Lauterbach, Döners, Pottery, and more (:

Wow this week went by so quickly!
On Monday, we were able to walk around Lauterbach, Hessen instead of a full day at school (: we climbed the church tower and looked down upon the city! Its sooooo pretty and i got some great pictures! The next day, Mara and her mom brought some clay to make bowels with! We all sat around a big table and chatted while we did some pottery (: it was so fun!! Then, Mara's mom took me to her Primary school where she works and showed me her classroom and all. The school was so cute and small and she seems like a really great teacher!!!

On Thursday we did a scavenger hunt around Lauterbach! I was on a team with two others (one american and one South African) we had to go around asking questions and finding clues and answers! It was pretty fun and.. we actually didnt take it too seriously (: haha we even stopped for ice cream...(: However, the next day we found out that we had won!!!! The other teams were just as surprised as us.. and now we get two scoops of ice cream at our goodbye party instead of one (:(:
On Friday we went to a restaurant for lunch.. we ate Döners.. kind of like a taco, but better and BIGGER. Oh my goodness.. took me like half an hour or more to eat that thing! The whole class was waiting for me to finish for a long time. I was pretty embarrassed :P
After school I was able to talk to my host father about East vs West Germany. It was so so cool to talk to him about his views and opinions. He grew up in East Germany and I thought it was very interesting to hear his thoughts and experiences! I learned so much (:
On friday night I went to an eighteenth birthday party for some girl.. It was very different than any party i have ever been to!..... since the drinking age in Germany is 16, there was plenty of alcohol at this party... This was VERY different to me especially because i am Mormon and i dont drink or smoke and I have never really been exposed to this living in utah! It was very fun tho and i went with two other exchange students so i hungout with them most of the time (: it's crazy how many of the kids wanted to talk to us or wanted to show off their english speaking abilities to the others! Haha, it was actually pretty funny to see them argue which one spoke english better and which of them didnt have an accent (..which they all had an accent of course).
On saturday the ten of us exchange students plus host siblings and our teachers went to Mathmatikum! It's a math museum, which doesnt seem very fun at all, but it was actually pretty good and very cool!! They had an english tour for us and all kinds of interactive things to do! Then, we had about two hours of free time in the city (Geißen) so we walked around and shopped and got some ice cream and more döners (: It was really quite fun!

I made another great dinner with my host mother (: she's a great cook and it's been really fun to cook all the traditional meals and stuff with her!
On sunday I was able to attend a church service.. it was the 250 year old anniversary of the Protestant Church in Lauterbach, and my host father attended the service with me! It's quite interesting because the family that.. i think originally built the church... sits in the rooms on the two sides of the building. They are enclosed so that they have their privacy. I think they dont attend every week, but because it was the 250th anniversary, they were there with the windows open to show that they were listening and participating. Plus, they read the dedication paper that was written 250 years ago..  It was pretty interesting (: I really enjoyed it!... even though i didnt understand a word (:
That night i went with mara and her dad to play Fußball with them again!! It was fun, (of course)!!
I also received some more information on my permanent home and school, etc. I'm so excited! (: Plus, my host father has really been helping me to learn new words and begin to have conversations in german.. i'll get there (: ...hopefully.