Hotel Am Rather Kreuzweg Düsseldorf

... I would recommend. It is basically sausages, covered in runny ketchup and then sprinkled with curry powder next to potatoes. It was the only thing I have not liked so far.

After this we drove around and took some photos of the main shoping drag before going home and resting while watching the Lord of the Rings- in German with subtitles for me!. And thank goodness we did! Monday was a literal roller coaster.

... 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

... to our teacher to say 'thanks'. After lunch I have IKK and have to give a presentation about Australia in German. The idea is that I give everyone an idea of how Aus is so that they won't experience culture shock if they come to visit. I have to do it all on my own. The Argentinians have to do their's altogether.
Thursday night we have a break up dinner in Essen and after that I am going to Düsseldorf for the start of the Karneval festival. It's Weiberfastnacht ...

... they hung up! No idea, but damn them whoever they were for calling me in the middle of the night!!!! Who are they and why do they know my name? And who is Janine?? Curiouser and Curiouser...

So that brings be to today. Thismorning we had a test. Everyone was nervous about it and had done a lot of study. Because I went to the ballet last night I couldn't really do that. I set my alarm to wake me up early. But after my early morning phone call, I needed to sleep longer. When ...

... from Berlin via Hamburg in 2 weeks, which I may consider doing if it is not too expensive... We'll see.

So, not much has happened since my last email. I went on an excursion to the old Synagogue in Essen. I have a photo of it from my first day in Essen. I called it the Dome Kirche! Whoops. I should have called it the Dome Synagogue! Oh well.

I have bought a couple of tickets for some culture in the coming weeks. I am seeing the ...

... and Drew. Make a decision for me if u can please.

When I got back to the Hotel, Santiago was heading down to the Cellar to have a table tennis match with Trevor. Tara and I joined them and we played a game. I haven't played in 3 years! Martin commented that it was the closest he could get to to watching the Australian Open in Germany, and we all laughed. I lost 15 to 21. Then we played 'Kicker' ( in German, in English it's Fussball) I ...

... It was expensive enough to be, but I found it on an equal par with Mövenpick. (steph understands)

So we took the U bahn back to Duisburg. On the train there were heaps of crazy football 'fanatics'. As far as I know, there must have been a game on that night. Not really sure... When we got to Duisburg we tried to find out whether it would be possible to get back to Essen after the Opera. None of the service people were sure because of the ...

... family in Lauterbach on our free weekend and 2) to find out whether it would be possible to get to Dortmund to see the opera "the barber from Seville". Unfortunately, that was not possible. There were no trains at all working from the station and we lined up for a long time with all of the other confused commuters before we got our answer.

Charl, Lauren and I were a bit disappointed, as only last Sunday we also missed out on going to the ...

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 ...

... due to the fact that I was still a walking zombie. Meredith enjoyed it well, and seemed to learn a lot. The museum takes you through the steps of chocolate making, how chocolate came to be, where the various ingredients come from, who is responsible for getting them grown and to the right places, and where in the world the ingredients and the chocolate itself are produced. There was also a small assembly-line-style factory area and an indoor rainforest in which a cocoa tree ...