What
a busy couple weeks! Two weekends ago I went to Luxembourg for a
'girl's weekend' with the two girls who are friends with Susanna who we
stayed with in Belgium and then Lindsay Susanna and Jennifer, another
colleague of ours. The weather on Friday in Frankfurt was amazing and we
were expecting the same on the weekend. Nope. Cold ad overcast and
drizzly. Boo. We stayed at a super clean hostel in the lower part of
Luxembourg city. We took the train/bus to Luxembourg (about 3hrs) and
after we had dropped off our stuff we went and found a tour that Lindsay
had read about. We were a big group of about 20 with almost everyone
being from Mexico. Our 65 year old tour guide didn't pick up that they
weren't from Spain until maybe 3/4 of the way through the tour. What we
learned in the 2.5hr long tour: Luxembourg was invaded, destroyed,
rebuilt, invaded, destroyed, rebuilt, etc, etc, etc. And generally the
countries involved were France, Germany, and I believe Spain. My
favorite part was this concersation: tour guide to obviously Indian man:
You should know this because your from Spain. Oh no, thats right you
are from Mexico. Indian man: No. I'm from India.
Yep.
We went to a couple different bars that night in our
green for St. Patrick's Day. A lot of people rockin giant guineas hats
for the occasion. I was glad to get my hands on one to cover my head
from the rain.
Other favorite part of the trip: The Chocolate House. 'nuff said. :)
Last
week I went to a town called Heilbronn from Wednesday to Friday to do
Assessments for a new school opening. I went with two colleagues of mine
and we had a jolly ol' time soaking up the sun in our free afternoons. I
was pretty shocked with the food pricing and realized how expensive
Frankfurt is. We had fun trading prices back and forth with the head of
the school and her assistant. A giant ice cream cone was .90 cents and
in Frankfurt that would cost at least 4 Euro.
Last weekend I went to Sebastian's parent's house with Sarah,
Lindsay and Andrew. His parent's live in an amazing house in a small
dorf. We layed out in
the warm sun, read our books, played w his adorable nephew and relaxed.
Then we rode their bikes over to the soccer field and watched Seb played
on his local team. They won! Big event since they normally lose. We
bring luck! We got a lot of stares given we were in a very small
community speaking another language. Foreigners!! Dinner w Seb's friend
from school. Ate a lot of chocolate. Watched part of The Last Boyscout.
Wow. Next day we went to Kassel and climbed up to the Hercules statue.
Soaked up some sun. Said goodbye to his nephew who had grown very
attached to Lindsay I am guessing. They had a cute game of "Wer bist
du?" going on where he continually called Lindsay Andi. Pretty darn cute
between all the giggles.
I had assembly on Monday and "hid"
about 160 mini chocolate eggs all over the playground. I ate about 20 of
them plus more. Now I am so phlegmy and have an awesome cough. Oops.
Most important is that the kids had fun. A blast actually! :) Went and
saw The Hunger Games with Sarah and Ning. I liked it! Definitely had to
close my eyes a few times though... Tuesday had sushi at Ning's with
Charlotte and baby Elliot in tow. Emily's birthday yesterday!
This
week had been so crazy busy!!! Got all my shopping done for my camp
next week! Can't wait for this Easter break to begin, although the
weather isn't looking too great as of now.
