Busy Weekend (Sort of)

Well, I guess I need to recap the weekend.

Friday, September 7th. Last day of German Course. Had a little party. Here's the group. Afterwards, I went and got a few things for school. I went to the Cathedral for a school mass, no pictures this time though. I'll have a post just about the cathedral later. Afterwards, I went to a dinner with Jobst and Ingeborg (my host parents). It was at a friends house nearby. I was the only one under 45... but they wanted to know about Canada and stuff. (People are scared of how cold it will get once or twice a year... so I avoid mentioning that in the North, school is canceled when it hits -100.. so I'm told. And they all assume Fahrenheit, which lessens the blow, until I tell them Celsius, and of course, -40 is the same for both!) The food was good, and they also had some music that I must download (legally.) it was Supertramp, but more of a fusion type sound with horns. I haven't heard of it before.


Saturday, September 8th, I went to Pius Fest (a thing at school) and saw the place. Looked impressive. The festival was rather lame, unfortunately. Good food though, and I met people. That's what counts, right? That night I stayed around home, and made a couple video calls for about 5 hours.. everyone was gone that I called. But the calls made me happy.

Sunday, September 9th, I went to Monschau, a small town, to take Nicolle to a party. I could write an entire story about the house the party was at, and I was only in one room! Here it is. It's 300 years old, but has been redesigned recently, and looks amazing inside! Afterwards, Jobst, Ingeborg and I walked the dogs around the Eiffel National Park, in a section that was devastated (well, one hill was deforested) by a hurricane! Very nice though. It's right here. We finished our walk, then stopped at a cafe. I had a waffle with Cherries and Vanilla Ice Cream (very tasty, and I spent less than Jobst and Ingeborg this time. Thank god.) Afterwards, we finished the walk through town, and drove home. Basically did nothing afterwards.

Monday, September 10th, (today): today was my first day at the Pius Gymnasium (Pius Grammar School, supposedly the best (or second) in Aachen. Good rep, at least) it is very nice, and I think I will enjoy my lessons. I am in History, which I thought was about Germany. It's actual about the Roman Empire (well, today at least), so it will be what I missed out on at TOSH. The other courses are good so far. More on all this as time goes on. After school, I layed around sniffling with a cold. I'm only up right now 'cause I needed to make a phone call, which I woke up for after an hour's sleep. And then I wrote this.