FESTIVAL!!!!!

Yesterday was by far the most fun day ive had since i got here! School wasn't too bad, We had german class for an hour and a half and the teacher was really nice... i just sat and read my book though, then we had a two hour break where svenja did work for something and i sat in the cafeteria and read, which was relaxing.. i walked around outside a bit too.. then we went to art class for an hour and a half.. it wasn't bad.. they copied notes the whole time, and i continued to read my book haha the teacher seemed nice though.. i recongnized some words in both classes so i have a general idea of what they are talking about but they teachers understand that i dont know the language so i just read my book and dont disrupt anything.. after art we had a thirty minute break and then we went to vollyball! They didnt do anything though, just talked about what to wear and how the game is played and stuff.. i want to try and participate in that class but i dont know if the teacher will let me, i guess it depends what we are doing that day! haha but thats not why my day was so fun!.. after school we went swimming at a lake, not a big one.. about the size of three public swimming pools.. it was soo cool though! it had diving boards and of course a beach area and gass everywhere for people to lay on towels and blankets and stuff and an area where we played soccer and vollyball a little bit.. and in the water it had a HUGE inflateable slide.. it was awesome!! But the day got even better! We went home and ate green bean soup for dinner!!!!!!!! haha ohk just kidding that wasnt the exciting part either.. we went into altenburg for a big festival ! It was soo cool, there were two rides one that made you really dizzy by spnning you around really fast while loud disko music played and there were strobe lights and colored lights haha it was soo fun! very crazy! then we went on a big round cage thing and it made you feel like you were floating, it was crazy and then it spins you really fast, if you let go you would fly off the ride haha so i held on! It was a lot lot of fun! There were no funnel cakes but they had thin waffel type things and they put all different fillings in them and folded them in half like a folder.. i got chocolate in the middle and it might have been the best thing i have ever tasted in my entire life!!! mmmmmmmm so good! Then there was a big tent and it was like a mini disko.. it was SOO FUN! Fun dance music playing really loud and everyone dancing and singing at the top of their lungs.. sometimes in german which was really cool! The played everything from lady marmelad (i cant spell, the one that goes "o lay vue coo shay ah lay va" or some mess like that haha i spell phonetically (sp?)) haha ohk anyways everything from that to old usher songs which were hilarious and really fun to poker face and fast german dance songs.. everything you could imagine that has a fast beat and you can dance too was played it was awesome! German people dance soo well too, its not like the american dancing where everyone grides and i try to stay away from the dance floor to avoid flying diseases haha but germans reallly dance, not on each other, but to the song.. its cool to watch i cant explain it but they make dancing look fun! We got a cocktail (sorry), i got a touch down.. i think thats what it is called, i dont know but there was a bunch of fruit on the top so i got it! haha and sat down and watched everyone dance and then we went and danced.. and i tried not to embarass americans but i wasn't the best dancer haha i had so much fun though! There were a few kids from school there and they actually made eye contact haha so i had a chance to smile, it was good.. haha then we went home because we were exhausted. it was so fun!!!!!!! I love german dancing so much haha its fun and fast and you dont feel like your in a dirty music video haha.. so that was my friday night and i loved it!... a few side notes **Germans cant make the "th" sound, its funny!** Today we went to Conni (host brothers) new apartment becuase he started work about an hour away and so he had to move closer, we helped move the last of his furnature in and even built him a wardrobe, or put it together at least haha svenja and i put together the drawers, which is more difficult that i originally planned haha but i felt accomplished! Her grandparents were there helping too and they are great! I really like her grandparents, they seem like a couple that should be on I love lucy or something, they are so fun! haha Thats all for now, love and miss everyone!! -Emily

School.. wow

Today was my first day of school, and well.. school is lame everywhere SURPRISE haha! The school i go to ranges from grade 5 up to grade 12 with only about 2000 people or less, im not quite sure.. but there are not that many people my age, compared to freedom and patton! there were only 12 people in my first class.. By the way, i had NO CLUE what was going on in math class. haha near the end i started to figure out what they were doing but i couldnt read the teachers handwriting on the blackboard so i couldnt copy it down.. and usually in english when i cant read what Mr. Fossett writes i can figure it out because i can recognize what word it looks like, but in german i dont know ANY words so when i cant read their handwriting it is useless.. haha and everyone writes fancy so i cant even copy notes becuase i cant tell what the letters are!! Today i had math and then we were supposed to go to German but we didnt have it for some reason and the teacher left them an assignment to do, so we sat in the lunch room for two hours, i just read my book becuase i obviously couldnt do the assignment, the language thing has purposed a problem haha "whod a thunk" hah just kidding, but then we ate lunch and went to english class, which was really easy but embarrasing becuase the teacher made me stand up and say a whole bunch of stuff.. and i know im being a negative nancy but none of the kids talked to me! haha.. i know im scary but come on!.. they didnt even introduce themselves.. sooooooooooo maybe things will get better.. at least i got the first day out of the way and good news, we got out at 1:30!!!!!!1 thats awesome! yay.. i am so glad tomorow is friday! I will try to keep things updated xoxo love and miss everyone!