Hello all!
I am currently sitting in my friend Charlotte's flat in Vallendar, Germany, enjoying some Musli (cereal). I got to Germany yesterday afternoon then drove here with Charlotte yesterday evening. Its quite a surreal experience to wake up in St. Bees, England and go to sleep in Germany. But I love it.
Charlotte goes to school here and the town is so beautiful. I'm going to take some pictures at some point this week and hopefully put them on facebook. If you think of a stereotypical European town with the narrow, stone streets and the gorgeous architecture, thats pretty much what it looks like.
And if you didn't know already, I turned 18 yesterday! Its a big deal here. Like, much more of a big deal than I expected. I actually had a drink in the airport before I left because I could. I made such a fool of myself when I went to order it because I was so excited to be getting it legally. It was quite amusing. The bartender looked at me like I was insane, but oh well. I forgot to mention that before I left for Germany my friends at school threw me a party and ordered Indian takeway for me. It was lovely.
Warning: If you don't want to hear about innocent little me drinking alcohol, don't read the next paragraph.
Last night Charlotte took me out for my birthday and it was a lot of fun! Actually, she had champagne waiting for me in her flat for before we went out. It was really sweet of her. First, she took me to this party that was outside, sort of in a garage. It was fun. Everyone was really nice although I couldn't understand most of what they were saying. Her friends were excited to find out it was my birthday. One of her guy friends gave me this vodka (wodka as it is here) and I thought my esophagus was deteriorating. It was pretty strong. And they also gave me an authentic German beer. I have to say, German beer is very good. I can't really compare it to anything because I haven't really had American beer but I can imagine it doesn't compare. After the garage party we took a cab and went into Koblenz. It reminded me of the night we took a cab from St Bees to go into Whitehaven, which was kind of funny. But anyways, we went to this club. It was insane. It was set up so there was multiple dance floors and themes. Like one was house music, one had German music, one had American hits, etc etc. It was really fun because everyone dances, including the guys (I'll get to them later). At the club I had a malibu and coke, its become my drink of choice. And someone convinced me to try a red bull and vodka. It was ok, but I don't think I'll have it again. And before you get any idea, I wasn't drunk because I paced myself AND I ate before I went out. I'm a smart girl. I think we got back at like 2 or 3 am. Which is apparently an early night for most people. I was thinking "If this is an early night, I don't know if I could make it on a full night out". I guess I'm just not used to the lifestyle. But overall I would say I had a really great 18th birthday.
Anyways, the German boys are soooooo cute! Seriously. They all look older than their real age and they are just so adorable. I mean, I don't know if all German boys are like this or if Charlotte just has really attractive friends but it doesn't matter because I had fun just hanging around them haha.
Today, I'm going to hang out here until Charlotte gets back from her meeting. And then we're going to her cheerleading practice (yes, I said cheerleading practice; I'll have more on that after I do some observations). And then we're driving to her parents house in Muenster for the weekend. I'll try to update as much as I can, but we all know I'm really bad at updating this so we'll see how it goes.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Hello all.
Once again I'd like to establish that I stink at updating this blog. BUT, I have made a list of things to talk about and catch up on. So lets get to it.
So last weekend I went to my first English party. It was fancy dress, which means costume party. A group of us went over to my friend's house and got ready together. English girls get so much more dressed up for everything than we do at home. They would be horrified to go out into town without heels on. Like absolutely horrified. Its crazy. Anyways, for the party we were cave girls. I must say we looked pretty good. The party was at the Seacote Hotel, which is basically the only hotel in town. There was a DJ and a live band and a huge buffet. It was really nice. There was also a bar, but we all know I didn't touch it at all because I'm underage. Duh.Ok ok, so I had a couple of drinks, but I'd like to say I ended up taking care of my English friends at the end of the night so I had complete control over myself thank you very much.
After the party we went out to 'town', aka Whitehaven. It was kind of a surreal experience to just catch a cab and walk into the clubs like its a completely normal thing. Which I guess it kind of is normal here, but still. It was weird. But I had so much fun going out with my friends. I think I'm going to be sort of spoiled to that type of freedom when I come home, because you just can't go out to the clubs at home. At all. Oh well.
So there was my weekend. It doesn't sound very exciting in writing but it was actually a blast. I'm really glad I got the opportunity to go out with my friends and get away from school for a night.
But then it was back to reality. School on Monday was really entertaining because all anyone could talk about was the party. Literally, every time I walked up to my friends or overheard a conversation, it was about the party. That's all the crack anyone had. It was hilarious. It's such a small town that the party was enough to provide gossip for a few days.
