Ja ihr Lieben, jetzt bin ich seit dem 7.7. auch schon wieder auf deutschem Boden. Damit wären meine Berichte aus diesem wunderschönen Jahr abgeschlossen. Die letzte Woche in Virginia war auch noch mal wunderschön. Ich habe an einem Vielseitigkeitsturnier teilgenommen und den amerikanischen Nationalfeiertag mitgefeiert. Das war echt ein grandioser Abschluss. Da ich jetzt aber auch schon wieder in der Heimat bin kann ich euch davon ja auch so demnächst mal erzählen. Auch hier in Deutschland wurde ich richtig lieb mit vielen tollen Überraschungen willkommen geheißen. Viele Leute hab ich schon gesehen und viele andere werde ich hoffentlich bald sehen :)
Bis dann
Sarah
P.S. Ja ich kann wieder Deutsch schreiben und sprechen. Nur manchmal hört es sich etwas komisch an und evtl kommt dann mal ein englisches Wort dazu :D Aber ihr versteht mich trotzdem.
Freitag, Juli 30, 2010
Montag, Juni 21, 2010
SUMMER I LOVE YOU!!
The summer is here and my stay in the US is coming to an end. The last 4 days of school we just had final exams and the 16th was our last days. It's summer!! Well, the weather was perfect even before that. Here in Virginia the summer is extremely hot and humid (compared to Germany). But other than for riding I don't have any problems with that and won't complain at all because we have this awesome pool!! :) Because of that Sarah and I have frinds over all the time now. Hanging out around the pool and jumping in the water when it gets too hot. By now even the water temperature is perfect for me. It isn't freezing cold any more, just perfect. Well the people who know me probably think the water is extremely warm when I say it's not too cold. :D
me, Ally, Becca, Kelly
me, Becca, Kelly
Jade (France), Amaia (Spain), me (Germany)
I'm sorry i haven't written anything new in a while but I totally forgot the time. This year went by so fast. I can remember the big snowstorm as if it was two weeks ago. Now that we don't have school and the weather is so awesome I completely forget time. Hanging out at the pool with friends, doing my last big shopping trip with Ally, and I'm going to a good bye pool party today. All the other exchange students are leaving even sooner than I am.
But even if it doesn't sound like it I'm also looking forward to see you guys again! 11 months is a long time and I can't believe I haven't seen y'all in such a long time. My good bye party in Germany doesn't seem that long ago, does it?? Besides I have to come back to support Germany. Why do all the usually good European countries suck right now at whe fifa world cup?? That was the first thing we talked about last Friday when Amaia and Jade came over. It was extremely funny since we had poeple from the best soccer teams in Europe (Germany, Spain and France). My idea was that we have to go back to our home country to support them from there so that they gonna do better (even though Amaia from Spain supports Germany) cause right now we are in the US and they are doing extremely well.
Going home also means getting started with my drivers license. Well right now after 11 months US I really wanna drive, since it was normal for teenagers to drive here but on the other hand I'm not ready cause of the many car accidents they have. Earlier in the year there was a big car crash where the car got torn apart into two pieced and the two students were supposed to die. Then on this Saturday morning a guy in my grade died because of a car accident. It seems so unreal cause I knew that kid. We weren't friends but he was in my grade, had a class together and have even talked before. Maybe it's good that the driving age in Germany is older.
me, Ally, Becca, Kelly
me, Becca, Kelly
Jade (France), Amaia (Spain), me (Germany)
I'm sorry i haven't written anything new in a while but I totally forgot the time. This year went by so fast. I can remember the big snowstorm as if it was two weeks ago. Now that we don't have school and the weather is so awesome I completely forget time. Hanging out at the pool with friends, doing my last big shopping trip with Ally, and I'm going to a good bye pool party today. All the other exchange students are leaving even sooner than I am.
But even if it doesn't sound like it I'm also looking forward to see you guys again! 11 months is a long time and I can't believe I haven't seen y'all in such a long time. My good bye party in Germany doesn't seem that long ago, does it?? Besides I have to come back to support Germany. Why do all the usually good European countries suck right now at whe fifa world cup?? That was the first thing we talked about last Friday when Amaia and Jade came over. It was extremely funny since we had poeple from the best soccer teams in Europe (Germany, Spain and France). My idea was that we have to go back to our home country to support them from there so that they gonna do better (even though Amaia from Spain supports Germany) cause right now we are in the US and they are doing extremely well.
