:: 2004 12 July :: 5.02 am

10.50 my time
Yesterday I was as close to heaven as I could get. Medieval festival=men in various medieval/yummy get-up such as tunics, suits of armor, chainmail, and kilts. Mmmm...kilts.


I got to see a real actual (but very staged *sob cry* joust. And had a peachy time.


Today we are going to go and search for a muffin tin. The quest for the holy muffin tin!


Ciao ciao, have fun in the evil sun!

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:: 2004 9 July :: 2.34 pm
:: Music: Rattenfänger-In Extremo

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:: 2004 5 July :: 2.56 pm

20.50 my time
Do you know what the german kids do the last week of school?


They clean.


There are no janitors to clean up after them so this whole week they'll be painting and mopping and brooming and scraping gum off desking. Thankfully us americans get to go to the Altstadt and wherever we want. w00t. So tomorrow I'm gonna go and buy some bye-bye gifts for Janina's family.


Saw Shrek 2 today, they did a good job dubbing my Puss in Boots voice. Janina enjoyed it as well.


Tomorrow is my last day. I hafta go home from school early because it's a 6 or 7 hour drive from Hameln to München.


Viel spass and ciao ciao!

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:: 2004 4 July :: 3.25 pm

21.19 my time
Soccer finales today! Griechenland gegen Portugal! Go Griechenland! Sie haben einen deutschen Trainer! w00t!


There, I'm pretty sure that that kept all of you german lovers from dying from lack of the German language. Moo, I like artificial cheese. And tomato creme soup.


Ended up going to Heide Park today (yesterday I ended up being in one of the longest traffic jams of me life so no Park yesserday). Germans are very friendly in public. Example: while waiting in line for a roller coaster the couple in front of me were cuddling, kissing, swapping spit...yeah. So if any of you were ever disgusted by the PDA that Tom and I used to do, I appologize profusely.


I think that I saw my doppelgänger today. She was waiting in line for the Colossos (very awesome achterbahn) and she had short hair cut in the same style as me, wore earrings that I've been considering buying, had a spikey collar/choker, and had my style of clothing on. There were some parts though that would make her not my doppelgänger; a)methinks that she was a little shorter than me b)she was skinnier than me c)she was prettier than me d)she had a boyfriend (I assumed that he was her boyfriend because they were smooching and swapping spit every five minutes).


I went to an awesome disco last night, played beautiful music it did. Billy Idol, Smashing Pumpkins, ACDC, Metallica...then they played my song. My song. Engel!!!!!!!!


Have fun in the sun. Ciao!

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:: 2004 2 July :: 2.36 pm

20.31 my time
Went to Bremen today, viel spass.


We went to this really cool science museum. Kim, Grady (Brian Grady), Derrick, Tracey, Ella (some chick that's from Rockford that decided to meet us at the train station today), and I went in this über awesome dark room. It was a maze of some sort and you had to complete it in the dark. I lurved it!


Tomorrow's Heide Park! w00t!!!!!

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:: 2004 1 July :: 8.06 am
:: Mood: crampage

14.02 my time
Hola all,

I ended up sleeping for almost 5 hours yesterday. Holy floof! Then I couldn't get to sleep last night (no surprise there) so once again I'm a little sleepy.


Fred came today...Rachel, please sing the 'i hate Fred' song for me. I want to go down in the Altstadt today and buy some Diddl playing cards because I've noticed that I've been playing alot lately. I learned Euchre, Egyptian Rat Screw, Schwim, Speed, Rummy (German style)...wowsa. Plus I taught Golf to a few friends. I'm gonna need cards tomorrow because we're gonna go to Bremen for the day. w00t.


I hope that your summer is going well. I heart yous and miss yous!

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:: 2004 30 June :: 7.42 am
:: Mood: müde

13.38 my time
The ride to Derrick and Brian was fun, and the ride back...though the hill was a little difficult (though not as bad as our Summit hill back in Rockford). We ate ice cream at a little parlor then played billiard at Brian's youth center. He's a fun guy, and his Englisch is very good (his dad was our Rattenfänger guide and he's from the U.S.) Brian looks a lot like Wolverine and acted like him to amuse me.


The German dubbing of the Harry Potter movie was amazingly accurate this time. Only Hermione's voice irked me. Very good movie, even though it's got barely anything correct from the book in it.


Today Pickerd had to go to Hamburg with Kurt because Squirrely lost his passport, so they have to make a new one. Thankfully I haven't lost mine yet (thank God). Rochelle accompanied them. I experienced all of Janina's classes today, and Spaghetti Eis. Yum! Dan, Andrea, Jon, and I played euchre. Dan and I almost won...we were just one point away.


Damn I'm tired, and my bum hurts from biking and hiking...I'm gonna go take a nap. I lurve y'all and miss y'all. *herz*

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:: 2004 29 June :: 8.18 am

14.14 my time
On sunday the Scharenbergs and I went mini-golfing with the family that we'd bowled with. I maintained my title by getting the most points (in my opinion, the one with the most points wins ^_^) Then we pigged at a Greek restaurant. John (the other American) and I started talking (we're both pretty shy) and he's a really nice guy. It was sooooo cute when he admitted that he was a little homesick. I'm still not homesick yet, but I miss all my loved ones.