I've had a couple of new developments as far as my extra-curricular activities go this week. First, I got elected as Company Secretary of Young Enterprise. Young Enterprise is basically a club where we create and manage our own business. It's not a mock situation, we actually develop, manufacture, and sell our own products and keep the profits. Its also a competition between schools to see who can develop the best business. Second, I got chosen for something called the Engineering Education Scheme. Basically there is a team of 6 of us and we work with an Engineering firm to solve a real life engineering problem. We get to go to Newcastle University to do practical experiments related to our problem and in the Spring we present our solutions to a panel of judges. I'm so excited to be involved and I can't wait to get started. We're going to the launch day on Monday so its starting soon! The last thing that I got involved in is the Cipher challenge. Basically I'm on a team of about 4 people and we solve a different cipher every week. Its also a competition but its less serious than the other two. I went from having absolutely no extra curricular activities to having almost more than I can handle. But I definitely think its a good thing to be involved while I'm here. I'm taking advantage of every opportunity possible.
On a completely unrelated note, I was sitting in class yesterday and I suddenly heard a faint noise, almost like a baby crying. After racking my brain trying to figure out what it was, I finally looked out the window and realized it was the sheep. There were sheep just chilling outside the window. Apparently I was the only one amazed at this because the rest of the students didn't even blink an eye. But, really, sheep? Just hanging out. So funny.
I was going to try to attach picture to this post but I couldn't get the photo uploader to work. So I'll try again next time. And I'm going to try to update more often. I know I say that every time but I really really mean it this time. Sort of.
So last weekend I went to my first English party. It was fancy dress, which means costume party. A group of us went over to my friend's house and got ready together. English girls get so much more dressed up for everything than we do at home. They would be horrified to go out into town without heels on. Like absolutely horrified. Its crazy. Anyways, for the party we were cave girls. I must say we looked pretty good. The party was at the Seacote Hotel, which is basically the only hotel in town. There was a DJ and a live band and a huge buffet. It was really nice. There was also a bar, but we all know I didn't touch it at all because I'm underage. Duh.Ok ok, so I had a couple of drinks, but I'd like to say I ended up taking care of my English friends at the end of the night so I had complete control over myself thank you very much.
After the party we went out to 'town', aka Whitehaven. It was kind of a surreal experience to just catch a cab and walk into the clubs like its a completely normal thing. Which I guess it kind of is normal here, but still. It was weird. But I had so much fun going out with my friends. I think I'm going to be sort of spoiled to that type of freedom when I come home, because you just can't go out to the clubs at home. At all. Oh well.
So there was my weekend. It doesn't sound very exciting in writing but it was actually a blast. I'm really glad I got the opportunity to go out with my friends and get away from school for a night.
But then it was back to reality. School on Monday was really entertaining because all anyone could talk about was the party. Literally, every time I walked up to my friends or overheard a conversation, it was about the party. That's all the crack anyone had. It was hilarious. It's such a small town that the party was enough to provide gossip for a few days.
I've had a couple of new developments as far as my extra-curricular activities go this week. First, I got elected as Company Secretary of Young Enterprise. Young Enterprise is basically a club where we create and manage our own business. It's not a mock situation, we actually develop, manufacture, and sell our own products and keep the profits. Its also a competition between schools to see who can develop the best business. Second, I got chosen for something called the Engineering Education Scheme. Basically there is a team of 6 of us and we work with an Engineering firm to solve a real life engineering problem. We get to go to Newcastle University to do practical experiments related to our problem and in the Spring we present our solutions to a panel of judges. I'm so excited to be involved and I can't wait to get started. We're going to the launch day on Monday so its starting soon! The last thing that I got involved in is the Cipher challenge. Basically I'm on a team of about 4 people and we solve a different cipher every week. Its also a competition but its less serious than the other two. I went from having absolutely no extra curricular activities to having almost more than I can handle. But I definitely think its a good thing to be involved while I'm here. I'm taking advantage of every opportunity possible.
On a completely unrelated note, I was sitting in class yesterday and I suddenly heard a faint noise, almost like a baby crying. After racking my brain trying to figure out what it was, I finally looked out the window and realized it was the sheep. There were sheep just chilling outside the window. Apparently I was the only one amazed at this because the rest of the students didn't even blink an eye. But, really, sheep? Just hanging out. So funny.
I was going to try to attach picture to this post but I couldn't get the photo uploader to work. So I'll try again next time. And I'm going to try to update more often. I know I say that every time but I really really mean it this time. Sort of.
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