Jugendherberge Burg

And it's true! I did feed an elephant on Wednesday! And apparently they eat whole bananas! The peel, the stem, the works! What a cool experience. When else would I have been able to do that? Thanks Up With People!

Wednesday was our regional learning day in Cottbuss, Germany. Some people went to the Vattanfall coal mines (what I did on Sunday), some went on a city tour, and others went to visit a castle.

I went to the zoo! Of ...

... 1918 and 1934 but was then reactivated during WWII.

Unfortunately, its military were no match against the bombs that destroyed Dresden on April 17, 1945. The bombing, initiated by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force, destroyed over 90% of inner Dresden.

One of the buildings we visited, a large church, was almost completely destroyed in the bombing. Organizations from all over the world began to ...

... will be a challenge!

Tomorrow is host family day and then the rest of the week (Monday-Thursday) are full of shows! 4 consecutive shows! We will need this host family day :) We leave for Poland on Friday.

Time for bed for me :) I hope you all are having a great weekend and STAYING HEALTHY! I've seen way too many Facebook statuses with the words "fever", "H1N1", and "Swine Flu" in them.

Guten Nacht!

... who had prepared a simple afternoon tea consisting of 2 massive cheesecakes, biscuits, chocolates and slices. Note my subtle sarcastic wit, but man it was Yummo! It was good for Nathan to be able to play with the kids, who also took him to feed the farm animals. His collection of toys is mounting up and we'll seriously need to send some things home or we'll need to hire a courier.

Prior to this we had left ...

... weather. One of the friend´s daughter who is in Kindergarten, taught me how to count in German, which was a hoot. I went out to their friend´s bar and then to a night club where we danced the night away. We enjoyed breakfast at his friend´s restaurant in the morning and I caught my train to Bremen, Germany where I would start my week long MBA study abroad program. Photos to be posted once I am back.

... I run into but two boys from Alaska. They were headed to the Hbf but from the wrong way. We decided to go together. We rode ther eand then found out we were on the same train becaues all trains to Prague go through Dresden. Harry bought me an Evian and we took pictures and hung out. They left for a while to go get food. The train station was freezing. The temperature is really dropping Berlin and everywhere else it seems. I'm going to freeze. Right now we ...

... clean and tidy town not that I had expected anything less. It was just that some of those towns in the Ruhr area looked a bit shabby especially at the stop in Dusseldorf. We reached the Moselle river along which were tied up those very large cruise ships...very like the one we took on the Nile. Customers were being boarded as we watched. Lots of oldies about to go on 12 day Rhine cruises. We walked along the embankment towards The Eck, the corner ...

... liegt an der Nordostküste dieser Karte. Wenn ihr genau hinseht, koennt ihr es grad noch so lesen, is leider etwas klein geworden.Alle diversen Feile sind Naturschutzgebiete, von denen ich hoffentlich ein paar sehen werde. Drückt mir die Daumen, dass nich bloss ich, sondern auch mein Gepäck dort ankommt ;) . Also dann, bis zum nächsten Blog, wie man heute so schön sagt.

naar Lübbenau, einkaufen, dan camping. Middag wandelen naar Lehde typisch Spreewald dorpje

Potsdam Holländisches Viertel en Park Sanssouci Via Alt Schadow naar Halbinsel Raatsch