I had a nice day today so I thought it was worth a journal entry. First off I'll fill you in about my weekend and the past few days, well the highlights anyways. So on the weekend I made home made spätzle!!! It's probably one of the funnest things to make!!! We also drove to Kassel on Sunday to look at some Art in a mueseum there which was also quite nice. I feel so artsy!
Speaking of Art! The two photos above are my art projects. I'm very proud of them especially since I have never considered myself to be artsy! On the first picture I recieved an 11 on my sketch and a 12 on my water colour person. Now that translates into a 2 and a 2+. Both marks are considered to be good. (If you get ones then it is excellent.) Anyways, everyone wants to get 1's and 2's. So I was over the moon thrilled. I have never taken an Art Class before and she hasn't really taught us techniques or things like that. We are free to explore the topic she tells us, but we haven't really had any classes about how to do any of it. So anyway I love Kunst (Art)!
On Tuesday I didn't have to go to school until noon because my teachers weren't there for some reason. There are no substitute teachers here. If your teacher is sick, has something else planned, or something like that they don't come and therefore you don't have to go to class. So I slept in and it was glorious! We finished reading A Raisin in the Sun in English class and so on Tuesday we watched the movie. It was well done and I enjoyed it.
Today of course was my half day and also my double of Art! We are starting a new project with photos and trying to express who we are. I have a wicked idea so I am beyond excited! It could change again though so I will let you know more about it once I have started on it and of course I will post pictures. Ummmm...I also bought a pretzel cookie cutter today. If that isn't excellent I don't know what is! Man...it's soooo sweet!
Katrin and I also read some more Findus and Patterson together today. It's incredible how much faster I can read and my pronounciation is getting better and better. It's such a wicked feeling. I've also been working hard on my Grammar book. So I am making more and more progress with the German Language. I no longer feel paralyzed going into a store on my own or talking on the phone in German. At the begining I felt completely paralyzed sometimes.
I have also taken up Sudoku. I never really liked Sudoku puzzles because it just felt like so much work and it seemed silly to feel like you are doing work when you are suppose to be relaxing. I think I like it here because there are no words only numbers. Anyways, I can even solve the difficult Sudoku puzzles now! (My last easy one I solved in 8 minutes!! Granted the harder ones take me longer.) I've also started up yoga again by myself which is also nice. I'm also still reading Twilight in German and loving every minute of it. I'm actually quite convinced that Edward must live here in Rotenburg because it is SO grey and rains SO much. =P Hahhaa
I'm also going to throw in a few random things here at the end and remember if you have any questions e-mail me or comment and I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.
A couple random things that have surprised me in Germany:
-Sauerkraut can actually taste amazing.
-seeing Bison from Grand Prarie in the Rotenburg grocery store
Well that's all I've got for today. Take care reader and you'll hear from me soon!
OH and Deneige I have definetly heard of Cologne! However in Germany we spell it differently Köln, but Cologne is how you spell it in English!
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