Tuesday, July 6, 2010

France and Heights

Well. Yesterday we went to France. No biggie. We saw Königsburg, which is a castle. It's name means "king's castle" or something. I think they said it was about 900 years old, but it had to be rebuilt about 80 (?) years ago. We got to the castle an hour early, so we walked through it ourselves. Then we took a one hour tour of the exact same thing with a French tour guide who probably learned just enough English to give the tour. She didn't tell us much that we hadn't already figured out. But oh well. The castle was really cool, so it wasn't too bad. After the castle, we went into Strasbourg to eat lunch and shop a little. The shops in France seemed quite a bit cheaper than those in Germany. There were sales everywhere. Decent shirts for like 5€. I wish we had more time in Strasbourg to shop. Das war schade. Then we walked around in a big cathedral. It was pretty neat. We were all relieved to hear that we hadn't signed up for a guided tour. --- Haha I just saw the Nederlands make the most ridiculous goal. I don't even think the shot was inside of the 18. As you can see, Germans don't only watch Germany games. This one is Nederlands vs Uruguay. My little host sister was the one who chose to watch it. --- After the cathedral in Strasbourg, we all went home. Today we went to the klettergarten. "Klettergarten" literally means "climbing garden". --- Oh no! Someone from the Nederlands just got kicked in the face. Big time. The medics were all crowded around him and the two teams started fighting. --- Anyway, the klettergarten was amazing, but it wasn't really climbing. It was like a bunch of obstacle courses 20 feet in the air and going between trees. It's difficult to describe. We zipped down a couple times to get from the last tree to the ground and one of the little sections was about 10 feet of a climbing wall, but everything else was wobbling boards, ropes, or even a Tarzan setup where you swung on a vine-like rope into a giant net. During school today they voted for something. Certain groups would come into the theater at certain times and watch the candidates speak, then go back to their classrooms and vote. I helped my host do a lot of this. Buuuuut after the klettergarten we all went home. Sorry about the soccer distractions; the tv is right next to me. Plus being distracted by soccer is a pretty German thing, right? --- By the way, Uruguay just got an equally amazing goal that was even further from the 18. ---

group picture at Königsburg
admiring some of the outer walls of the castle
"are there jaywalking laws in France too?"
"yayyy we're lost in France!"
the klettergarten

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