Ice in our Drinks

Friday after school, some of the exchange students went out to lunch. We went to a Chinese buffet called China Lillies. The food was good and I got to eat with chopsticks :) Don't worry Kate, I remembered to grab you a business card. After lunch we walked around Flensburg until five. This was fun, but extremely tiring. I had just received all my textbooks and they weighed down my backpack. I also had my tennis shoes and gym clothes so needless to say, my shoulders ached. It was really fun to spend time with the other exchange students though. I met João who has been here for about six months (he came in January). He's pretty awesome.

 Here are my textbooks. Notice anything about the words on the sides? The first three books are my math books, I only use one at a time. They are so small compared to my old books at NHS. I am so glad :) 

I generally only have three classes a day so that means I only carry three of these small books with me to school. I really like this system because students don't break their backs carrying seven huge textbooks everyday. I have eleven classes total each week, which is more than in the USA. 

At five Lotta, Bruno, Martin, Frederico, and I met with Herr Leiner at a café to talk about school, host families, and making friends. We talked for about an hour and then Bruno and I went to buy school supplies. We rode the bus home at 7:30. This was my first bus ride between Glücksburg and Flensburg. I'm glad I had Bruno with me, just in case. There was literally nothing to riding the bus besides getting to the Zob (central bus station) on time.

August 10th

Saturday was the day of the big party. It was to celebrate Antje's birthday and the homecoming of Yoreme. There was a lot of preparation to do before 6:30. There were tables and benches to be set up, cakes to bake, drinks to cool, tables to decorate, tents to set up, food to chill, etc. I think around 85 people were expected to come.

The party started off pretty slow for me because I didn't know anyone and didn't speak German. People were introducing themselves to me, but no one stayed around for a conversation in English. I met a few Rotarians, and they were more open to conversation. I was grateful when Eduardo arrived. He is another exchange student from Brasil. I hadn't met him yet, but I recognized him from Facebook. I hung out with him and his host siblings for the remainder of the night. It was great to get to know him and his host family. He will also be attending the German course.

The food was delicious! It was all "finger food," but most people used a fork and knife anyway. There were small squared of quiche, meatballs, small fish(?) salads, and a bunch of different open sandwich options. The sandwiches were all on French bread. My favorite was the cream cheese and radish (sans the radish), and the tuna.  I think I had three plates of food, not counting the dessert.




Spectacular Phenomenon!!!!

It is a well known fact that ice is never put in beverages. FALSE!!! Eduardo asked for a Cola and when  it was handed to him, there were two ice cubes floating on top. Both of us got way too excited and I took a picture of the ice cubes. Can you see them?