Weekend update.

I had a really good weekend! Erika and Courtney both took trains to Ulm on Saturday morning. Me and my host dad picked them up and then stopped at the mall for about an hour because he had to look at some stuff. So we talked and talked and caught up with what we have been doing lately... We looked around a little but then we left and went back to my house. We hung out for a while, and ate lunch with my host family. After lunch we went downtown to go shopping. Erika and Courtney both live in small towns without great shopping, so we always shop whenever they come to Ulm. Well, it was Erika’s first time in Ulm, but we always shop whenever Courtney comes and we will probably shop whenever they come in the future... Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about the weather. It snowed a lot on Friday night, and when I woke up on Saturday morning there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground. It was still snowing Saturday morning until about 2 or 3... Then it warmed up and started raining, and now all the snow is already gone! Okay, so back to our day. We had to take the bus into the town, and Erika needed to buy a bus ticket. Usually they never check to see if you have tickets or not, because it is a big city and the buses are always so crowded and it would take too long to check everyone’s tickets. So I told Erika she doesn’t need to buy one until the crowds die down later in the night. Of course with my luck, the one time they actually check tickets is when Erika doesn’t have one... Erika got a 40 euro ticket because she didn’t pay to get on the bus! She didn’t have that much money on her so me and Courtney each paid 20 and she paid Courtney back later... I didn’t make her pay me back because it was kind of my fault; I told her she didn’t need to buy the bus ticket. At first we were all a little scared but by the time we got off the bus we were all laughing so hard about it. Soooo we shopped for a few hours and then went back to my house to get ready for our evening. We went to a little pub called barfüßer for dinner and had käsespätztle and ice cream. I don’t know how to explain what käsespätztle is, so you can just google it or something if you want to know. A boy from my class named Julian met up with us around 9 and we hung out with him and his friends for a while. My host parents picked us up at 11 and we went home. The girls slept over and we were up pretty much all night eating junk and watching movies and talking. Sunday morning we had to wake up at 9 for breakfast because Erika was supposed to be heading home at 11. She had to be home for lunch by 3:30 and she lives about 3 hours away from me and Courtney so she had to leave earlier. My host dad drove us and we got to the train station at 11 to see that apparently I was wrong about the time the train leaves. The earliest one didn’t leave until 11:59 so we went back to my house for like 30 mins and then went back to the train station again. This time, Erika missed her train... You would think we were doing all of this on purpose so that we could hang out longer, but it really was an accident! So, we went back to my house to find out when the next train left. She wouldn’t make it back home in time for lunch so we figured why not just stay the whole day? So we all took the train to Ehingen, where Courtney lives, and hung out at her house so Erika could see it. We played with her little host sister while Courtney took a shower and stuff... We took Erika back to the train station at 5 and she actually made the train this time! Then me and Courtney walked to a basketball game with her host sister and her friend. It wasn’t a pro team, but it is like one step below pro bball. So it was really fun and there were a lot of cute players. Courtney’s towns team won 81 - 76. After the game we got to talk to a couple American players. They were from Texas, North Carolina, and California, and they were asked to come to Germany and play I guess. They are only here for one season and then they are heading back to the USA. Oh yeah, and we talked to the Ehingen cheerleaders too. Courtney asked if we could try out for the team, and they said they would talk to their coach... Then they said we could go to their practice on Wednesday, so we are going to do that. We are not sure if we are going to be able to be on the team yet, but hopefully we will find out on Wednesday. That would be so cool, to actually do something. Being on the same team as Courtney will be pretty sweet. I didn’t even know they had cheerleaders in Germany! We watched them perform at the game last night and all they did was dance. But Courtney said that she has seen them do stunts before, and that’s my favorite part so I am excited.

Well, that’s all. School was boring today as usual. I lost my voice again. I think it is Erika's fault, because I only lose it when I am with her, hahaha.

^ me with Courtney's host sister Viona ^

^Courtney representin' Michigan ^

^ Basketball game ^

^ Erika with the snow ^



^ Snow outside of Courtney's house ^

^ Court is wearing a dirndel!! haha ^