Ein Jahr in Deutschland

So after finishing all the bigger posts over my vacation, it should be easier to write some smaller posts about weekends and other events here and there. So this post is about the weekend that directly followed my break, October 29-November 3. It was a four day weekend (thanks to Halloween and All Saints Day), so we had plenty of time to have some fun and get out of the house. Friday night I decided to make an spple pie for my host family, because there aren't really pies here (and they're so American). It turned out really well, and tasted good too. My friends Sasha, Ash, and Hannah were coming into town on Saturday, so I met up with them for a few hours, and gave them a tour of the city. It was a lot of fun, and the weather that day just happened to be amazing. After a few hours touring the Innenstadt, I had to say goodbye to meet up with my local reprasentative (CR). Our local representatives are people who live nearby, who have volunte...

Hello again! I'm back with my post over the two days Sam stayed over with me in Köln, which shouldn't be too long. Hope you enjoy!    So as I said in my last post, we picked up Sam along our way from Hamburg to Köln, on October 20. We didn't did anything that night though, because we got back in Köln really late at night. We got plenty of rest for the fun day ahead, and woke up late the next morning. The plan was to do a tour of the city on bike, so we grabbed our bikes and hit the streets. First I showed him my school and my neighbourhood, before heading over to the Grüngurtel to see the huge parks and the massive television tower, Colonius. After riding through the parks, we headed towards the city to see the Dom.    It took a bit longer than expected, because Sam's bike chain fell off along the way. Luckily we were able to fix it, and still got there. Once we arrived, we met up with our friend Fernanda, and got some Kaffee in Küchen. After ...