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Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Haigerloch July 9th 2014

I believe that we need to rethink our welcome gift for our German friends in the future. Bringing our February weather with us to share just didn't turn out to be very nice for anyone. It was a rainy first day of school for the group. We met together with our German partners in the classroom that they have set completely aside for our use. We were welcomed by the principal of the school. He is very genuinely excited to have us here and is eager to help in any way possible. We received our welcome gifts at the meeting, and were able to get answers to pressing questions which are integral to success at school, like "If Thiago Silva and Neymar had played for Brazil last night, would Germany have still won 7-1?" From here ... read more
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Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Haigerloch July 8th 2014

What a night! After a very busy and exorbitantly long day of travel, sightseeing and relaxing in Iceland following the emotional departure from family and friends, you would think that it would be a quick and easy lights out and deep sleep. That my friends, was not to be! An interesting phenomenon that we were all aware of, but nobody really saw coming, was that we have not seen darkness since the night before we left home. We have been consistently north enough on our flight to never see the sun set (just like the British Empire, ha). Then, here in Iceland, no sunset, light all night. We struggled all day to keep our eyes open with the carrot of a 7pm bed time dangling in front of us. So, copious amounts of activities and mid ... read more




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