The word of the day is Krizelkrazel, which is wonderfully fun to say and it means scribbling!
J'ai eu mon premier classe de Francais aujourd'hui. J'attendais ce classe pour longtemps; j'ai voulu savoir si je peut encore parler en Francais. Et je peut! Mais c'est beaucoup plus difficile; maintenant quand je cherche pour un mot, le mot en allemagne vient premier, et il faut que je pense pour longtemps de trouver le mot en Francais.
La difficulte de mon classe est plus ou moins egal avec mon classe aus Etats-Unis. Nous practiquons plus l'accent und grammaire ici, mais je crois que j'ai un grosser vocabulaire. Maintenant, nous lisons Sous le Ciel de Marseilles. Il faut que j'acheter un copie.
Excuse my schreklich French... I really think that in a few more classes it will start flowing again. It's really hard for me right now- I still can remember my french, but I need a trigger, first. My teacher was impressed with my use of the subjonctif, though. I had forgotten what the subjontif was, but I guess I did something right. Props to you, Madame!
Today I baked Curbiskerne from my pumpkin. Anke didn't believe that they could be eaten, but they really are still delicious, even here in Deutschland.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Kurbisse!
So! Ich habe eine Kurbislaterne geschnizt! It's the same as last year's, nearly, but it was good last year.
Mechtild, the regional AFS contact, invited all of the AFS kids for the Luebeck and the Keil to her house for some phat pumpkin carving action. We also made apple juice and sang Elvis songs and played chess. It was pretty sweet.
It's kind of funny, seeing some of the Germans and the South Americans and the Asians- well, everyone except the Americans, really- try to carve pumpkins. America really is the only place in the world where pumpkin carving is really common, I guess. Some of the kids were terrified at the idea of actually reaching into the pumpkin guts and pulling out the phlegm I guess that is sort of intimidating, though.
Geo, Vincent, Hans, Mechtild's husband, and I played Chess. Vince the Prince came out on top against me two games out of three, but I fared well against the others.
Oh! And today we made Kastanienmaennchen! They're kind of cute.
Mechtild, the regional AFS contact, invited all of the AFS kids for the Luebeck and the Keil to her house for some phat pumpkin carving action. We also made apple juice and sang Elvis songs and played chess. It was pretty sweet.
It's kind of funny, seeing some of the Germans and the South Americans and the Asians- well, everyone except the Americans, really- try to carve pumpkins. America really is the only place in the world where pumpkin carving is really common, I guess. Some of the kids were terrified at the idea of actually reaching into the pumpkin guts and pulling out the phlegm I guess that is sort of intimidating, though.
Geo, Vincent, Hans, Mechtild's husband, and I played Chess. Vince the Prince came out on top against me two games out of three, but I fared well against the others.
Oh! And today we made Kastanienmaennchen! They're kind of cute.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
in this post, I actually say something!
HOKAY. So here's the plan:
In this post I'll tell you what I've been up to, because I really haven't recently.
SO.
When we went to Italy, we flew into Pisa. We did see the leaning tower, as I'm sure you saw from my photos. It was kind funny- as soon as we stepped out of our car in Pisa a half dozen scalpers started trying to sell us Rolex watches and Coach purses and other fun things that were more than likely not Rolex or Coach. We also got a parking ticket... souvenir!
We stayed with Denio and Almuth, who are family friends of the Baake's. They lived in the mountains, quite literally, in a town called Castello Nova. Almuth used to live in Germany, but from what I understand she married Denio and they lived in Germany for a few years and then went back to Denio's native Italy. Anyway, they both spoke very good German, and Almuth had pretty good English.
It was very neat, staying with them- they were so stereotypically and wonderfully Italian. They had a little vineyard, and an olive tree grove, and grew all their own herbs and vegetables. The first night Denio made pizzas, with fresh mozzarella cheese, rosemary from the garden, and thin Italian crust, and it was served with rot Wein.
The next day we went into Florence. Florence is a very great city- we wandered through some of the more touristy places, as we also went into the anatomical museum I mentioned in the last post. We had mozeralla and tomato panini for lunch und es hat geschmeckt sehr gut.
The next day hannes, Alex and I helped lay out nets under the olive trees- in about a week, when the olives are good and ripe, Denio will harvest them, knocking them off the branches and into the nets. Then he can press and process them into olive oil. I thought it was very neat- half of everything we ate came was selbst gemach- homemade. The olive oil, the vegetables, hte nuts, the mushrooms, they had wine, but it wasn't yet ready, the bread was made at home- it was all fresh and delicious.
