WE SHOULD HAVE WON THE SCAVENGER HUNT

Today, the 17th, we went to school with our students for about two hours. It was really fun. Jakob had history first and they were learning about denazification. The teacher spoke a little bit of English and was able to come over and explain a little bit for us. He had one of the real papers that people had to fill out to prove that they weren't nazis. It was really cool, actually. For most of the class, though, Lauren and I doodled and kept quiet. They get a bunch of little breaks throughout the day. It's really cool, actually. They took us outside for one of the breaks and we walked around their soccer field.
After class, we walked to the middle of their town and were given a scavenger hunt to complete. They told us to go in our blogging groups (who we worked on the class blog with), and I was really excited because I got to work with my friend, Andre. We technically won the scavenger hunt. We went to every single place and found all of the information, while the team that won asked one person for all of the answers. Thats the only reason that they turned it in so quickly. But we won. We got this chocolate car that we are going to have to find a way to split it. :) it was actually really fun and we worked really well as a team and getting all of the information. I was proud of myself for using German to talk to people, too. I'm picking up a lot of the language, actually. The languages structure is very similar to English which makes trying to understand it a lot easier. Ive learned a few phrases and words that are very helpful. :) I love learning their language.
The rest of the day was slightly boring. We saw Checkpoint Alpha and a piece of the wall that separated east and west Germany. I liked the history, but our tour guides' voice was pretty monotonous.
Once home, I took a nice hour and a half nap. (I fell asleep in the back of Björns mom's car... Oops. Not like totally konked out, but a light slumber). I was exhausted. We had dinner with Björns family and it was really nice. Both families together, enjoying a nice meal and cracking jokes. :) I am going to miss both families. I've gotten to know both really well. They are such nice, friendly, caring, generous people. I have absolutely loved spending time with them. Well, I'll post more tomorrow! We're going to Hannover! :)
Choos!
Zoë :)