Learning and Experiencing New Things - Day 4 & 5

Yesterday, I went to a small lake in Poing with Willow, Tim, Daniela, Phillip, and Connor. We swam in the ice cold water, played volleyball in the sand, ate ice cream and then biked home. Later that evening we watched a German movie called Der Schuh des Manitu, it was so funny! We were able to experience Bavarian comedy. Later that evening, there was a huge lightning storm. We sat on the balcony and watched the bright lightning strike the ground and then the roar of the thunder seconds later. It was quite a sight to see, especially since I had never seen anything like it before.

When we went to Munich on Wednesday, we travelled by train and subway. On the way back, we used the subway to get home and Eleana and I accidentally stayed on the subway and were left behind. After a few minutes, we realized that none of our peers were on the subway… so we started to panic. We got off at the next stop, and had no idea what to do or how to get back to the stop they had gotten off at, when a man came up to us and told us that our friends had gotten off at the last stop and pointed to a subway and said to get on that one and get off at the next stop. So we did just that and as soon as we got off the correct platform we saw Mr. Mobini and the others just staring at us. We explained ourselves and continued our journey back to Mark Schwaben, where we had to attend the BBQ.  - Jena Karl

Yesterday we had a normal school day. It has been cool to see how the German school system works, and how the German kids act. Our German has been slowly getting better with every day that we are here. Yesterday a few of us went to the Mac Miller concert in Munich with our host partners. It was such an incredible experience. We took the train into Munich, and walked to the site where the concert was going to be. There was very many kids just like us waiting for the concert to start, everyone was very excited. When we finally got in the concert was very crowded. Renee, Katie, and I went into the mosh pit to try to get closer to the stage. Once Mac Miller came 0nto the stage the crowd went crazy, and everyone started to push to the front. It was pretty uncomfortable but totally worth it. We were singing along to all of the songs, and we got very close to Mac Miller. We were all able to get great pictures. It was such an amazing experience. After the concert was done we took the train back to Markt Shwaben, and me and my host Hanna had to ride our bikes back in the thunder and lightning storm, it was really cool to see the lightning so close to us. When we got home we were so tired and went to bed pretty soon after.  - Eleana Stevens