Yesterday we had a little scavenger hunt in the Altstadt. Viel spass. Then we went to a town called Coppenbürger (some German sounding village) and looked at this really cute, little castle. There was this little doorway that you could walk through, and I didn't even have to bend down to walk through! It was a perfect fit! Tracey took a funny picture of me and Dan standing in the doorway; I'm just standing like I normaly do and Dan is crouched over almost double with his arm around my shoulder. I'll have to ask her for a copy of that one. Then came the grande finale of the trip, we walked UP the mountain by the village. And feel proud, I didn't even complain once! It was soooo much fun, and lotsa exercise. Me bum is feeling it today ^_-

Today we met the mayor of Hameln and got some gifts (a bröttchen rat, a keychain, and some information on Hameln). Then we wandered around the Altstadt some more. Tracey and I shared some yummy confectionary, then Pickerd treated me, Tracey, Derrick, Rochell, and Crookshank to spaghetti eis. I swear that I had died and gone to heaven.

Soon Janina and I will be riding bikes to her mum's work and bug Derrick and his host brother Brian (who live in the same town as Sigrid's work). At 19.15 we'll go and see the third Harry Potter movie. So much planned still for today.

Byes! I heart yous and miss yous!

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:: 2004 27 June :: 8.47 am

14.44 my time
Today Janina, her mum, and I went to the Altstadt part of Hameln and saw a play about the Rattenfänger (Pied Piper). It was really cool, and the best part was that I could understand almost all of it (as it was in German). Ganz toll!


Later on today we're gonna go mini-golfing with the family we bowled with last week. Hopefully I'm better at mini-golf than bowling ^^''


I bought an Inu Yasha manga for myself today. It was only 5 euro! Prettz cheaply good!


Ah well, gotta vroom. I miss ya and lieb' ya!

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:: 2004 25 June :: 9.36 am

15.33 my time
Hola all,
I'm back from Berlin!

I saw the Bundestag and the Berlin Gate and where the Berlin Wall used to stand. Ganz toll!

I went to a dance club dealy twice, but had more fun the first night. There were scary people stalking us afterwards and I was glad that Dan (Dan Deblay) was my 'temporary' boyfriend. I clutched onto his hand extra tight when the scary people were around.

I haven't gotten drunk yet, but finally had my first drink (a shot of Armeretto) and took sips of Carly's and Jessie's drinks at the dance club. Found out that I hate beer too.

I'll write more later! I heart and miss y'all!

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:: 2004 20 June :: 6.25 am
:: Mood: cold

12.25 my time
Well hello there. I'm baaaaaack!

We went to a festival of some sorts yesterday. Kurt got his face painted like that guy from Braveheart. Kim got a sword and shield painted on her cheek. Derrick got a red and black wing painted over one eye. I got my whole face painted so I looked like a Tiger (hahaha!! Kittie Katie at her finest!) Some dude (i think his name's Steve Crookshank) got his face painted like Kurt's. Same thing with his host brother (who is very cute looking if I do say so myself). We were a fine army. I wish that y'all had been there.

Well, bowling for me later on today *cringes* I suck at bowling.

Lurve ya and miss ya!

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:: 2004 18 June :: 10.37 am
:: Mood: moo

(16.37 my time)
Hola all, wie geht's? I'm well, just trying to get used to this german keyboard. Blargh.

It's funny, as soon as he could after we landed in Berlin Kurt bought some random iced alcoholic beverage and downed it in less than 5 minutes! Holy floof! Derrick bought a Jack Daniels coke with whisky thing. I took one sip and realized that i don' like whisky all that much.

Janina and her family are very nice, i heart them. Muchly.

I love and miss y'all!!!

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:: 2004 15 June :: 6.54 pm
:: Mood: nervous/excited
:: Music: Stairway to heaven

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:: 2004 14 June :: 4.41 pm
:: Mood: Deutsch

Hola euch! Wie geht's? Ich bin gut...ein bisschen müde aber meh. Das ist Leben!

W00t, i think that that's enough German for today for y'all.


Ach! Meine Milz! That's for you, Rachel.


Today mum and I went and got some Euros from the bank down by the airport (they're so colourful! I hearts their rainbowy goodness!) And then we went to Barnes & Noble where I got 3 airplane books (Petshop of Horrors #6, Angel Sanctuary #1, and Kill me, Kiss me #2) and a cook book for Tina's mum. Lastly, we vroomed to good ol' Herman's Boy and bought fudge, coffee, and two coffee mugs for Janina's dad and mum. I think that our rushing around and buying peace offerings is finally done. w00t!


Oh! And mum and I finally made the shirts for Janina and me!!!!! Booyah! I now officially have a Ranma 1/2 shirt! *dances*


I'll try to update one more time before going on the plane! I heart y'all!

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:: 2004 14 June :: 12.22 am
:: Mood: müde
:: Music: Strong Bad e-mail

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