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So last week...lets see, we did so much I wont be able to elaborate on everything, but it was a darn good amount of fun. The day we got there, Friday evening, we were all instantly able to become friends, and just clang to each other like a mosquito to fresh blood (speaking of which I was attacked by in bed the last few nights and now how 16, yes, I counted, 16 bug bites on my FACE i look like I have chicken pox). We stayed up, all in the same room at the hostel (and youth hostels are officially the coolest places ever), just talking, etc. Went to bed relatively early that night, midnight. The next day we walked all day long, and I took a large amount of photos, as did every day. The weather was premium and the sun was shining. We had some Black Forest caked at a little retaurant out in the middle of the forest...and man did it have a lot of alcohol in it. I knew that cake did have alcohol, but this was more like schnopps cake...and not too sweet. Interesting though lol. That evening we ate at the hostel and a group of us stayed up until 4 am or so. Ah it was a lot of fun. My crazy side was able to be released, as it has been locked up for so long!! Sunday was sehr fun...we actually went on some steep hills so that was nice, to get some better exercise. Took even more photos, and even better ones, and got to know everyone even better. Ate at a restaurant that afternoon and had my first eiscafe, mmmmm (cold coffee with vanilla ice cream in it YUM). Stayed up pretty late that night too, and had a ''disco'' in the music/chill room with insulated walls. Loud music and a hilarious kid from Oklahoma doing weird dance moves, reminding me distinctly of Napolean Dynamite, and for once it wasnt annoying. Monday we did another long day of hiking, this time with the Rotary district 1930 chairman, and the 1930 youth exchange chairman. Odin (Canada), Matt (Tennessee) and I talked to them, in German too! That was fun- got caught behind a lot though taking pictures. Ate at another restaurant, sorta. We cooked our own meat..hehe it was cool tho beecause it was old style ...and we had arm wrestling tournaments on the thick wooden tables. That night we all went out into Triberg and checked out the pretty town...very pretty, thats for sure. Right in a valley. Next day we went to a city and toured a light and luminere manufacturing company (random) and then to a bazaar museum for life size carnival dolls typical for different regions of southern germany. Then we did a little shopping and walked around Schwenningen. Stayed up until 4am that night. The last day we went to the city of Rottweil and had a tour of the city (where rottweillers, the dogs, come from). I liked that. Then we went to this huge swimming spa complex and that was pretty fun. Lots of old men in sehr klein (very small) speedos hehe. We ate out that afternoon too and then that evening had a rotary meeting, about 20 Rotarians came to the hostel. We each went and spoke in front of them all and said what we could...for about a minute or so. And then sang our national anthem...I really gives kudos to those other than the Canadians and Americans who had to do it by themselves. That night 5 of us tried pulling all nighters...I was only one who didnt fully succeed. I was flopping all over the place I was so tired, eheh. And then Thursday we all departed and that was sad, but its ok, because that was only the first of our gatherings.

Yesterday I finally got to go to one of our soccer games, and get this, I started! BooYA! I was surprised. And Id say thats the highlight of things. I am currently making a pair of pants too. SO I guess that's all. I hope you are happy, Mom and Pop, that I wrote. :)