Italy was warmer than here in Germany, but not too much warmer. It was brisk. Mia, Hannes, and Alex swam in the pool, but they're crazy Germans. Eleven degrees was too cold for me.
Anyway. Tuesday we got back and celebrated Anke's mother's Geburtstag, and I got to meet her. She's a very nice and very interesting lady. The cake was good, too.
Yesterday I worked on college apps and cut wood, and today I made quesadillas! Here's a pic:
In this post I'll tell you what I've been up to, because I really haven't recently.
SO.
When we went to Italy, we flew into Pisa. We did see the leaning tower, as I'm sure you saw from my photos. It was kind funny- as soon as we stepped out of our car in Pisa a half dozen scalpers started trying to sell us Rolex watches and Coach purses and other fun things that were more than likely not Rolex or Coach. We also got a parking ticket... souvenir!
We stayed with Denio and Almuth, who are family friends of the Baake's. They lived in the mountains, quite literally, in a town called Castello Nova. Almuth used to live in Germany, but from what I understand she married Denio and they lived in Germany for a few years and then went back to Denio's native Italy. Anyway, they both spoke very good German, and Almuth had pretty good English.
It was very neat, staying with them- they were so stereotypically and wonderfully Italian. They had a little vineyard, and an olive tree grove, and grew all their own herbs and vegetables. The first night Denio made pizzas, with fresh mozzarella cheese, rosemary from the garden, and thin Italian crust, and it was served with rot Wein.
The next day we went into Florence. Florence is a very great city- we wandered through some of the more touristy places, as we also went into the anatomical museum I mentioned in the last post. We had mozeralla and tomato panini for lunch und es hat geschmeckt sehr gut.
The next day hannes, Alex and I helped lay out nets under the olive trees- in about a week, when the olives are good and ripe, Denio will harvest them, knocking them off the branches and into the nets. Then he can press and process them into olive oil. I thought it was very neat- half of everything we ate came was selbst gemach- homemade. The olive oil, the vegetables, hte nuts, the mushrooms, they had wine, but it wasn't yet ready, the bread was made at home- it was all fresh and delicious.
Italy was warmer than here in Germany, but not too much warmer. It was brisk. Mia, Hannes, and Alex swam in the pool, but they're crazy Germans. Eleven degrees was too cold for me.
Anyway. Tuesday we got back and celebrated Anke's mother's Geburtstag, and I got to meet her. She's a very nice and very interesting lady. The cake was good, too.
Yesterday I worked on college apps and cut wood, and today I made quesadillas! Here's a pic:
Schwach Dollar
Euro kostet wieder mehr als 1,50 Dollar
Frankfurt/Main - Der Euro hat die Marke von 1,50 US-Dollar geknackt. In der Spitze kostete er gestern Nachmittag 1,5017 Dollar; das war der höchste Stand seit dem Juli 2008. Damals hatte der Euro mit 1,6038 Dollar einen Rokordstand erreicht. Verbraucher und Urlauber profitieren vom harten Euro; exportorientierte deutsche Firmen leiden unter der Dollarschwäche.
The good news: I understood this article completely. The bad news: This article.
Italien... ein mehr Fotopost
Italien war shön.
We had this cute little 4-seater car. It was French, ich denke.
Hannes!
Here's Hannes, Mia, and Friederika, in the Anatomical Museum Florentino. I would have taken more pictures there, but it wasn't really allowed... it was very cool, though- first was a huge collection of animals, stuffed and displayed, and then was an anatomical wax exhibit, with hundreds of anatomically correct and gruesomely realistic bodies and organs. Harry would have loved this place.
Florence.
I never was a coffee fan, but as the saying goes, When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The saying didn't change the coffee, though. It was still bad. Left is Denio's wine cask- I thought that was neat- they made their own wine from their own grapes. Es war gut!
Hannes, Alex and I helped Denio lay down nets under the olive trees- they had a pretty little grove, and next week they harvest. The nets catch the olives when they fall.
These things are everywhere. They're cute.
Gelato in Castelello Nova!
I got a kick out of this- in the airport there was a little arcade, and there was one of those games where you need to line up a cylinder with a tube and push out the prize. I guess cigs are a wonderful prize in Italy.
Okay, that's all for now! Bis bald.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
More Fotos
Heute haben wir some fine art from Hannes und Stine. The Saturn is mine. Tomorrow I'm going to Italy! I'll be back on Tuesday.
schönes wochenende!!!
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