Going home also means getting started with my drivers license. Well right now after 11 months US I really wanna drive, since it was normal for teenagers to drive here but on the other hand I'm not ready cause of the many car accidents they have. Earlier in the year there was a big car crash where the car got torn apart into two pieced and the two students were supposed to die. Then on this Saturday morning a guy in my grade died because of a car accident. It seems so unreal cause I knew that kid. We weren't friends but he was in my grade, had a class together and have even talked before. Maybe it's good that the driving age in Germany is older.
Montag, Juni 07, 2010
Today is June 7th!
Do you know what that means??? Well if you've followed my blog or talked to my family we know that imma be home in exactly one month. I know the time seriously flew by so freaking fast.
This Sunday we had kinda like a good bye pax poolparty with all the exchangestudents. Actually not even all of them cause one girl is already back home since the middle of May I think. Anyways, this really made all of us think how soon we'll be home - and I'm actually the one who stays here the longest. None of the other exchange students stay fot 4th of July. But we didn't let the thought of leaving our new American familie and friends too close and just had fun that day.
The week before we had our own pool party for Memorial Day here at our house. Nobody had to go to school because of the holiday and in the after noon many of Patrice's friends came over with their families. The only people I knew were Nelsons and Mike, Lisa and Britany. (Sarah's and my trainers and their working student for this summer)The funniest thing that day was that I realized how tanned I am. :D I was sitting between Sarah and Britany at the pool and they're both so pale, or at least their legs. But I think it wasn't just them I think my legs have never been that tanned before. They're almost as tanned as my arms. Until that day Sarah always used riding and wearing briches as her excuse/explanation for not being tanned but then the realized that I ride as much as she does. I don't really know how my legs got tanned but I think it's from running because I have a shorts tanline - unfortunatelly. But other than running it's true that I've been outside a lot lately. The weather is just so great. I love the sun!! But here it gets really humid so that it feels even hotter than it already is. Imma be wearing sweatchirts all the time back in Germany when I hear about your 12 degree Celcius over there. I'm definitely panning on taking the sun with me.
The Memorial Day weekend was pretty busy for me. The day before the pool party Sarah and I went to a combined training test (jumping and dressage)which went pretty well for us over all. Sarah came in first in her level and I ... well I dont' need to explain everything but the important thing is that Rosalie and I improved a lot from last time. Our dressage was ok but compared to everyone else we woulda won over all if I wouldn't have made a stupid mistake.
At night we went out for dinner and bowling with Mike, Lisa, and Britany. We went to a similar restaurant we took my dad so the cooked our food in front of us. I know I live in luxory here :) But I suck at bowling. Both times Sarah and I came in last and second to last. Mama sait it musta been the name. ;)
Friday night I went to the movies with Christine and we watched 'Sex and the City 2'. Has anyone seen that yet??
This Sunday we had kinda like a good bye pax poolparty with all the exchangestudents. Actually not even all of them cause one girl is already back home since the middle of May I think. Anyways, this really made all of us think how soon we'll be home - and I'm actually the one who stays here the longest. None of the other exchange students stay fot 4th of July. But we didn't let the thought of leaving our new American familie and friends too close and just had fun that day.
The week before we had our own pool party for Memorial Day here at our house. Nobody had to go to school because of the holiday and in the after noon many of Patrice's friends came over with their families. The only people I knew were Nelsons and Mike, Lisa and Britany. (Sarah's and my trainers and their working student for this summer)The funniest thing that day was that I realized how tanned I am. :D I was sitting between Sarah and Britany at the pool and they're both so pale, or at least their legs. But I think it wasn't just them I think my legs have never been that tanned before. They're almost as tanned as my arms. Until that day Sarah always used riding and wearing briches as her excuse/explanation for not being tanned but then the realized that I ride as much as she does. I don't really know how my legs got tanned but I think it's from running because I have a shorts tanline - unfortunatelly. But other than running it's true that I've been outside a lot lately. The weather is just so great. I love the sun!! But here it gets really humid so that it feels even hotter than it already is. Imma be wearing sweatchirts all the time back in Germany when I hear about your 12 degree Celcius over there. I'm definitely panning on taking the sun with me.
The Memorial Day weekend was pretty busy for me. The day before the pool party Sarah and I went to a combined training test (jumping and dressage)which went pretty well for us over all. Sarah came in first in her level and I ... well I dont' need to explain everything but the important thing is that Rosalie and I improved a lot from last time. Our dressage was ok but compared to everyone else we woulda won over all if I wouldn't have made a stupid mistake.
