Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Aufwiedersehen Celle





I am in Celle's stadt zentrum loving life.
My month in Celle was wonderful! I have learned some German, and I have had many great experiences.  I stayed with a beautiful family, Denise, Harold, Valorie, Tom, and Leah.  They showed me my way around Celle, and helped me learn more German words. Tom introduced his friends to me, and Leah asked me to help her with her English homework.  And my AFS group did many activities together:  a historical tour of Celle, a tour of the castle, the prison, Bergen-Belsen, and we had an end of stay picnic.
The end of stay picnic was on October 3rd, which is the Deutschland National Day of Unity! We all brought something to eat, and everything was delicious! One of the host-fathers brought a game called Viking’s Chess, which is a game you play on the grass with wooden sticks and blocks. It reminds me of horse shoes a little bit.  It has a lot of rules, but it was fun to learn.  Language school was a great experience with the other CBYX students.  We learned how to build sentences and asked questions, and we learned how to say: Hello, I am an exchange student. I am from the U.S.A.  Hallo, Ich bin eine austauschschulerin.  Ich komme aus U.S.A.
I learned about a city full of historical treasures, and I want to thank my host family for being supportive and generously welcoming me into their home and their family. 

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