Hotel "Der Achtermann" Goslar

Today we took the S-Bahn to the University and I showed her where I go to class and where my institute is. Then we took the scenic walk back to the Altstadt, through the parks and along the river. We got supplies for the feast and headed back to Weststadt to help out. Surprisingly everything turned out ok. We played basketball and football before everything was finished ...

We headed to the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to get tickets back to Braunshweig. We stopped in Hannover for 1 hour and we quickly walked through some of the shopping section. We were tired when we finally arrived so we hung out in my room for a while just relaxing. We hung out with all of the URI students in Weststadt and it was a lot of fun.

... time we got there (after going inside to get some ice cream) it was around 7:30 and people were already lining up to see the show filmed. They had a stage set up and fences for the dancing area. We weren’t dressed up so we just watched, but it was hard since Germans are so tall! There was a small screen that streamed the show from the VW Halle but it was still far away. My camera worked great since I could hold it up and still see the picture. They tried to pump up the ...

I went to get coffee in the Schloss with Wendy then we shopped around for some costumes. Wendy was a Berliner Kindl kid which was so cute!! I was Mutti (a mom) apron, wooden spoon and bandaids. Drew was an army cook with the huge fly swater or a burger flipper from the Euro store, Shawn was Santa Claus. Mason was a contractor. Dave was some creepy guy with a top hat. They don't really have very ...

It was a beautiful day outside so Wendy and I decided to take a walk in the Nature conservatory area on the edge of the city. It took a long time to get there (40 minutes) but we walked around for about 2 hours and saw some beautiful landscape. It was nice to get away from the city and enjoy the Fall colors.

That night there was a volleyball event at the Sports-zentrum. Soth, Steve, Shawn, Drew and I went to just ...

Today we graduated from Summer School yaay! We had a mini ceremony where we received our papers saying the hours we completed and our grades. The teachers each gave a small speech but at least it was fairly short. I passed and got 6 credits towards my German major ...

Dorf= Village
We traveled to Wolfbrittel today on the 420 bus, which is an adorable little village (Dorf) right outside of Braunschweig! Went to the Jägermeister plant they have there. It was a fantastic tour! They are so efficient, well organized and thorough with the entire process. There are so many quality checkpoints from the ingredients and then during the ...

After we got back to Braunschweig from Salzgitter we had a trip through the woods to a Fischhaus. Theres (one of our teachers) has a friend who owns a "fish farm" and was cooking us dinner. We took the bus from the theater to this woodsy area near the fast train and took a 30 min walk to the fish house, which was beautiful. It felt just like the woods in PA, deer like ...

Went to Salzgitter today which is about 20 minutes southwest of Braunschweig by bus. We went sort of early in the morning to get there. We listened to a company member talk about what the plant does and how the process works. Then we saw a 10 minute film about his explanation that was pretty cool. What type of steel they produce, what materials they use, what forms they produce and who they sell to (countries).

Then we got to put on cool ...

... visit while on his rounds around the country. The mine has been converted into a museum, and there are buildings, including churches, the kaiser's home, and homes that have been preserved from the Middle Ages through the 1800s. When we arrived in Goslar, we went to the mine museum to meet a gentleman who worked at a research institute. Erica is working on her thesis, and her specialty is archaeometallurgy (or the study of ancient ...