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By Schaley
September 1st 2008

Heide & moving in

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I don't have as much time now to write these, but I still need to tell you what I did yesterday!!! I went to see gerd and we went to the heather and it was really nice out, and it was pretty even though he said that in other years it was more purple and we got to see the Schnucken! I have some pictures of them too. We couldn't find the tame ones though so i didn't get to pet any. and then we went to a restaurant and i ate a schnuckie. and it was a good, but long [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 30th 2008

Beautiful day!

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Valeska invited me to come to the bakery where she works for breakfast, so I did. It was yummy... and I didn't know that nutella was chocolate! After that I bought a notebook, in case I need one for my German class... because I won't be able to buy a notebook tomorrow... (Sunday!) Then i went back and used the internet and then i went jogging and then I showered and packed up my package, and did a little packing of my suitcase, then I went to meet Valeska again and she showed me the Rathaus and then we went on [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 29th 2008

jam

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Hmm... normal morning, running, internet, blah blah blah. I ate in the mensa again and they had a very nice salad for only 2 Euros. Oh yeah I went inside the Gustav-Radbruch-Haus and tried to figure out about moving in but wasn't very successful. Then I went to Planten un Blomen again, and I took some pictures :) ...didn't see any red squirrels though, but when I do, hopefully I will have my camera! Planten un Blomen is such a pretty park! I also went to some carnival on the Alster and that was cool to look at -- more pictures! [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 28th 2008

marzipan = yummy

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I woke up, and decided to go running! So I went running in the other direction for the Alster. I wasn't sure exactly how to get to Planten un Blomen and I didn't want to get lost, and I also didn't want looking at a map to interrupt my running. So I should try walking there first, before I try running there. After that I was soooo hungry! So I went to nahkauf (the small grocery store nearby... I can't find a big one!) and I bought some bananas... enough to last for my last days of the hotel (YAY [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 27th 2008

5 days til Sept. 1

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There's never much to do in the mornings during the week because all of my friends work & whatnot... So I stayed in bed a long time.... til like 10 AM even though I slept good... Then I went to the computer lab around 11 AM and I got to talk to my mom on the internet! =) I also looked up the way to get to Gerd's house with the bus. Then I went running around the Alster again... I don't think I can run around the whole thing because I found an end to the path I was running [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 26th 2008

Why do I need a title?

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Deutsche Bible
isn't it pretty?

So.... I bought a Deutsche Bibel today! It's really pretty, blue with a sunflower =) I went jogging again, I used the internet... blah blah blah. Then I met Mohamed, who had found me on studivz and he was nice and he actually helped my german a little by correcting me when I had bad grammar... and yeah that's all I'm tired. Oh yeah last night was annoying, the TV next door was too loud and then I knocked on the door and no one answered then I went downstairs and the hotel guy tried to call but that didn't help [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 25th 2008

Kuchen mit Gerd

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Another nice day! (Weather wise & also in the meaning that it was enjoyable). I woke up and had some kind of sandwich from a cafe for breakfast. (I had a sandwich because I knew I was going to see Gerd later and we would eat cake, so I wanted to make sure I was getting enough protein). After I ate breakfast I went to the HAW Hamburg library and used the internet. The computer lab that I had used on friday was closed for some reason and then I was really confused because in the library, the first computer that [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 24th 2008

Sonntag

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I went to Christus Gemeinde this morning and it was great! Yet again I could feel the Holy Spirit, although this time it was more in tears than in warmth. I sat with Insa and Gerd (not my relative) who I met last night. During the sermon, Gerd offered to translate, which was really nice. It was about what is your mission in life, and a lot of it really spoke to me about how I'm supposed to be here in Hamburg, and God has something great planned for me here! After the service, there was coffee, tea, and cookies, so [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 23rd 2008

=)

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This morning I woke up at 8:50, got ready, and met Sabine and Mandy at the U-Bahn stop. They also had another friend with them, Altin. We had breakfast in a nice little cafe. Their breakfast deal was two rolls, with honey & marmelade, a little bit of fruit, an egg, and a drink (I had green tea). I enjoyed practicing my german with them and then they invited me to a youth service at 7. After breakfast they went to Uni Hamburg to use the internet, and I came too. After that, I took the bus back to the Hauptbahnhof, [View Full Entry]

By Schaley
August 22nd 2008

party!

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This morning I didn't really know what to do so I went out shopping looking for a wallet and found a small one for about 5 Euro. I discovered that the Germans don't really have much different wallets than in America. After shopping I got some chinese food and then I went to the HAW to use the internet. I found the computer lab and it worked good. =) After that I called my mom and then I lazed around awhile not knowing what to do. Then at 18:00 I went to the Hauptbahnhof, bought a 10 day transportation ticket, and [View Full Entry]

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