Fri.-Sun. June 25-27

Friday
We had the day off of school today because it was one of our long weekends. Abby and I got up early and went to the Deutsches Museum. We got in for free because Walter knew someone there and he showed us around a lot of exhibits. We even got to go to the top of the museum and look out upon all of Munich. We were there for five hours and then left for the New Pinakothek. We were really tired from the museum, so we weren't looking forward to going to an art museum, but we had to go for a school assignment. The gallery turned out to be really cool and it was the type of art that both Abby and I liked. We got through it in an hour and then headed home. I fell asleep for two hours and then just lay in bed all night talking to Robbie on Skype. It was a good, relaxing evening, but now it is time for bed. Night night
Deutsches Wort von Heute:
Freizeit (fry-tzite)
free-time

Saturday
Another long, adventurous day. I got up early again and met Carola and Julia to head to the climb park. We rode the S-Bahn with a bunch of students and got off at the last stop on the S2. Hans was there to taxi the kids from the S-Bahn station to the park. We got there and got suited up in our harnesses and went through a short tutorial. I wish I could describe this place better. Basically, it was a bunch of trees that you climbed up into and went through various obstacles and then ziplined from tree to tree. There were several routes to choose and they varied in difficulty. We of course started at the easiest and worked our way through. It was so much fun. On the second course I was ziplining and got turned backwards so I was unable to run with it at the bottom and I slammed backwards into a tree (it had padding but it still hurt). I felt a little dizzy afterwords but it wore off and I seem to be fine now. The last course was super tough and super high. I would say that at the highest I was 20 meters up. The last thing I got to do was what was called the Flying Fox. You ziplined from one tree, to another, and then another, and then the ground. These lines were at least 20 meters long too. On the final line, I again got turned backwards and couldn't stop myself. I slid on my butt on the ground and tore my bright blue pants. It's easily fixable so I'm not too devastated. It was a lot of fun to do that with Abby and Christine. Christine was freaking out the whole time and it was really funny. Anyway, Hans drove us home so we wouldn't have to ride the S-Bahn and then I took a three hour nap. I woke up to Walter grilling and he had invited his girlfriend, son, his girlfriend, and Abby over for food. We ate and roasted marshmallows on the grill. Abby wore my clothes during dinner because the mosquitoes were terrible. We then went to a big festival/concert thing on the other side of town. We met up with Carola and her friends so it was nice to not be alone. There was a big barn with many long picnic tables and a live band. People were all standing on the benches and dancing. It was a good time. Abby and I walked home (it took 30 minutes) and we sang the whole time. I am totally exhausted from today, I can barely feel my body. Tomorrow I'm riding my bike with Walter to Munich. Wish me luck!
Deutsches Wort von Heute:
tanzen (tawn-zen)
to dance

Sunday
Holy crap! What a day! I got to sleep in a little today (9:30) and then I had to get up and eat breakfast. Walter, his girlfriend, and I then packed up some food and our swim suits and headed out on our bike ride. I was a little disappointed that his girlfriend was coming only because she got the better bike and mine didn't really fit me well. We stopped after 20 minutes and took a short water break then continued on our way. After another 20 minutes we stopped at a lake to take a swim break. It felt really good, but I didn't stay in long because there were some large fish swimming around and it creeped me out. We then rode for another half hour and got to Munich. We ate at a beer garden and watched old people play a dice game. They were really funny. We rode to another beer garden to watch the Germany game. THEY WON!! I couldn't believe the score! It was fantastic. There's just so much spirit here. On the way to the game, my butt was hurting really bad. I'm used to a super comfy bike seat and more of a road bike. I was on a small, old, mountain bike that provided no cushion for my bum bum. So the long game was welcomed, even though we sat in the grass. We started heading back after the game and my butt hurt super bad. After we had gotten out of Munich, we stopped at another beer garden to get ice cream and I told Walter that I thought my butt was bruised. The rest of the ride back confirmed it. I couldn't sit directly on my seat. I had to either lean forward or back and it was still really painful. Everytime I hit a bump I had to stand up and let my legs absorb it. There were no shocks (or good ones that I could find) on this bike so I took every bump really hard. By the last 20 minutes I was crying I was in so much pain. Walter felt really bad. I explained that I would've been fine if I had my own bike from home. When we got home I ran to my room and just cried. After calming down I took a shower and did my homework. I have no idea how I'm gonna sit through class tomorrow. It hurts even to lay on my back. Anyway, I'll stop complaining about my butt and go to bed. I'm gonna take it easy tomorrow, I hope.
Deutsches Wort von Heute:
Fahrrad (far-rawd)
bicycle
If you recall Motorrad (motorcycle) and notice the "rad" in both. This means it has wheels :D