Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 664

Nos encontramos en el aeropuerto de Amsterdam con los tíos Cristina y Gaby, que venían en un vuelo de KLM desde Ginebra a las 7 de la tarde. A las 8 ya estábamos arriba del auto sin tener el menor plan donde ir, aunque si sabíamos la vuelta que queríamos dar. Al final entre charla y charla decidimos comenzar por Alemania. La primer ciudad que nos parecía interesante para conocer era Düsseldorf, así que le pedimos a nuestra amiga Norma GPS que nos indicara el camino. Unos 220km aproximadamente nos separaban de nuestro destino. Tiempo suficiente para charlar un rato y ponernos al día con las novedades familiares. A eso de las 9 de la noche, coincidieron 2 factores claves en nuestro camino: el hambre y el Mc Donalds, así que en el primer pueblo cruzando ... read more

Well I´ve been in Munich for two full days now and it is an awesome place. I´ve had two great days, and for the first time on this trip, I haven´t really minded getting back into a big city. Usually we miss the country and the sea, but not this time. After arriving here on Monday, we went out walking. It was pretty late in the day, so we decided to just go; instead of making a plan and a destination. So we took the U-Bahn and S-Bahn (subway lines) to Marienplaty and went from there. The streets around there are wide, cobblestoned, and what you call Fussganger - car-free. We saw some pretty cool shops, but they were mostly closing around then, so we made our way back to a place we´d seen called Thai ... read more

I just wrote a huge blog on what's been going on, and I lost it. So here's the synopsis (I'm really tired and ready for bed): After spending the morning at school and in a tour, we went bowling and out walking. At night, we talked a crapload and it was refreshing to speak so much good german. Everyone has been complimenting me and going out of their ways to talk to me, which is good for my self-esteem. My german also gets me invited to a lot of stuff, so I've been and will be very busy the whole time I'm here. It's really hard to type in English right now. Hopefully I can type more tomorrow... In the meantime, enjoy some pictures.... read more

It was yet another great day here today! We met as a group this morning and discussed how things were going with their families and at school. It sounds like things are really going well! We heard lots of fun stories from home and trips that they have been on around Hamburg already. Funny and interesting stories abound! After our meeting, the kids went to class with their partner or attended an English class with Ms. Herder and I in order to help some younger German students with their English language skills. Then it was off on a walk to the Phoenix Mall. This 3 story giant had our kids grinning from ear to ear. They had about 2 hours to shop and wander the mall before we met for ice cream at a shop on ... read more

Here are some more random photos from teh rest of Germany, I don't take a ton of photos, especially not of people, but Josh does, so I'll grab some of his and post those too. This is Cologne and Frankfurt if my memory serves correctly.... read more