Rheinischer Hof Hotel Essen

... at sinks in a museum. I fell in love with a refriderator-cupboard set and took some video of Mom as a model opening and closing the doors. If anybody sees Grandpa Myron get him to a computer and show him the video(after I get around to putting it up, of course). He would like seeing it. Our next industrial spot was a big hill. It happened to be one of the big hills all over Essen made of rock they had to take out to make the mines. To mark the spot some person stuck ...

... the city however, and I'll never forget running all alone for 3.5km with all the locals on my side, in hind's sight it was a blessing to have arrived late. a day I'll never forget! We are currently staying in a hotel in Essen near Central station and are about to go wonder the market area for some food. Unfortunately we are running low on euro's, I didn't take advantage of the chance to exchange ...

... 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

... that I am intelligent and I have learnt something!!!

However I am so glad that I was put in the bottom class because we got the best teacher by far and also... a whole heap of really fun people. I may not have had as much fun if I was with the brainy kids if u get my drift.

I have recovered from being ill on the weekend. I am telling u, sleeep is fantastic but so is an immune system builder called astralagus. It's a natural herby thing in tablet form ...

... woke up I had just enought time to get ready and go to Uni. I didn't worry too much. To my surprise tt was the exact same test as the first day! Obviously they want to see if we have learnt anything or improved in any way. I think I have...? We'll see...

I'll let u know what's happening next for me:
Today is my last day in Essen for a while. I am off to Berlin tomorrow for 7 days. After that I have to make a decision about where I want to go for the weekend. Hamburg ...

... 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 ...

... I bought at Mayersche (the German version of Borders) for only 50 cents and then made brunch for Trevor and myself. Eggs on toast. Because I am the only one who owns a toaster it was a luxury.

I then recruited the help of Rafael to help me work on Backbeat, he has no objections coz it helps him with his English pronunciation and he gets to hear me sing, which he thinks is 'perfekto'

After that I got ready to go out the Opera. I ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... sure that I go to my room and then give me a call at the hotel. I have to be there because I am not allowed to go out anywhere. Thanks so much for ur message! It makes me miss u even more!
Don"t worry about my safety. Luckily the hurricane changed direction and will hit the eastern states worse than here.
So I"ll go now. Still cooking dinner and it's 10pm. I will try and leave another blog entry tomorrow if I can to let u know what I get up to.
Sarah