Monday morning we got ready for the day and helped Quinn get her kids ready for school. All the sudden Tori called home from school and said that Niklas never made it to school and she didn't know where he was even though they rode their bikes to school together. About two minutes later Niklas came in the door crying. Nothing was wrong, he was just upset that Tori was going to fast for him to keep up and so he turned around and came back home. Quinn left the three of us with Tyler while she drove Jeffery to school. Boy... that was a crazy morning!
After things settled down a little bit around the house Kali and Kaelei rode their bikes to the store so they could pick up a few things for Quinn while she worked on some things on the computer. At 11:20 we headed down to the train station, which is just down the street (about the distance from our houses to the High School) so we could go to Rolf and Moni Maichel. Rolf and Moni are friends of my mom's(Lisa's). At 11:30 AM we got took a train from Burgdorf (where Quinn's family lives) to Celle, then another train from Celle to Uelyen, then from Uelyen to Hamburg, then finally Hamburg to Pinneberg. We met up with Rolf at the station in Pinneberg. We didn't know what he looked like but he easily spotted us out. We were the only people with travel bags. So how had can it be to pick out three American teenage girls with bags? Within 30 seconds of being there he walked up to us and asked us “is one of you Lisha?” So we must stand out in the crowd. After we met Rolf he drove us to his house he he showed us to our rooms. There are two rooms. Kaelei and Kali are sharing a room with one king size bed and I have my own room with a twin size bed in it. We also have a bathroom just for the three of us. It is quite nice. The rooms are decorated for their grandchildren for when they come to visit. After he showed us our rooms he asked us if we have ever read any Jack Weyland books. Lisha and Kali like his books so he went and got a few and we each picked one. We all dove into the books. We took a break from reading so we could go eat dinner. We had something similar to spaghetti but the sauce was more like a Chile with out beans but more ground beef. It wasn't the greatest but we liked it for the most part. After dinner we went back to reading again. We all staid up till about midnight reading. We kept reading till about 10:15 PM and then Lisha went upstairs to watch the last 20 minutes of the soccer game while Kali and Kaelei called home to tell Gusti and Mark happy birthday. This soccer game was Germany against Austria and Germany won 0-1! It was an exciting game. After the game was over we had a prayer together then went to bed... but we didn't really go to sleep... we read some more. Kali and Lisha had some smaller books so they finished that night. Lisha says that she never just sits down and reads like that.
Tuesday morning Rolf asked if we like the books and we asked if he had any more by Jack Weyland. He said no but his daughter did and that we would drop by her house later to pick some up. For breakfast we had cornflakes, oatmeal, yogurt and bread. Moni asked us what kind of cereal we liked to eat and when I said something like Fruit Rings (German Fruit Loops) she was nearly floored because “it has so much sugar in it!” After breakfast we put our shoes on and went out the door to go to Hamburg (which is near Pinneberg for those of you that don't know). To get there we drove to the train station, took the train to a bus stop, the the bus to a boat dock, took a boat to another dock, got onto another boat to head up river... then we made it to Hamburg. Hamburg has the 2nd or 3rd largest port in the world! Many people like to use it because they are very fast and that draws people in. We walked down the harbor to look and some different boats and things. It was hard to keep up when we walked because Moni and Rolf like to walk very quickly and the three of us like to take are time so we can relax and look at things. And with our relaxing, a few times we had to jog a little bit to catch up. The boats were cool and there were lots and lots of cute guys every where... well, not everywhere because there were some old guys too but there we a lot more than anywhere else we have been. Kali and Kaelei were trying to get pictures without being obvious that they were taking them. They didn't get any good pictures because they were trying so hard to hide the picture taking.
We noticed that the German's have a lot of the window flags and over half the cars have the German flag on their car. Rolf said that the flags will only but up for a short time. When ever the European Soccer tournament starts, suddenly everyone feels patriotic and the need to support their countries soccer team. But after we looked at some of the boats Rolf and Moni walked us to the mall and let us do some shopping. We couldn't find much that we liked and wasn't too expensive (CLOTHES HERE ARE SO EXPENSIVE!!) but we found some small things to get. After we finished shopping we started to head back to the house. On the way we stopped by a church called St. Peter's. It is the largest church in Hamburg. It is also one of the only churches that didn't get destroyed during the bombings of WWII. We were all getting tired of all the walking around so we finished going back to the house. On the way home we took a ten minute stop by Rolf and Monti's daughters house. We can't remember her name but she was very nice and spoke very good English She let us borrow two movies and some Jack Weyland books. We got home and read some more while Rolf and Moni went to a church meeting so we had dinner a little late, about 9:00 PM. While they went to their meeting we watch one of the movies that we borrowed from their daughter. It was called “The Cutting Edge”. We liked it a lot. Kaelei and Lisha kept pointing out all the really funny things in the movie. We would want to watch the funny parts again so we would rewind it and watch that part again and again. We had dinner at about 9, but we didn't mind it being late. It was nice because we ate dinner outside on their back patio It was still light out and the weather was great so it was a nice day to eat outside. For dinner we had some mashed potatoes (real ones, not instant) and some fried chicken with some sauce on it. It was very tasty. We are tired from all of the walking that we did today but we still might not get to sleep real early tonight because we are all so into the books we got.
