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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne February 25th 2006

Woke up the next morning feeling a little worse for wear but made myself get out of bed and made my way to the train station. I got on a train to Cologne which is a two hour journey north. The trains in Germany are brilliant, they are really efficient and always run on time. For the most part of the trip the train travelled alongside the Rhine river which is really beautiful and well worth it. We passed several small towns each with their own church and nestled into the valley. They all looked exactly the same and as we rounded each bend sure enough another town, another church! We passed maybe fifteen of these small towns and occasionally seeing the remains of castles perched atop the hill. The river is pretty busy with many ... read more

dagreis naar Koln, De geboorteplat van de Pope

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne February 3rd 2006

ik en paula

attapon

1 dag in Koln... alles in de stad is nieuw,... De dingen die oud zijn zijn de kerk in het centrum en zijn babushka ... read more

Last Night in Germany

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum February 3rd 2006

BonanzaBean7

This will be the last entry I'll be writing from Germany for a while. The next will be from Kenya! Tomorrow morning I'm off to Frankfrut to begin my 24 hour travel day to Mombasa Kenya. Quite excited but also a little nervous and scared... but mostly excited. It's been a great semester in Germany and I can't believe it's over already. Now I'm ready for some very new adventures in Kenya. I'll try to write as often as I can. I'll also be trying to get pictures up on my site when I can. Here's my itenerary in case you're interested in seeing what I'll be up to: KENYA: SWAHILI STUDIES & COASTAL CULTURES SPRING 2006 PROGRAM SCHEDULE** February 5 - 11 Program Orientation & Introduction to Swahili Language: Mombasa & Malindi FSS February 12 ... read more

Das Phantom der Oper

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum February 1st 2006

BonanzaBean7

Hey everyone, Just got back from Essen. Went with Mama, Papa, and Marina to watch The Phantom of the Opera (theater production, not the movie). It was sooooooo good. It was neat too, to hear it all in German instead of English. What a great night it was. I love the music and seeing it live was definitely a different experience than watching the movie. (Although the movie is also very good, so I would recommend watching it if you haven't) Other than tonight I haven't been up to much except getting ready to leave for Kenya. As you can see I'm moved back up to Stockum. Fri. night (my last night in Trier) I made dinner for friends. It was nice spending the last night with them just kicking back... It was a fun and ... read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!! =)

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum January 1st 2006

Caro slicing the Pizza Rolls

BonanzaBean7

I can't believe another year has gone by. It's already 2006 and I definetely started it off on the right foot. =) I was going to go to Muenster with Caro and Sophie to celebrate with some of Carlo's (Sophie's boyfriend) friends. But we found out Thur. that the party we were going to go to was 21 and up! In Germany!! Never expected that. It kinda stunk and it was to late to get tickets to other parties going on in Muenster. So, we didn't do that. We went to Arnsberg (a city about 20-30 min. from Sundern) instead. It was still a blast. =) Caro, Sophie and I drove to Carlo's place early to get everything ready for dinner. We were having Raclette, so we had to get all the different toppings ready. Sophie ... read more

Babysitting with Juli

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 30th 2005

Juli reading to Louisa

BonanzaBean7

Just got back from Juli's sister's house. They live in Stockum and Juli was babysitting her little niece, Louisa tonight, so I went over to hang out. Louisa is soooo cute. It was the first time I had seen her. She was supposed to go to bed around the time that I got there, but she was so excited that Juli and I were there, so that didn't happen. She has sooo full of energy. =) We played together a bit. Then she ran around the room and was just a very happy baby until we put her to bed about and hour later. We tucked her into her crib and then left her screaming and crying. Juli and I both felt soo bad. I hate leaving babies crying, but she eventually fell asleep. Juli and ... read more

Game Night at Oma Imgard's

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 29th 2005

sitting around playing Taboo

BonanzaBean7

Went to Oma Imgard's (Papa's mom) last night for a game night with the cousins. She invited us all over. Lotta, Maike, and Jan were also there. It was a pretty fun night. Had pizza (always a good thing = ) We played "Ligretto" first. It's a very fast card game. Each player recieves a deck of cards with a different color on the back. They lay four cards in front of them face up and thirty of their cards in a deck face down with the top card turned over. They then flip over three cards over from the pile in their hand. Only the top of one can be used to play. The cards have the numbers 1-10 and are different colors (red, yellow, green, and blue). Cards are then layed in the middle ... read more

Wunderschoene Weihnachten

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 28th 2005

Presents under the Christmas Tree

BonanzaBean7

What a great Christmas this has been =) I missed everyone back home, but it was also nice to get to spend Christmas with family over here again. Of course in true German style, there was a lot of celebrating. 24th:Christmas Eve The day was pretty relaxing. Just kicked back and didn't do much. Around 5 Anna, Maike and Oma came over and we opened presents. There were so many under the tree! Got some really nice stuff. Oh yeah, the Christmas tree had candles on it. =) I love that. hehe... the tree looks so pretty with candles. It just means you have to be extra careful. After presents we all went to Christina and Juergen's (Mama's sister and brother-in-law) for dinner. It's tradition that the Christmas Eve dinner is Fondue. mmmmmm.... so good. It's ... read more

Gift exchange and christmas party with the girls =)

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 24th 2005

Christmas party

BonanzaBean7

Last night was great! Nello, Evy, Sonja, Marina, Juli and I got together for our christmas party and gift exchange. We went to Juli's had pizza, drank sparkling wine (pretty much a bottle a person, that explains the pictures if you look at em) and had a blast. We exchanged the gag gifts first. Those where quite entertaining. We put a gift in the middle of the table and the first person to roll a double with the dice got it. Nello got the monkey lighter that I brought. It was a hit. =) Sonja and Marina ended up bringing the same gag gift, so Juli and I opened em at the same time. They're ugly calendars from a Chinese restaraunt in Sundern. Was pretty entertaining. After that we exchanged our real gifts. Marina and I ... read more

I've been slacking

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 22nd 2005

BonanzaBean7

Hi Everyone, yeah I know... I've been slacking. sorry that it's been a while since I last wrote. I know, I haven't finished writing about the conference. I've already started the last journal entry for it, but just haven't found the time to finish it yet. Things have been very busy here. After berlin I was in Trier for 3 days and then caught a train up to Stockum for the weekend (Thur. to Sun.). It was nice to be back up here. Sat. was my class party. That was a blast =) =)... I have pictures up on my site. I was back in Trier this week. Classes are keeping me very very busy. It's beginning to be crunch time. Also had to clean the apartment and pack. Yuck! Mon. was my last dance class. ... read more

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