Saturday 20th March

Today was not the most exciting day yet it was still fun. I went to a place called the Billiard Gallerie and watched the soccer match between Werder Bremen and Nürnberg. Werder won 3-1. It was good fun and I enjoyed the atmosphere. After that I went out bowling with my host family. I dont know why but the first game I kept hooking the ball to the left and getting gutterballs for the first half. After that I started playing better and came third in the second game. That was the end of my day.

Friday 18th March

So, today was a slightly more than average friday. Basically get up at 0800 go to language school from 0900-1230. Then come home and eat lunch then go upstairs and organise my current projects and plans. Yet tonight I went out for dinner with my entire host family to very nice Italian restaurant called Gargarno. I had a Penne Alla Matriciana and although not quite as good as La Porchetta in North Melbourne is was still tasty. Language school is going quite well and every day it gets easier and easier. Anyway all in all a good day and the blogs will be getting a lot more regular.

Filling in 31st January - 16th March

Hey everyone. Sorry about there being no posts for a while. I was really busy and then it got out of hand and I didnt want to go back to it. Anyway, I will now fill you in on what I did or at least the main events. So my last post was in the last few days of January which makes me nearly 2 months behind. During this time I have done many new and exciting things. However the mains ones are going to Hamburg for a day, having my 'newbie orientation' in Bremerhaven and also Karneval in Bonn and Köln. So about Hamburg. It wasn't the best of days to go because it was very cold and raining all day. However, Hamburg is a very pretty place and it was still an enjoyable day. 4 other exchange students and me got in a train at 0900 and travelled 2 hours to Hamburg Hbf. The train station there is alot bigger than Bremens and it has alot more shops. We started off there and with no real plan for the day we wandered around Hamburg in the rain. We ended up in an old history building and at the Dom (church) which is extemely tall. We then ended up back at the train station were we met more exchange students from Hamburg and we walked around with them a bit. We then ended up going to St. Pauli which is a town 30 mins away. There really is only about 1 street and it looks like Las Vegas with lots of Casinos. Anyway after walking up and down the main street for a while it was about 2300hrs and time to start heading home. So we caught the train back to Bremen and me and a friend had to walk home because there were no trams. All in all a good day.

My 'newbie orientation' was on an old ship called the Seute Deern (http://www.bremerhaven-tourism.de/bremerhaven-touristik/deutsch/sehenswertes/images/seute_deern.jpg) and it was a great day. All of the winter inbounds were there so basically from Australia and Argentina. We talked for a few hours on the rules and regulations for exchange and also about the fun things like tours and other opportunities and events. We then went out to a place called the Klimahaus (http://klimahaus-bremerhaven.eu/). We had a guided tour of the place and it was a lot of fun and very interessting. After that we ate a very nice dinner and that was the day.

Karneval! Well what an experience. It is a 3 day mega party with lots of beer and bonbons. However, because I have school it was only 2 days for me. The first day I went with Götz (host dad) and Lea (host sister) to Bonn, the old capital of West Germany. We met up with an old friend of Götz's and dressed up as pirates and marched in a parade. We walked throughout the streets of Bonn throwing lollies out at all of the onlookers. This went on for three hours and I was rather tired. The next day we went to Köln (Colonge) and we were the onlookers. Köln is alot bigger than Bonn and the parade was also alot bigger. The costumes and the music and the dancers and the people were all amazing. It was a long day and yes mum i did have a beer. haha! Anyway so 5 hour train ride later back in Bremen and straight to bed. More posts coming soon!

Sunday 30th January

Today was my first day staying at Götz and Eva's house. They had planned to go to a Museum with me that day which was perfect because I had plans with a friend for that afternoon. The museum was called the Überseemuseum which basically means the Overseas museum which is great considering my status at the moment. It was an interesting museum with exhibits from all around the world including Australia. I wish I could of had my camera but I had left it at my other house not thinking that I could be doing anything like this. On the other levels of the museum there was more about Bremen and its history of shipping and trading. Sehr interessant! My language is getting a lot better which is beginning to be very helpful. I can actually understand some of what is being said. After the museum I went out with a friend in the city which on a Sunday was not a very good idea considering everything is closed but oh well, it was still fun. After that I went home and chilled. Gute Nacht Alles!

Saturday 29th Janurary

Today started off with Marcello and I helping Lothar move the wood that we got for the fireplace. It was only 1 cubic metre yet it took us an hour and it was a little difficult. After that I went into the city with Lothar and Petra to get me a sim card for my phone. Then I caught the bus to Götz and Eva's house where I would be staying for a few days. That night I went out with them and they showed me around the city. It was very enjoyable and then we went for a coffee. Overall, awesome.

Friday 28th January

It has been one week since I left Australia and it has gone so fast. I know everyone says "yeah, yeah whatever" when someone says that time flies. It actually does. I have been doing things pretty much everyday and I am not even sure what day it is. Although being a Friday it is one of my short days and short days are always good. It starts off with drama which is a very 'interesting' subject. Then I have Sport. It is the theory lesson but it is still fun and I really enjoy the class. Lastly I finish up with English. Except the teacher wasn't there so I didn't have to go. The rest of the day I pretty much just chilled.

Thursday 27th Janurary

Today was not a very busy day yet it was a different day. First off I went to Biology class and I mainly helped people with there Biology/English projects. It was fun because it was all in English and at this stage my language is still minimal. After that I had history but there was no class running for some reason. So I went home because I live very close to the school. The rest of the school day were the joint Biology/English presentations. They were basically on different types of health foods and how some companies advertise the supposed "good things" and hide the "bad things". They were all well done and rather entertaining. After school I went over to a friends house and we watched a movie (Superbad). It wasn't that good but it was better than nothing. Anyway I am having an awesome time over here and each day is better than the last.

Viele Grüße!