We miss you all
We love you too
---Kaelei
---Kali
---Lisha
After things settled down a little bit around the house Kali and Kaelei rode their bikes to the store so they could pick up a few things for Quinn while she worked on some things on the computer. At 11:20 we headed down to the train station, which is just down the street (about the distance from our houses to the High School) so we could go to Rolf and Moni Maichel. Rolf and Moni are friends of my mom's(Lisa's). At 11:30 AM we got took a train from Burgdorf (where Quinn's family lives) to Celle, then another train from Celle to Uelyen, then from Uelyen to Hamburg, then finally Hamburg to Pinneberg. We met up with Rolf at the station in Pinneberg. We didn't know what he looked like but he easily spotted us out. We were the only people with travel bags. So how had can it be to pick out three American teenage girls with bags? Within 30 seconds of being there he walked up to us and asked us “is one of you Lisha?” So we must stand out in the crowd. After we met Rolf he drove us to his house he he showed us to our rooms. There are two rooms. Kaelei and Kali are sharing a room with one king size bed and I have my own room with a twin size bed in it. We also have a bathroom just for the three of us. It is quite nice. The rooms are decorated for their grandchildren for when they come to visit. After he showed us our rooms he asked us if we have ever read any Jack Weyland books. Lisha and Kali like his books so he went and got a few and we each picked one. We all dove into the books. We took a break from reading so we could go eat dinner. We had something similar to spaghetti but the sauce was more like a Chile with out beans but more ground beef. It wasn't the greatest but we liked it for the most part. After dinner we went back to reading again. We all staid up till about midnight reading. We kept reading till about 10:15 PM and then Lisha went upstairs to watch the last 20 minutes of the soccer game while Kali and Kaelei called home to tell Gusti and Mark happy birthday. This soccer game was Germany against Austria and Germany won 0-1! It was an exciting game. After the game was over we had a prayer together then went to bed... but we didn't really go to sleep... we read some more. Kali and Lisha had some smaller books so they finished that night. Lisha says that she never just sits down and reads like that.
Tuesday morning Rolf asked if we like the books and we asked if he had any more by Jack Weyland. He said no but his daughter did and that we would drop by her house later to pick some up. For breakfast we had cornflakes, oatmeal, yogurt and bread. Moni asked us what kind of cereal we liked to eat and when I said something like Fruit Rings (German Fruit Loops) she was nearly floored because “it has so much sugar in it!” After breakfast we put our shoes on and went out the door to go to Hamburg (which is near Pinneberg for those of you that don't know). To get there we drove to the train station, took the train to a bus stop, the the bus to a boat dock, took a boat to another dock, got onto another boat to head up river... then we made it to Hamburg. Hamburg has the 2nd or 3rd largest port in the world! Many people like to use it because they are very fast and that draws people in. We walked down the harbor to look and some different boats and things. It was hard to keep up when we walked because Moni and Rolf like to walk very quickly and the three of us like to take are time so we can relax and look at things. And with our relaxing, a few times we had to jog a little bit to catch up. The boats were cool and there were lots and lots of cute guys every where... well, not everywhere because there were some old guys too but there we a lot more than anywhere else we have been. Kali and Kaelei were trying to get pictures without being obvious that they were taking them. They didn't get any good pictures because they were trying so hard to hide the picture taking.
We noticed that the German's have a lot of the window flags and over half the cars have the German flag on their car. Rolf said that the flags will only but up for a short time. When ever the European Soccer tournament starts, suddenly everyone feels patriotic and the need to support their countries soccer team. But after we looked at some of the boats Rolf and Moni walked us to the mall and let us do some shopping. We couldn't find much that we liked and wasn't too expensive (CLOTHES HERE ARE SO EXPENSIVE!!) but we found some small things to get. After we finished shopping we started to head back to the house. On the way we stopped by a church called St. Peter's. It is the largest church in Hamburg. It is also one of the only churches that didn't get destroyed during the bombings of WWII. We were all getting tired of all the walking around so we finished going back to the house. On the way home we took a ten minute stop by Rolf and Monti's daughters house. We can't remember her name but she was very nice and spoke very good English She let us borrow two movies and some Jack Weyland books. We got home and read some more while Rolf and Moni went to a church meeting so we had dinner a little late, about 9:00 PM. While they went to their meeting we watch one of the movies that we borrowed from their daughter. It was called “The Cutting Edge”. We liked it a lot. Kaelei and Lisha kept pointing out all the really funny things in the movie. We would want to watch the funny parts again so we would rewind it and watch that part again and again. We had dinner at about 9, but we didn't mind it being late. It was nice because we ate dinner outside on their back patio It was still light out and the weather was great so it was a nice day to eat outside. For dinner we had some mashed potatoes (real ones, not instant) and some fried chicken with some sauce on it. It was very tasty. We are tired from all of the walking that we did today but we still might not get to sleep real early tonight because we are all so into the books we got.
We miss you all
We love you too
---Kaelei
---Kali
---Lisha
