Blogs from Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe - page 11

I am sitting on a bus right now with ten other people from all over the world. We are traveling to Schwetzingen, a neighboring town to Heidelberg, where the Freiburg Physical Virus Collective (tommy’s group) will be performing. And it occurred to me, as I sit here with all of these dancers, that there is not one single German on this bus. Let me tell you a bit about the people on this bus, in this company. There is Willy, who is French-Vietnamese, teacher and co-founder of ‘l’Art de Deplacement’ a specific art form that derived from freestyle streetwalking, or, Yamakasi. He is here in Freiburg preparing for the workshop he will be holding at the theater in Freiburg in January. He is here with his girlfriend, Ines, who is from Barcelona but speaks fluent French. ... read more

So, back again from H-berg. Just been chillin around town lately. Done a lot of schoolwork, since I finished my first grade placement last week. It was really hard to leave the kids. They sang some goodbye songs, and we had cupcakes and such. It was great, and I’ll miss them a lot! I’ve seen them in the halls, and they all get so excited to see Miss Walter again. I get a little excited to see them too! But yea, first-grade was wonderful, a lot of work but well worth it. I’ll miss Carol, she was such a great mentor and taught me a lot! But, preschool is going swimmingly. I was so comfortable in the classroom right from the beginning. Preschool is kind of my thing and I know what to do. It’s ... read more

Germany is excellent. We’ve been busy with school and exploring our new surroundings, and trying to figure out public transportation! After this weekend, I think we have a better grip on it, but I’m still not completely comfortable with my train/strass track knowledge! I’ve been busy at school, first graders sure wear you out! It’s a great class, 19 students and the kids are pretty good. I can already tell that it is going to be hard to leave them in another 7 weeks. I started off right away doing little things with Carol, and she is handing over more and more lessons every day. We had our open house last week so we got to meet all of the parents. This weekend AO and I were downtown (more about that later) but as we walked ... read more

Hello. back on the messed up kezboard AGAIN :P well i have been a verz busz girl latelz. when i last left zou i was about to go jump off a mountain! so we all piled into a little van and this crayz little austrian woman drove it like a race car up the teenz tinz austrian mountain roads. that alone was enough to get mz adrenaline pumping nevermind the thought of jumping off a mountain hahaha. so parked at the landing field and took a gondola the rest of the waz up the mountain. absolutelz amaying views from the top! then we got all the gear on, laid out the parachute and i was then strapped to mz tandem pilot. he said we would start running on the count of three and then he began ... read more

The other day we went to a Famous German university town called Heidelberg, which is older than all of your grandparents put together. It was quite beautiful, with Nice students too.. Nothing exciting happened, but here are some photos Sam ... read more