! even better!!!!!!!!!

bis später, y'all

next week we will go to Hannover and Göottingen, two major cities. i thought we were going to see a castle but really we didnt. i was sad. maybe later. we went to a museum about the fall of THE WALL and the DDR and such. i took pics, but it was very boring. nobody had much fun. haha. i had my big exam today and yesterday. we had to read, write, listen to german, and speak german. i think i did well! my german is improving! the reading writing and listening took me like an hour and today i went in a room with some teachers and had to talk about myself, ask questions and answer asked questions and describe pictures they gave me. today we also went to the SWIMMING POOL!!!!! i had a lot of fun. it was sooo cold. the pools in germany are a little different. first of all there was SOOOO many people there. it was a hot spot. and lots of naked little children and men in speedos and such. but the pool was surrounded by grass and less concrete then the pools i've been to. it was sooo nice. me and my friends just laid in the grass for a while.

tomorrow is culture night. us americans are going to teach everyone how to play baseball, (duhhhhh boston and stlouis kiddiessss) sing take me out to the ball game and the national anthem, possibly make a s'more and have a rap battle about america. hmmm hopefully it will go well. i am excited to see what the other countries are doing. i know my irish friends are doing a dance...

the weather is AWESOME. i cant wait to travel more. ohhh we have really funny evening activities, like salsa dancing and south african dancing. i did the south af and it was INSANE because it was like ballroom dancing except fast and fancy and modern and i u have to be with a boy and girl. hahah it was fun. we also took a reallllly long hike and it was soooo beautiful. i was really upset that i didnt bring my camera. the trail was like two mintues from campus and it was veryyyy long. it was awesome. i also have been doing all the theater and improv activites which are really funny. uhhhh also every night our HAUS i mean dorm has a meeting and we all talk about what was good and what we want. everynight we say WE WANT HANUTA which is this awesome chocolate stuff and we beg to see the new harry potter, which is possibly gonna happen! YAYYY

gute nacht!!!

Diene,

Hannah

My Dormmates!!! in the common room. EINBECK!!! soo pretty

Let me tell yall about my CLASSES!!! in class we learned about the recycling system in germany, and we researched Einebck and Vollksburg, and we made presentations about it. Also, i wrote a whole paragraph aboput how i am environmentally friendly in stl, and how it is important to recycle and such. that was my favorite project. my teacher, Nina, is soooo nice. i really like her. also, everyday in class, the kids from each individual country teach us some phrases in there language in german. so like, Hallo in Kyrgisch is Salam. So far we have learned Krygisch, from my friend Zhamiila from Kyrgisistan and Afrikaans, from the South Africans. We also have another class called Projeckte, and i am in the Movie one! But there is newspaper and fairytale projekte, too. In the film one we are making a knock off reality tv show, and in it we have teams and we do diff challenges at the boarding school. i am with this Krygisch boy named Bekulan, and he is sooooo nice and i played special passenger for him and he LOVED it and we translated it into german, and are gonna sing it in the movie. ahhahaa

last night was the DISCO AND IT WAS SOOO FUN!! we danced for like 3 hours and all these kids were going INSANE!!! they were like dancing on tables and we madea circle and had dancing competitions. ahahah oh well. we all dressed up in dresses and danced to all this crazy european techno musics. also, in the afternoon we went to VOLKSBURG and went tot he volkswagon cray cray park where we saw lamberginis, audis, volkswagons and it was HUGE!!! it was beautiful and there was sooo much to do there. it was like a disneyworld for car lovers. me and charlotte were like EWWW but we had fun anyway. on the way there and back on the bus we shared my ipod and listened to allll the animal collective albums. it was soooo relaxing looking at the germ countryside while listening to FEEEEELS and SONG TONGSSS. oh man.

today we got to sleep in until whenev we wanted. it was soooo nice. i am going on a hike today with some of my classmates. i am excited!!! this week me and my friends are gonna try to speak ONLY german, but i dunno if that will turn out so well for me. tonight they are gonna play a movie, but i dunno if i will watch it. i need to get to dassel soon to buy some stamps!

last night me and my roomate discussed harry potter in german for like 30 minutes! ahahah

well, everything here is amazing. i love it. and i love and miss YALLLLLL

i have pics to post later. tschüsssssi!!!