At night we went out for dinner and bowling with Mike, Lisa, and Britany. We went to a similar restaurant we took my dad so the cooked our food in front of us. I know I live in luxory here :) But I suck at bowling. Both times Sarah and I came in last and second to last. Mama sait it musta been the name. ;)
Friday night I went to the movies with Christine and we watched 'Sex and the City 2'. Has anyone seen that yet??
Sonntag, Mai 30, 2010
prom pictures
Christine & I
Becca, Blake, Steven, Ally, I, Elli, Stephen, Christine, Megan, Adam, Nastia
Becca, Ally, I, Elli, Christine, Megan, Nastia
and if you have facebook you can look at more pictures there
Mittwoch, Mai 26, 2010
PROM!
I'm sorry I haven't written anything in a while but I was really busy. But at least I have a lot to talk about :)
Wednesday, May 19th, was my last track meet. Even though I didn't qualify for this district meet my coach still put me in. These qualifying times are so fast, I'm not even dreaming of ever running that fast. :) He put me in the 1 mile, probably because I surprised him in this event the week before. I ran a 6:35 min, which improved my time again by 5 sec AND I didn't come in last!! That totally made my day! :D But since this was during the week the meet lasted forever and we didn't get back before midnight.
The next day I didn't have more time to rest. After school we drove to a riding lesson and when we finally got back from that I had to write some stupid history essay. (Yes, I acutally had to write an essay for school. I'm telling you imma fail next year!)
Friday night I went to the movies with Ally + Lauren. But we didn't go to the normal theatre but to the drive in. The movie was on a humongous wall and everyone's watching form their car or truck. We girls were laying on top of the car with a bunch of blankets and pillows. We really need a drive in theatre in Germany. Or do we even have something like that and I just don't know about it. Anyways, it's really funny!
The next day was Saturday, Promnight. In the morning Ally and I went to get our nails done and met like 11 other girls from our school at the nail place. That was extremely funny and everyone was so excited. Later Becca came over to my house cause she asked me to do her hair. After that I got myself ready.
This dance, which is just for Juniors or Seniors with their dates, is really a big deal here in America. Some girls buy their dresses months in advance, and many get their nails + hair professionally done. Guys are supposed to match their date and buy or rent a tux. Dates buy each other folwers and take a ton of pictures together. So as a normal American student I wouldn't go without a serious date or a friend you know you'll have fun at these kind of dances. Prome is for dates. You could not only tell because of the discount on couple tickets, but also because of the music. Well I still had fun with Chistine as my 'date' ;) and the other people we went with. Our group had dinner together at Becca's before. That's were we also took a ton of pictures even though it was raining. We made the best out of it. This rain also made the plans after prom a little more difficult so a couple of us just went to Ally's.
The next day I couldn't really relax because of some exchange-student-meeting where I went straight from Ally's. At the meeting we were talking about going home, the problems we could have with that, and our experiences in the US. I loved talking about my American experience cause all of us were kinda in the same situation. All of us are from different countries and got to know the American way of life. But everyones impressions differed a little since we live with different families and were comparing everything to our homecountry. Germany isn't the same than France, Spain, Norway, Russia, Kazakhstan, or Malaysia. And none of the countries are like America.
Yeah, that's what's been happening here. I'm really excited gettin back home and see y'all but at the same time it's weird leaving all this without knowing when I'm gonna see it again.
You'll get prompictures in the next couple of days. I promise!
Wednesday, May 19th, was my last track meet. Even though I didn't qualify for this district meet my coach still put me in. These qualifying times are so fast, I'm not even dreaming of ever running that fast. :) He put me in the 1 mile, probably because I surprised him in this event the week before. I ran a 6:35 min, which improved my time again by 5 sec AND I didn't come in last!! That totally made my day! :D But since this was during the week the meet lasted forever and we didn't get back before midnight.
The next day I didn't have more time to rest. After school we drove to a riding lesson and when we finally got back from that I had to write some stupid history essay. (Yes, I acutally had to write an essay for school. I'm telling you imma fail next year!)
Friday night I went to the movies with Ally + Lauren. But we didn't go to the normal theatre but to the drive in. The movie was on a humongous wall and everyone's watching form their car or truck. We girls were laying on top of the car with a bunch of blankets and pillows. We really need a drive in theatre in Germany. Or do we even have something like that and I just don't know about it. Anyways, it's really funny!
