Crazy Camp Days

So, where do I begin? Clearly I didn't have the best beginning, but after the first day . . . . okay, after the first week, I've got to say that things really looked up! I'm even a little bit sad on Fridays! Inconceivable. If you've seen the pictures I've posted on facebook then you've probably already deduced that we are a CRAZY group of teenagers who basically goof off all day while trying to grasp the complexities of the German language and culture.
It's a lot of fun :)
Here is an outline of a usual language camp day:
I catch the 7:28 train to Bucholz, from there the train to Hamburg, and from there a subway to the youth hostel where our classes are held. Sometimes I stop for coffee or a delicious german pastry at one of the many bakeries along the way. Yummy. School starts at 9:30 with current events and german history lessons. Then we seperate into groups (advanced and beginners. I am in beginners) for our german lessons. And even though we work hard and have no choice but to learn super fast, we are always joking around and having extended conversations about this and that which is really fun and interesting. At 12:30 we eat lunch and we always sing this cute kindergarten song before we go. I hope I will get a chance to videotape it before the week is over because it is my FAVORITE song! After lunch we play Ninja for about a half hour, or just sit around. Then it's back to class until 3:30 when we get out!

So yeah, that's language camp for yah. I am REALLY going to miss it! It's been so great and fun and amazing and hilarious, and I don't want to leave all my friends. But I've recently found that I have other friends waiting for me at my new school! They seem really nice and they told me what I should buy for school which is, you know, kinda important . . . . and I think I'm ready to just dive into German. Well, okay, I'm not READY at all, but I'm anxious to start and yeah, maybe humiliate myself a few dozen times, but at least I'll be trying! It's hard to practice German when surrounded by English speakers all day, even if it's at a language camp :/

So, some other stuff I've been doing is swimming and biking and badminton! I like badminton a lot. They also have really great swimming pools here! 3 outside and 3 inside with slides and diving boards and everything! I was extremely impressed. I've been to a few music festivals, which are fun. The fireworks here are AMAZING! It was better than Las Vegas and Niagra Falls put together!

I only have two more days here, and then Saturday I am going to meet my future host family! I'm excited. And Monday I start GERMAN SCHOOL.
I'm terrified.