7/15/11 Ulm, Germany

Today we woke up at 6:30 am for school again.  Dagmar made an awesome breakfast!  It was shredded apples in yogurt with cornflakes and raisins.  I loved it!  She packed us mini nectarines for a school snack and drove us to school.  Our first class was religion.  We learned about Paul and the teacher spoke in English.  The second class was biology.  Biology was cool, but I didn't know what we were doing since it was taught in German.  We did something with plants, alcohol, flowers, and test tubes.  The last classes were German and French. 

After we got back home, we had lunch.  It was watermelon, bread, and Nutella.  WOW!  This is the first time I have ever had Nutella and it is incredible!

 Annika had gymnastics training.  She was really good!  We went shopping and did a few errands around Ulm.

 The pigeons weren't scared of people at all!

I bought Makenna some chocolate lip gloss and a sucker and a magnet for my mom.  Did you know that Albert Einstein was born in Ulm?  While we were doing errands I was handed a flier for wetsuits?!  I guess there is a holiday coming up soon where many people swim and it's pretty cold then.

After our errand we went back home to take care of Peaches.  Peaches is a sweet cat that the Brosch's found a day before we came.  I got to help name her.

Harald came home and I gave Annika and Leonard my last host gifts, DUCT TAPE!  Annika and Harald were amazed and really loved it.  I showed them all the basics like how to make duct tape fabric and wallets and purses.  They said that there is no colored or patterned duct tape in Germany and they had never seen items made from duct tape.  I should remember to send them some more since they liked it so much.

Dinner was homemade pizza with salami, ham, mozzarella, and a secret cheese.  I think it was some type of local cheese.  It was the best pizza I've ever had besides the pizza I have in Texas with the Pattersons.  Dagmar is such a great cook.

 Dessert was an airy marshmallow thing on top of a wafer and covered in chocolate.  It had a funny name!

After dessert we talked around the table, played games, and Annika read the magazine I brought for her.  We played a game that is similar to "Guess Who".  It was fun. 

Tomorrow we have to say goodbye to our host family.  I'm not looking forward to that :(