So our choir just had a concert and one of our songs is up on youtube. You can watch it if you like.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=njdmpNZ-kC4
Monday, July 9, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
I need to blog more....
Lets see, I'm really not good at doing any sort of journal like thing on a regular basis but here it goes...
So where the last blog ended would be my trip to Switzerland with Ben. We went to Grindelwald, a tourist town in the middle of the alps. It was pretty cool. On the second day we took a train up to the mountains. There is another train that goes up the highest train station in Europe but it was like 100 Euros to go up that, so we didn't. I probably would have been worth it, and we could've played in the snows, but my budget doesn't allow for such things. We also had Rösti for dinner one night. Rösti is basically hash browns with eggs, bacon, onions and cheese on top. This was probably one of the best meals I've had here. Switzerland is beautiful and the chocolate is really good. So, on our return journey, we encountered a few problems with the Swiss trains. Apparently the Eurorail isn't valid everywhere, and the Swiss really don't know how to do international train tickets. It didn't take very long but we ended up going into Interlacken to buy our train tickets and paying way more than they should have cost, but oh well. There were tons of flies in Switzerland, which was a surprise to me. There don't seem to be too many here in Tübingen. So that was Switzerland in a nut shell.
Since getting back from Switzerland, I really haven't been up to a whole lot. Val and I were invited to the Neckarfest in Rottenburg, which was pretty nice. There were so many people and Rottenburg is a lot bigger than I thought it would be. We walked around and looked at all the little stands that people had set up, but for the most part we didn't buy anything. Rottenburg had a really nice feel; more like a German town than Tuebingen.
Let's see, we also spend a day in Anke's village. Anke's town is so cute and they always have these little YMCA sponsored events (or just events that involve the YMCA). Everyone in the town comes out to watch and play sports and there is a sausage/cake/beer tent set up. It's very sweet. This time there was a race and the kids had to run all the way to the next village and back. It this was an American race, the line would've been about 40 feet away. It was interesting to see. We also had a movie night with Anke, which was fun. We watch "Young Frankenstein" and "Moulin Rouge". I love watching movies with friends, it always puts me in a good mood.
Other than that, I've been doing more school work. It actually feels like I'm going to school now, as it's about to end. I also got a haircut yesterday, which was a bit of an adventure in itself but it looks good.
I've also been reading a lot. I'm about to finish Harry Potter #1. What can I say Val gave it to me? This will put me at like 6 books (in German for the summer). Go me!
bis später
Rachel
So where the last blog ended would be my trip to Switzerland with Ben. We went to Grindelwald, a tourist town in the middle of the alps. It was pretty cool. On the second day we took a train up to the mountains. There is another train that goes up the highest train station in Europe but it was like 100 Euros to go up that, so we didn't. I probably would have been worth it, and we could've played in the snows, but my budget doesn't allow for such things. We also had Rösti for dinner one night. Rösti is basically hash browns with eggs, bacon, onions and cheese on top. This was probably one of the best meals I've had here. Switzerland is beautiful and the chocolate is really good. So, on our return journey, we encountered a few problems with the Swiss trains. Apparently the Eurorail isn't valid everywhere, and the Swiss really don't know how to do international train tickets. It didn't take very long but we ended up going into Interlacken to buy our train tickets and paying way more than they should have cost, but oh well. There were tons of flies in Switzerland, which was a surprise to me. There don't seem to be too many here in Tübingen. So that was Switzerland in a nut shell.
Since getting back from Switzerland, I really haven't been up to a whole lot. Val and I were invited to the Neckarfest in Rottenburg, which was pretty nice. There were so many people and Rottenburg is a lot bigger than I thought it would be. We walked around and looked at all the little stands that people had set up, but for the most part we didn't buy anything. Rottenburg had a really nice feel; more like a German town than Tuebingen.
Let's see, we also spend a day in Anke's village. Anke's town is so cute and they always have these little YMCA sponsored events (or just events that involve the YMCA). Everyone in the town comes out to watch and play sports and there is a sausage/cake/beer tent set up. It's very sweet. This time there was a race and the kids had to run all the way to the next village and back. It this was an American race, the line would've been about 40 feet away. It was interesting to see. We also had a movie night with Anke, which was fun. We watch "Young Frankenstein" and "Moulin Rouge". I love watching movies with friends, it always puts me in a good mood.
Other than that, I've been doing more school work. It actually feels like I'm going to school now, as it's about to end. I also got a haircut yesterday, which was a bit of an adventure in itself but it looks good.
I've also been reading a lot. I'm about to finish Harry Potter #1. What can I say Val gave it to me? This will put me at like 6 books (in German for the summer). Go me!
bis später
Rachel
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