What to do after school....

I suppose most of you went right away to university or college after graduation. I want to spent one year abroad before.

I thought about different possibilities: I could go and be an au pair in the U.S. or in Canada, I thought about going to Chile and learn Spanish, and my last idea was to go to Sydney to help preparing the World Youth Day 2008 (either as a volunteer or an employee).

• Being an au pair would mean that I need several hours of experience with kids , and till now you couldn't be an au pair in Canada but they're about to change the legal situation at the moment. I'd love to go to Canada sometime....
• Going to Chile would be great to meet my friends there and to learn Spanish but none of the organizations go there. If you want to go to South America, you can go to Brazil, Ecuador or Peru. I will start a Spanish course on Wednesday.
• Last but not least: Sydney. It's my latest idea... I wanted to go to the WYD anyway so that would be a great chance to go there while keeping the costs limited. I also thought about studying English/Anglistics, so I'd have already a practical. I've been to Australia before but I wouldn't mind going there again... If I went there, I'd also work with people of many different nationalities, which can be very amazing and informative.

At the moment, Sydney is my favorite but there's still one more year to go.
Please tell me what you think about my ideas - I need help in deciding!!!

April Fools Day

Have you been fooled yesterday? Or did you fool somebody?
I haven't been fooled - I sorted out 2 out of 3 jokes immediately yesterday. With the 3rd one I didn't really realize it (it was one on the internet - guest books and forum)... I'm pretty proud ;) ....

The Rocky Horror Show

Frank'N'Furter

Frank and Janet

Yesterday night I went to see the Rocky Horror Show! WOW! Great! Fun!
(How can a man walk with shoes I even would have problems to walk in???)

Links: Heidelberg Theatre - Musicalzentrale (That's where I got the pictures from)

Driving

I love driving!
I've had my licence for 7 weeks now (I'm still counting ;) ), and driving is so much fun for me. I don't want to miss it any more! First, I was a bit afraid, especially to drive our big car (the other one is a Smart - only 2 seats), but now I can't get enough!!! On Friday I did my first "party tour": I took some people (and me, of course) to a party, which was a 40 mins drive... I didn't drink (I'm a good girl ;) ), but it was cool to belong to the drivers. Yeah!

By the way: I went to see Boris Becker - all year 12 & 13 students laughed so hard about the hysteria he caused with the year 5 students :D.....

Boris Becker?!?!

Well, today I read a poster in school that Boris Becker (the former tennis star) will visit our school tomorrow. Shall I go and see him?
Okay, you have to know that he was born in the vicinity of Heidelberg (in Leimen) and even went to my school before he became famous... Is that a reason? What shall I do? It's probably an opportunity I'll never get again - but is he worth it?

Wise Guys!!!

Look - the Wise Guys from behind the stage!!! I can't wait for the concert to come (It's on May 10)....For those who know: the song is "Denglisch", performed at the World Youth Day...­ <bgsound balance="0" src="http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap/3055928/music.mid" volume="-600" loop="infinite">

*freeeze*

The world is sooo unfair!!! My little sister Anna is in Australia right now. Until next Wednesday she's staying in Melbourne. I just made the mistake to glimpse into the weatherforecast for Melbourne :[... It won't get colder than 12°C at night and during the day they have around 30°C!!! I'm freezing!!! Today, it was snowing again... I want spring - RIGHT NOW!!! I can't stand the cold no longer... AAAARGH!

tatataaaa

My pictures are online!!!

Italy IV

Monday (13.2.):
On Moday we had school. But it was quite cool because the teachers of "our" class weren't there somehow and as the class had work to do, another teacher offered us to watch a movie. So we watched Notting Hill (in English)....
Then we and our Italian partners had a sports lesson. We played volleyball and soccer (football), Italy vs. Germany - we lost :( because we didn't know each other like the Italian group... In the end we mixed up, so it was fairer...

In the afternoon we went to the house of one of the Italian teachers for a wine tasting. Yes, indeed - they officially gave us wine :) . It was a really dry wine, so we wouldn't drink too much (and the teachers were there aswell...). We also had lunch there - way too much good stuff to eat, so I decided I would eat untill I'd burst ;). When everybody was full up, they brought a fancy cake because it was the birthday of one of the German girls.
During the afternoon the teachers also told us that we would leave on Wednesday morning and not in the afternoon as it had been planned because they didn't trust the trains. They didn't want to miss the night train back home.

In the evening we already packed our suitcases. While Rosa was packing I had time to talk with Chiara because Rosa needed two (2!!!) houres to get packed - she had bought too much...
Chiara invited me to come and visit her in summer. Yeah!!!! I will go!

Tuesday (14.2.): Cuneo
We went to Cuneo, the next bigger town. We had a tour though the city and then we had free time. There was a nice market where we could take a look at things, and I also went to a bookshop because one of the girls I went with wanted to buy Harry Potter I in Italian. I got a book to - in English (Terry Pratchett, if it rings a bell...)

When we came back to Mondovì, Chiara's mom came to meet us and we went shopping - cheese, which I wanted for my parents (it's really good, by the way ;) ).
Then we had our farewell dinner. We had polenta - yummy... I had to cry because I didn't want to leave my new friends that soon. It was not only Chiara I got on with very well, but all of the other Italians too!!!

Wednesday (15.2.): Torino
We had loads of time in Torino to spend so first we went to the Egyptian Museum. This was for the whole group...
Then we splitted up and my little group (3 girls) went to the Sponsor Village of the Olympic Games. It was fun there, and we also met the mascots - Neve and Gliz - of course we took pictures!!!

Then we tried to get rid of our time (it was soo cold) and in hte early evening we met at the main station to catch our train back home.
I was at home at 6:15 am on Thursday morning (16.2.).

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The rest of the report will appear here at the weekend -> when I have more time...
I hope I'll have my photos then aswell!