Die letzte zwei Wochen, The last two weeks

I have not updated everyone in a while, sorry! I've been getting a bit busier and more into my life here in Germany. I still love everything, so very very much. Red white and blue may still be my colors but my heart now also beats Black red and gold. Last weekend was absolutely wonderful, one of the best weekends yet I think. We had another German training weekend with Caro and so my good friend from California, Angie took the train over from her host city, Hameln, for the weekend to learn with us. So, the boys came over again, One and Ryan and then this time Angie joined us too and it was so wonderful. On Friday night, we all went bowling with Caro and Pascal and a few friends of theirs. At Allerpark, where the bowling arena is, after 10, there is what is called "party bowling" and it is so awesome! They turn on the disco lights and the fun colors and turn on the dance music and it's just so much fun. Angie and I danced around like crazy people and just enjoyed the night :), it was so great. The next day, we continued with German training and after that, we went to a party in the evening for the people from Denmark that had visited our club for 2 weeks. They are such nice people and so much fun to be with :). At first, the 4 of us exchange students had a few doubts about how the night would go and truthfully thought it would be quite boring. But it ended up being one of the best nights ever. We came to realize that it doesn't quite matter what you're doing as much as who you're with. And that night, we were with our family, our best friends. As long as we were together, everything was ok. We laughed harder than we had in quite some time and we couldn't stop smiling probably even if we wanted to(: we had an amazing meal with a little bit of Denmark culture and then after dinner, there was a jazz band and so Angie, Onesimo, Ryan and I got up and started dancing, and Angie taught us a little bit because she learned how to dance in Cali. It was so much fun and then all of the Rotarians started getting up and dancing too! It was so cool because we had started it. And then at the end of the night, we all said goodbye and as a Denmark tradition, we stood in a circle holding hands and singing a song. It was so great. The rest of the week was just as fantastic as every other week here in Deutschland. I learn something new everyday and I'm still happy as ever to be here. This last weekend on Friday, I went bowling again at Allerpark with a few friends which was very fun and then on Saturday, I had a few friends over and we went accross the street shopping and bought things to make pizza and cupcakes (because they didn't know what cupcakes were!) and we made pizza and cupcakes and then sat in the basement and played Aepfel zu Aepfeln :) it was so much fun. Then Sunday, we went to the 50th birthday party of a good friend of my family's and also a Rotarian. It was such a nice party and everyone I met was so nice, just like all the people here. The granddaughter of the woman whose birthday it was is 7 years old and she is so cute. She came up to me and asked me "malst du gern?", "Do you like to color?" and so I was like yeah, of course! and so she asked if I would like to color with her and I said of course and I hung out with her for the next four hours. Little kids are so much fun, especially when learning a language! :) Today, I had school again and Latein as always. I talked to the teacher today though and so I think it will be better from now on because I explained to him that it's harder for me to learn because I am still not quite fluent in German. I realized when talking to him also that he really is just trying to help me and I appreciate that so much. There are about 4 teachers here that are really great to me and are always asking if they can help and they understand that I am here to learn and try to help anyway they can. I really appreciate these teachers! This last week also we have been visiting future exchange students! Students who want to go on an exchange year! And of course, everyone wants to go to America! :) It made me so excited and so happy that so many students from my city here in Wolfsburg want to go on exchange because it's such an amazing experience and life changing and I want more people to be able to experience that too. Going to those students' houses made me remember how I felt a year ago in their shoes and it made me so happy and so excited. I remember EXACTLY how I felt sitting in that chair, thinking about how amazing everything would be. And now, here I am, having the best year of my life. My sister told me once, "Rotary exchange is not a year in your life, it is your life in a year" I find this to be so true. I can't wait for tomorrow. Everyday is a new day and everyday is so beautiful. Love you all, liebe Gruesse aus Deutschland! Gute Nacht :)