The next day was Saturday, Promnight. In the morning Ally and I went to get our nails done and met like 11 other girls from our school at the nail place. That was extremely funny and everyone was so excited. Later Becca came over to my house cause she asked me to do her hair. After that I got myself ready.
This dance, which is just for Juniors or Seniors with their dates, is really a big deal here in America. Some girls buy their dresses months in advance, and many get their nails + hair professionally done. Guys are supposed to match their date and buy or rent a tux. Dates buy each other folwers and take a ton of pictures together. So as a normal American student I wouldn't go without a serious date or a friend you know you'll have fun at these kind of dances. Prome is for dates. You could not only tell because of the discount on couple tickets, but also because of the music. Well I still had fun with Chistine as my 'date' ;) and the other people we went with. Our group had dinner together at Becca's before. That's were we also took a ton of pictures even though it was raining. We made the best out of it. This rain also made the plans after prom a little more difficult so a couple of us just went to Ally's.
The next day I couldn't really relax because of some exchange-student-meeting where I went straight from Ally's. At the meeting we were talking about going home, the problems we could have with that, and our experiences in the US. I loved talking about my American experience cause all of us were kinda in the same situation. All of us are from different countries and got to know the American way of life. But everyones impressions differed a little since we live with different families and were comparing everything to our homecountry. Germany isn't the same than France, Spain, Norway, Russia, Kazakhstan, or Malaysia. And none of the countries are like America.
Yeah, that's what's been happening here. I'm really excited gettin back home and see y'all but at the same time it's weird leaving all this without knowing when I'm gonna see it again.
You'll get prompictures in the next couple of days. I promise!
Donnerstag, Mai 13, 2010
Besuch aus Deutschland
Jetzt hab ich meinen Papa gerade zum Flughafen gebracht und muss euch erst einmal von seinem Besuch hier berichten. Jaha jetzt kann ich wieder Deutsch sprechen :D Das war allerdings echt schwerer als ich gedacht hatte, in den ersten beiden Tagen hab ich wirklich am Angang noch Englisch mit ihm gesprochen. Aber mein Papa hat das ja alles gut verstanden und dann halt auf Deutsch geantfortet. Das war echt verrueckt. Also wenn ich mir das jetzt nicht glaubt koennt ihr ihn gerne fragen. Ab morgen frueh ist er wieder in Deutschland.
Mal ueberlegen... was haben wir denn so schoenes gemacht? Wir haben ihn letzten Mittwoch nach meinem Track meet vom Flughafen abgeholt. Er hat mir deutsche Schokolade und Mama's und Oma's Marmelade mitgebracht. :) Scott hat Luettje Lage aus Hannover bekommen. Donnerstag hab ich Papa dann Berryville und Winchester gezeigt und wir haben Harpers Ferry besichtigt. (Ja ich habe bis auf diesen Mittwoch die Schule geschwaenzt. Papas Besuch war wichtiger!) Freitag haben wir dann eine Sightseeing Tour durch DC gemacht. On the way back we got dinner and cheesecake at the cheesecake factory.
Am Samstag hatte Scott dann Zeit etwas mit uns zu unternehmen und wir sind zum Skyline Drive gefahren (Berge und Natur anschauen).
Sonntag morgen sind Papa und ich dann los fuer 2 Tage zum Virginia Beach. Das Wetter war duch den Wind nicht das waermste, aber es war trotzdem schoen. Da noch keine Saison ist war es dort ziemlich ruhig und die ganzen Hotelkloetze waren wohl alle leer.
Dienstag waren wir dann erst einmal shoppen, nachdem Papa von Svea sogar eine Liste mitbekommen hatte, was sie denn gerne aus der USA mitgebracht bekommen wuerde. Gegen shoppen hab ich natuerlich nichts und auch Papa hat sich nicht beklagt und sogar eine Jeans fuer sich gekauft. Das Wetter war aber leider nicht mehr so gut und unser Reitunterrucht ist dadurch leider ausgefallen. Mittwoch war ich dann mal wieder in der Schule, damit ich nachmittags beim Track meet mitlaufen konnte. Jetzt hat Papa auch eine Idee vom Amerikanischen Schulsport bekommen. Danach waren wir dann mit Nelsons essen. Im Japanese Steak House haben die unser Essen direkt am Tisch fuer uns gekocht. Das war extrem lustig wie der Koch seine Sachen jongliert hat und uns essen zugeworfen hat, was wir dann mit dem Mund auffangen sollten (hat sogar manchmal geklappt :D). Heute war dann der letzte Tag und wir haben uns so ne riesige Salzstein Hoehle (weiss nicht genauch wie man das nennt - mit den stalactiten etc) angeschaut.