this is me, zhamiila and marcella in DASSEL. so little and cutesy. DESTROY FASCISM! hahah

SO big news. I FOUND A GUITAR AT THE SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never been so happy to see a shitty baby nylon stringed guitar in my life. i played for a long time. and now i can practice everyday during our break in the middle of classes, so i am sooo happy. yesterday i tried to learn how to juggle, i hung out with my german firend charlotte for hourssss and we talked about music she introduced me to a lot of bands. also, we watched a movie in german called 'knocking on heaven's door.' hjahahah. bobby D lives in deutschland. hahah

its been raining a lot here. but it is soo greeen and sooo prettttty. theres fields and hills and forests and i can see cows in the distance when we play beach volleyball. everyday for breakfast we have the SAME thing. its like cold cuts and cheeses and lots of diff breads and then yogurt with oats and fruit. today i ate vanilla flavoured jelllo. weird

my irish friends are starting to get an american accent and hats really funny. also, my accent is a little different and i speak in simplier sentences. hahahaha

i am having SOO MUCH FUN!!! i have to go now because we are going to Einbeck, a bigger town with SHOPPING!!! so exciting.

tschüsss! bis später!!

tuesday and monday

my frieeends!!! marcella from brazil, niamh and maebh from ireland, zhamiila from kirgistan, emily from STL, philip from ireland and meeeee

yesterday i took a speaking test and a written test and i scored ok. there are four classes and i got in one of the middle classes. yesterday(monday) i made A LOT of friends. my new bestest pals are from ireland and they are really cute and funny. i also befriended these south african kids and the two german girls that are here. they are SO nice and one of them likes likes beck and björk and regina spektor, so we immediately became friends. yesterday we went to Dassel and visited the city hall and met the mayer. today was reeealllllllly fun. first it was our first day of actual school. deutsch deutschhh i am gettting better at it. the calssrooms have HUGE windows and they overlook the forest and the sweeeet campus. after lunch me and my friends watched michael jackson videos in the dorm on german MTV because it was raining. then we walked into town and walked around for almost two hours. it has a lot of old buildings from the 1300s!!!! also a lot the houses look like gingerbread houses. it is really funny because there are hardly any people in dassel. and they all ride on bikes and arent very friendly. haha. but the town is really pretty and cute. after that me and my roomate FINALLY talked for a really long time and got to know each other. her name is Alena and she is SOOO good at german and cant speak english, so it is hard to communicate but she is sooooo nice. after dinner me and my friends had signed up for tennis and i learned how to play tennis in german! hahah it was really fun. we also say YUP DIGGA! hahaha. THENNN allllll these kids went to the beach volleyball court and we played for a long time. and then me and dormmates listened to music on marcella's computer and it was really fun.





this weekend we will get to see a CASTEL and the volkswagen factory. bleh. hahah. also we are gonna have a 'disco.' which is like a dance. wooooooo. hahahah





ok, it is sooo late. gute nacht!

First Day

Hey WAZZZZZUP from germ! i am having a really good time so far! the girls that live on my floor are from mexico, asia, brazil, czech repub, and it is really fun. emily and i befriended these two girls. Marcel is from brazil and Jamah is from asia and we have akl been hanging out and it has been a lot of fun! we went on a walk around the school and it is BEAUTIFUL! it has trails and lots of courtyrads and sports and a little pound and a stream and a pear tree and an apple tree and the weather is sooooo nice. for dinner tonight we had couscous and rice and chicken and srimp kabobs and lots of fruit and salad. whoa. it was reallz goooooood. my roomate isnt here yet, but she is from czech repub i think. me and her get our own bathroom and shower. swiss. ok. here is where everyone is from: germany, boston, omaha, st. louis, mexico, brazil, russia, asia, south africa, egypt, north af, and some other european countries. its SO AWESOME! ok, tomorrow is my test to see what level i am in. and they told us all the towns that they are gonna take us to on the weekends. (i think a disco was on the schedule! hahaha) ok, well the flight was really long and i got dinner and breakfast and i got watch confessions of a shopaholic. haaaaa. I sat next to these girls that were in a christian rock band so that was funny. my dorm is really big and it has a blacony. i will post pics later. deffffffff

ok, well i will write more later.

BBBBBBYYYYEEEEEE