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... cars stopped for us but as they were living nearby it wasnt a big help for us... After a picnic next to the Village church we tried couple of more times to hh but with no luck and we walked up the hill behind the bushes to camp...hopefully morning is going to be better:) Things dont always fallow ur ways and we ended up walking couple of km-s to the train station to leave this area for good...the train took us to Netherlands...Volna...from where we hoped to have a fresh start..

... to Karneval in Düsseldorf in my costume. We had fun. It was crazy! There were so many people there!!!! And broken beer bottles all over the ground! It was my last night with Trevor. I have some great pics but prob wont be able to add them to my blog til I come home.

So, I might go and visit a castle. If I have the chance I will add one more entry. If not, see u all soon

Sarah

... looking things, violin-ish sounding ones and weird keyboard/piano sounding things. And really cute little twangy guitars. The percussion section was amazing! And then there were solo artists. One solo artist brought a flute onto the stage that was probably 3 metres long. 3 people held it and played the notes with their fingers and the one guy blew into it! Incredible, low, hollow sounds! Wow!
I really loved the imagery that accompanied the music. There were always ...

... and unfortunately Cori has to leave Saturday at 3pm to get back to Munich to work that night. Also, I promised Scott that we would see Neuschwanstein together and I am really looking forward to experiencing it with him.

I have 2 free days at the end of the course in which I might be able to visit other cities or countries. I was thinking maybe Brussels or Amsterdam then, because they are so close... I also have the option of coming back to ...

... 10 to 5. After that I had some salad, read a bit of my german book, worked on Imperfect verbs and then went to bed.

When I woke up it was today. The annoying thing about today is that because of the storm Thurs, we were sent home early, which means that all of my Literature classes go for 2 hours now, instead of 1.5. And they were the most boring ones!!!

That is all that I have to say about the past and present. Now to the ...

... and see saws and Jair took photos with his camera. When I get a copy of them I will post them.

In Düsseldorf there was an Opera shop so we went in there to buy our tickets for La Boheme. There were only 3 left. 3 of us wanted to go. It was perfect. And so cheap! They really look after students here and give them fantastic discounts!

After that I tried my first ever taste of Häagen Daas Icecream which is supposed to be the best in the ...

... because of the trains. We went to Mayersche a giant bookstore in the Centre of Essen for a bit of cheering up. I found some wonderful books that I can use for my teaching in Australia, as well as a really cheap trashy teen fiction written in German that I am reading at the moment and understanding most of it.

When I got back to the hotel we made dinner and then got ready to go out to the Delta Diskothek. It's a giant disco that has ...

Hi guys,
Don"t know if u have heard or not, but Germany is in the middle of a hurricane. 150km winds and severe warnings from the government to stay indoors. It was supposed to hit Essen really hard and we were all sent home from uni early and told to stay indoors. I really wanted to go online today to talk to u all like I said I would. Sorry guys!! I"ve just borrowed Tara"s laptop now. Mum, if u read this, send me a text message when u wake up so I can ...

... utensils, as well as chats with us for hours and helps us with our homework. He is a 'Gothic' but one of the friendliest, smiley people I have ever met. A little bit odd...
Was noch... I am having another quiet night in tonight, I'll have dinner with Rafael and then do some homework. I have an exciting weekend ahead of me. Fri, Sat and Sunday nights I am going to the Opera, it is so cheap! Sunday is a paid excursion with the ...

... a World Cup promotion. The best part about it is that everything was FREE. They had live singers and radio hosts on stage. First up we had a go at a soccer ball speed camera. The thing that you kick the soccer ball at the camera to see how fast it goes. Turns out Iona had the fastest kick for the girls so she got a free gift bag. Then we got our picture taken with the mascot(again). This time we got a free photo to keep. Next up was the foosball ...