I’ve been slacking on blogging because I’ve just been so
busy doing lots of things. So it’s been over a month now here in Germany…. I’m
going to start with my last two weeks of language camp….
I learned a lot during those last two weeks, I feel almost
double than what I had learned the first two weeks. After school I did things
like stay in town and hang out with friends… Ilana and I went to Hannover to
shop with her host sister and we ended up in Primark… There is no such place in
America like Primark. When you are walking around Hannover you see every other
person walking with Primark bag…. And I will tell you why, EUROPE IS EXPENSIVE
and Primark is not. So since my American dollars are less money already of
course I fell in love with the cheapest store in Europe, the quality may not be
the best, but I only need the clothes to last me a year and never the less the
clothes there are mainly cute, and stylish. I left only spending 100 euros. J That week went on and
on Friday most of the language camp students had to go to their late-arrival
orientation camp in Goslar. Eboni, Alana and I didn’t have to go because we
already had our permanent host families and I attend mine on October 18. Eboni
and I went and had “doners/kabobs”. That night my host mom was having friends
over because the next day was her birthday! That night Lisa-Marie and I went to
the disco where it was supposed to be “Black Music Night” and what they mean by
that is the American pop music pretty much, they seem to think its like our
“rap”. They played Thrift Shop by Macklemore, Boyfriend by Justin Bieber, Etc.
but to make it their style they added techno music to every song they played.
The club was cool it had 4 bars in it and it had a sit down restaurant type
thing where you couldn’t hear the music and they sold food. I think it’s a
great idea and clubs in America should do that too.
While Lisa-Marie and I were on the dance floor she pointed
at a group of guys and said they aren’t German and continued to ask them where
they were from. They were from the UK and spoke English. They lived in Germany
due to being in the UK Air-Force. So I told them I was from America and this is
when it gets good… I broke an “American Stereotype” which I can’t help but
laugh about every time I think about it because I can’t believe someone would
think its true but then again I live in America and don’t just see the movies
that come out of their. So this is how the conversation went…
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure.” -me
“I’ve always wanted to ask an American this”
“Ok”
“Are parties in America really like American-Pie?”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH American-Pie… Anyone in America knows that
this is so not true. That’s like asking if parties like Project X happen every
weekend. Of course NOT. There you go, I broke my first American Stereotype.
That next day was Oma’s 70th Birthday and it was a long day because
I was very tired from the night before. We had dinner and after dinner everyone
walked around and mingled. I sat and talked to the other Oma, needless to say
she was the only one there that couldn’t speak any English.
Challenge accepted. It was difficult and half the time I had
no idea what she was saying but I’m glad I steered away from talking English.
Rode bikes around Wathlingen with the family.
So now I’m on my final week of language camp and staying
with my welcome family in Wathlingen. Tuesday I went to Hannover again with
Bri, Eboni, Guilia. Bri bought this ugly cheetah suitcase since the one she
came to Germany with didn’t have wheels and you can only imagine how terrible
that must have been for here lugging it around halfway across Germany from
plane to train to different train.
Wednesday was the last day of language camp and we didn’t do
much. That night everyone from language camp plus the other local AFSers and
some host siblings planned to go to Inkognito! The club in Celle! It was a fun last night being that big group
of Americans who only talk English and broken German. Nothing really exciting
happened at the club beside the part of Brennan dancing. Everything he did was
so funny. Thursday I went mini golfing with my host family. Mini-golfing in
Germany and in America is very different…. Americans golf on green. Germans
gold on cement. Americans all get a ball same size. Germans get a set of balls
and each one you use a certain color for that hole. Very interesting to me
because I thought the way of mini-golfing was universal. Friday I went to
Hamburg with Mom, Dad, Lisa and her friend it was a good day and I bought my
family dinner in Hamburg as a dankeschon.
Then came Saturday.. I got up and had breakfast with my
family and then I went up to my room to pack all of my luggage up again
hopefully for the last time for the next nine months. I definitely had more
than what I came with an my luggage was heavier and fuller that before….
Oooopppsies. Then my new family arrived in Wathlingen. They came in and we all
had cake and tea together. I said my goodbyes to my welcome host family and we
went on our way to Wolfenbuttel. My new family doesn’t speak English and I love
it! I rarely ever speak English here and I’ve been here fore about 4 days now
and I can tell that everyday my German is improving. We’ve played lots of board
games and my school is on break for about 2 weeks and I start October 21st.
I’m nervous and excited.
Until then,
Here are some pictures from the club and Hamburg :)
Love Nola <3
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