lots of food and grün

Sorry the pics are sideways...i fogot to change them. There is me at the table before my cooked delicacies, and a path in the forest that i often run through if its not too dark.

Yesterday Stefanie, Carola, and I went to this thing that I thought was a concert for some accoustic guitar band, but turned out to be some sort of quasi-concert/hippie-fest. Nothing against hippies, of course, but it was rather funny. i think the band we went to see canceled or something because of the weather, although the only detrimental aspect to playing music could have been the wind. No rain, just windy and freezing. Anywho, it was at someones home, but was outside and in their barns. There was people selling old stuff, kinda like a yardsale, but then there was posters and broshures and all kind of stuff all over the place that said ''Grün'' on them which could only lead me to believe they were sponsering the Green Peace Party. My assumption for the vast amount of advertising at this ''get-together'' was because it was election day in Germany. It all fit together: green peace stuff everywhere, homemade food being sold, hippies in ravaged old clothing with dreadlocks and frizzy hair, animals running freely, and strange music. Oh, and it was election day. The music was played by a man and a women, and at first it started out kinda good, but got rather weird. It was neato because the man had an assortment of those long wooden tube things that they play in Australia that sound like a loud jaw harp (thank you Joe, now I can actually say I know what a jaw harp sounds like). The woman was on guitar but her singing was a little strange. Just making loud hmmmmm ummmmm gnaawwww noises. Then he started sorta screeching into the tube things which distinctly sounded like what could have been a dying cat. It was a little shocking, because you hear the guitar and the low pitched tube noises, and a slight rattling from this other instrument he had and then ''EEEEEEEAAAAAOOOOWWWWWWW'' Soon thereafter we left. plus is was freezing outside. Something like 40 with wind the wind chill, and I'd say gusts up to 35 or 40mph. cooolllddddd.

Later on we went to what we thought was going to be a womens soccer game, but was the ending of a mens game. It was funny because at the end all the people rooting for the team that won were going crazy. I mean it wasn't like they are pro or anything...could have been because they all had a beer in their hands, but they were very happy that this team had won. So this evening we are going to a game, i think, or a practice, for a team I may possibly play on. SLightly intimidating, because they dont have teams for girls my age...you have to play in an adult league. ahhhhh!

Then Carola and I went to another concert, this time is was a pipe organ/flute/classical guitar concert, playing Vivaldi, Bach, and two other composers' music from the 16 and 1700's. After we ended up going out to dinner with the organist, guittarist, flutist, and some other people. I was the only non-adult, but they talked to me a lot and asked me a lot of questions. The flutest was really good...she had been trained by James Gallaway, and apparently hee flute cost 30,000 euro. Yeah....thirty thousand euros!!!! Thats like buying a brand new car totally decked out plus more. sheesh.

Oh, and they seriously think i am being starved or something. Always, ''ESSEN! ESSEN!'' Manfred told me eat like a bird. HAH Yesterday i ate sooo much couldnt believe myself. My appetite has come back, mostly. Same thing happened last year when i went to finland i remember, but there they have a huge lunch and a huge dinner. here just a big lunch and lots of pudding, ive noticed. So at dinner i kept it small and just had some soup, Gulasch suppe...or spelled somthing like that. And then they insisted i have ice cream too. Okay, fine, it'll be chocolate then. (duhh).

And thank goodness I no longer have spanish or physics, that really lifted a weight of my back. And today when Stefanie and I went to talk to my couselor and he told me I was no longer in those classes, he said that my German was already better!!! YEAH THAT MADE ME SO HAPPY. Because i still feel lost, but i guess unconciously i am learning!!! So now Tuesday's i dont start school until 10:35, which means i can probably take a later bus and get up later!!!! YEAH!! Only 5:30 3 days a week, since i think stefanie may drive every wednesday because she has to take her guitar to school. Hmm well i have written quite a bit. so i suppose i will go. Tschüss! (means bye...or see ya, informally...i think that's how its spelled...)