Ja und dann war der Besuch auch schon wieder vorbei. Papa hat jetzt einen Eindruck von den extrem offenen und freundlichen Amerikanern und der weiten offenen Flaeche hier bekommen.
Mal ueberlegen... was haben wir denn so schoenes gemacht? Wir haben ihn letzten Mittwoch nach meinem Track meet vom Flughafen abgeholt. Er hat mir deutsche Schokolade und Mama's und Oma's Marmelade mitgebracht. :) Scott hat Luettje Lage aus Hannover bekommen. Donnerstag hab ich Papa dann Berryville und Winchester gezeigt und wir haben Harpers Ferry besichtigt. (Ja ich habe bis auf diesen Mittwoch die Schule geschwaenzt. Papas Besuch war wichtiger!) Freitag haben wir dann eine Sightseeing Tour durch DC gemacht. On the way back we got dinner and cheesecake at the cheesecake factory.
Am Samstag hatte Scott dann Zeit etwas mit uns zu unternehmen und wir sind zum Skyline Drive gefahren (Berge und Natur anschauen).
Sonntag morgen sind Papa und ich dann los fuer 2 Tage zum Virginia Beach. Das Wetter war duch den Wind nicht das waermste, aber es war trotzdem schoen. Da noch keine Saison ist war es dort ziemlich ruhig und die ganzen Hotelkloetze waren wohl alle leer.
Dienstag waren wir dann erst einmal shoppen, nachdem Papa von Svea sogar eine Liste mitbekommen hatte, was sie denn gerne aus der USA mitgebracht bekommen wuerde. Gegen shoppen hab ich natuerlich nichts und auch Papa hat sich nicht beklagt und sogar eine Jeans fuer sich gekauft. Das Wetter war aber leider nicht mehr so gut und unser Reitunterrucht ist dadurch leider ausgefallen. Mittwoch war ich dann mal wieder in der Schule, damit ich nachmittags beim Track meet mitlaufen konnte. Jetzt hat Papa auch eine Idee vom Amerikanischen Schulsport bekommen. Danach waren wir dann mit Nelsons essen. Im Japanese Steak House haben die unser Essen direkt am Tisch fuer uns gekocht. Das war extrem lustig wie der Koch seine Sachen jongliert hat und uns essen zugeworfen hat, was wir dann mit dem Mund auffangen sollten (hat sogar manchmal geklappt :D). Heute war dann der letzte Tag und wir haben uns so ne riesige Salzstein Hoehle (weiss nicht genauch wie man das nennt - mit den stalactiten etc) angeschaut.
Ja und dann war der Besuch auch schon wieder vorbei. Papa hat jetzt einen Eindruck von den extrem offenen und freundlichen Amerikanern und der weiten offenen Flaeche hier bekommen.
Montag, Mai 03, 2010
Apple Blossom
This weekend was Apple Blossom. We got off on Friday and there was a festival in Winchster (city 15min from Berryville) all weekend long. Apparently this festival is a big deal all along the east coast. Well I didn't really get THAT feeling but went there with frinds two days.
Friday we were helping out at the one mile (1600m) for the little kids. Can you believe that the youngest kids are 5-6 years old? I think running that age is sick. But I have to admit some of them were fast!
Saturday we went to see the big parede. At night we went out to dinner for Blake's birthday. The food was really good and the waitresses sang 'happy birthday' for him. After that we went to the carnival, which is basicly like a 'Jahrmarkt'.
But there was no 'Tanz in den Mai' on Friday. :(
Now I'm soo excited for my dad to come on Wednesday!! :)
Friday we were helping out at the one mile (1600m) for the little kids. Can you believe that the youngest kids are 5-6 years old? I think running that age is sick. But I have to admit some of them were fast!
Saturday we went to see the big parede. At night we went out to dinner for Blake's birthday. The food was really good and the waitresses sang 'happy birthday' for him. After that we went to the carnival, which is basicly like a 'Jahrmarkt'.
But there was no 'Tanz in den Mai' on Friday. :(
Now I'm soo excited for my dad to come on Wednesday!! :)
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