Wednesday was the first day of RUSSETID! We wore our russebuskene to school inside out, which was, by the way, really uncomfortable, but fun to see everyone in the matching pants. Our first russeknut as a class was that we trapped a first grader in the bathroom - which was SO FUNNY.
We also got special names that we write on our russeluer (russ hats)... Alice is Tetris; Sondre is 7/8; Line is Englebarn; I'm Titt-titt... etc etc These names have to do with parts of our personalities or something funny that has happened to us. Alice is Tetris because she plays Tetris a lot during class and is really good at it; Sondre is 7/8 because it's his favorite time signature; Line is englebarn because she is the angel child; and I'm Titt-titt ("peekabo" in Norwegian) because of something funny that happened with the word (you can only imagine how confused I was when my teacher was repeatedly saying "Titt-titt"...)
The next day I went to school after Line and Mari slept over and we got home around 2 AM with my SUITCASES to go to BERLIN TO BEGIN EUROTOUR!!!
EUROTOUR PART 1:
Miki, Nina, Victoria and I took the same train to Gardemoen Flyplass in Oslo to meet up with everyone to fly to Berlin. We met up with Tove, or "Mom" as we call her, who kept track of us and stays with us throughout the entire trip. The first exchanger we saw was Sara in the bathroom and then slowly we saw everyone else, got our tickets, checked our bags and went through security. We ended up sitting around the terminal for a while because we were quite early, and then we were off. Kate sat next to me for takeoff and later Miki sat with us because the lady next to Kate moved. When we touched down in Berlin, we were ecstatic!!!
We rolled our suitcases through the airport to the bus where we met our busdriver and boarded the bus for the first time. We drove a bit through the city and went to the hostell, which was especially for internationals. We found out after we ate dinner of sandwiches that there was a large group of Rotary kids who are living in Germany this year, also visiting Berlin. I immediately thought of Shannon, from my district, who is living in Germany this year, but she wasn't there because they were split up into different larger groups. I was in a room with Monica, Kate and Connie at that hostell - a room with bunkbeds.
The next morning we drove around the city for a long time where we saw so many interesting things, but the coolest thing was our guide! He was originally from California and he was just plain hilarious as well as interesting. We had lunch in the end of the tour, strogenoff, which was delicious. After our tour was over, we went around shopping for a few hours before dinner. Kate and I went alone and got some things that we really "needed". Dinner was in the hostell and then a bunch of us went to the park and played some games before we came back and went to bed.
We woke up pretty early the next day to start driving to Dresden. When we got on the bus, we found out that one of the kids was sick, so they were going to stay in Berlin in the hospital with one of our chaperones. We left to go to Dresden after that.
The drive was quite normal and slow. We sang some songs on the bus, played some games, slept, etc etc. When we arrived in Dresden, we got out and walked around a castle with Gunther showing us around. Then we stopped for lunch and had cabbage, bread and meat for lunch in a "traditional" German restaurant. We boarded the bus after that for Prague!
Our hotel in Prague is quite like a hostell - communal bathrooms and only hand towels provided. I'm rooming with Miki, Connie and Jessica. Last night we settled in and ate food at a restaurant that we walked up to through the woods. We had two kinds of pork with cheese on top and lots of potatoes. Afterward we had some AMAZING banana-flavored icecream, thanks to Gunther! :D
We woke up and ate breakfast together and boarded the bus into the city. We walked around a lot of the city and saw some amazing sights. We got to see the changing of the guards in front of one of the castles and took lots of pictures. We had lunch together in a restaurant in the city and then we had a few hours to shop. Kate and I bought lots of stuff along with checking out the wax museum... what a waste of 3 euros! We got some local foods and had some Starbucks before meeting up again with everyone. We took the subway to a bus station then a bus to the bottom of the hill where our hotel is. We walked up, had an hour to do whatever, then we all ate dinner together at the same place again.
Tomorrow we're on our way to Vienna!
(I'll add photos when I get good internet!)
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