day 59

day 59

today was the last day of class. i woke up and went to breakfast and did the normal routine then went to class and did my homework and defraged my computer. then the teacher walked in and said your always early i said yeah she asked if i was a morning person i said most of the time yeah then she left and i worked on the homework some more then she started writing the answers on the board and pawel (the russian guy) came in carrying allot of plastic bags the frau buchholz asked what they were and he said gifts so every one in the class got a paper bag from pwel with a thing from russia in it. i got a hat that says russia on it and a keychain. other people got those figurins that open up and have another figurene inside and that one opens up and there is another ( i forget the name but they were impresive) and most fo the guys got a small bottle of vodka one girl got a toy that has two bears with movable arms and if you swing a ball attached to 3 strings on bottom the bears lift and drop there arms. in class we disscussed german history mostly after WWII i knew most of it already but i wasn't about to explain it to a german who had lived through it and a russian so i just sat back and listened to every one elses perspective. at the end we got pictures of the class and every one had to sign every one elses and some people had to get every ones emil address and it got very uncomfortable very fast. at the end we had some kind of german fruit cake ( i think it was plume) i thought it tasted awfull but i remembered a story dad told me about norman schwartzkopf when he was a child.

the young normand schwarzkopfs father was a diplomat and he took his son with him to some country. they were haveing a ceromony or dinner or somthing and they were gonna eat some kind of strange food. the father told the son "this is a delacasey and an honor to these people. you are going to eat all of it and your going to like it." so i ate the whole thing with a smile.

then things got more emotional so i slipped out of the room (which i am very good at) and went to lunch after lunch i went online and talked to mom and dad then i came back here with all my stuff then went to the bike shop to sell my bike.

it took me three tries to walk in the door of the bike shop i wasn't sure how to explain it in german and was afraid they may misunderstand. eventually i walked in with the bike and said "halo ich habe diese rad im august gekauft heir und mochte es zuruck verkaufen" (hello i baught this bike in august and would like to sell it back (i messed up some of the grammar on purpose)) then he got me the manager and he spoke to fast i thought i heard him say no so i asked if he knew were i could sell it then he asked if i spoke english (i was relieved) eventualy he asked how much i would want for it i said 100 he imediatly said 50 i said ok. walking home i realized he wanted to hagle. but having already explained that i needed to get rid of it i was at a disavantage so if i did hagle i probably would have gotten no more than 60 out of it.

i came home and made supper stir fry. i started by cooking the rice the sauteing the veggies (corn peases and red peppers (canned) with garlic powder and cyan pepper) then i adde the rice and mixed it well. i had had a great idea two days before at breakfast (i always eat brezel rolls with honey) what if i used honey in the stirfry it would give it a sweeter taste. so i added honey to the rice vegie mixture then i added an egg and some more garlic powder and cayan pepper. the honey made a huge diference along with the soysauce it was both sweet and sauwer at the same time. i was very pleased

then i sat with the group before there dinner and they needed thing chopped very fast so me and james both said give me a knife so i chopped peppers and i should have chopped a zukini to but i never got one (some one else got to it first) then thomas aske dme to saute the veggie which i did (i like suaeteing) and they started watching a stupid movie so when the viggies were done i started watching to. my plan was to watch the movie with them while they ate but then 3 people from downstairs came up (one of them being adam the loud obnoxiuous person who i can't stand to be in the same room with) on top of that there were a limmited number of places at the table so i went back into my room. on the way there thomas said phill eat with us you did your fair share of work. i said no thanks i'm not a big fan of salad. and went back in my room and played a racing game i download afew weeks ago.

tomarrow i have to pack but before that i'm thinking of going to a tower that andrea told me about to get a better look at the surounding area.
i also have a meeting with ruth and the central people at 4:00 then thursday i leave for vienna i probably won't get on on thursday but i'll post as soon as possible. tomarrow should be a full day.