December...

 Hello! I know i've gone MIA for the past month and a half but I will do a summary of what's been going on! For each picture I will add a caption and date, as you might have noticed, the formatting on blogspot is not the easiest to control so please bear with me! 






December 2-3, Oldenburg Rotary Meeting

We had a Rotary sleepover with all the inbounds and made cookies, painted bags and baked waffles! We got Christmas presents from our Rotary Santa and got the information on the Europe tour! Later that night it snowed for the first time and many of the students ( Brazilians) had never seen snow before! The next day we went to a charity bowling event and raised money for UNISEF. Then I took the train back to Leer and worked at the Christmas market for my Rotary club. We sold grog and poffertjes! This is a picture of me, my counselor and our Leer Rotary President. 

 December 8, Leer

I went with my friends and host brother to the Christmas market in Leer for some Kinderpunch and Pommes! It was really cold and snowy but lots of fun! The market was very lively at all times of the day but it was always a bit crazy at night! The stands served beer, sweets, french fries and more! Christmas is very big in Germany and it was cool to see the whole town decorated!

December 10th, Leer

We went and picked out a Christmas tree! The trees are already cut and stored on pegs so you can just pick it up and leave! Unlike the grueling task of finding, cutting and carrying the tree across and open field. It started snowing so we went to the Christmas market and walked around for awhile. Then we went to a cafe and got something warm to drink! It was so snowy I felt like i was in a wonderland with all the lights and festivities! 

Host brother Henri, me, Host mom Sandra and Host dad Christoph. 

This is the outside of my house!

For Christmas we celebrate on the 24th and we went to church and ate some very good food! That night we opened presents and ate some sweets! On the 25th we met with the extended family at my host grandmas house. It was nice to meet everyone in the family and share traditions.

December 26th

It was a nice day after Christmas so my family took me up to the North Sea! It was very windy and cold but super pretty! We stopped and got tea and cake.

 On January 6th I moved to my second Host family. They live in another town called Collinghorst. I take the bus for 20 minutes into Leer for school and back. My Host parents and brother are very nice! We have two parrots and four horses! I love living here and since my host mom is an a amazing artist I'm improving on my art skills! 

 

If you have any question feel free to comment! Sorry for this taking so long but I hope you enjoy!