Sunday, 30/11/14
Day 12, Düsseldorf
I'm sorry to say, but personally for me, there's not much I can write about today. For me, it was more of a relaxation day. I got to sleep in, read, and just relax in general. My whole day was completely free until around 7 o'clock.
This is where the fun begins. My family took me on a guided tour of a shut down steelworks. Now, the sun sets at 5, so wouldn't it be dark? Well, yeah. But lights on the machinery illuminate it all. Unfortunately, the tour guide was French, meaning she spoke her German with almost no pauses. Oliver, my host father, had a little trouble keeping up to translate it all to English, but I understood most of it. The sights were absolutely amazing, the facts were interesting, and the best part of the night was when we got to climb up the machinery via stairs and view the surrounding cities at night. Not only was Düsseldorf in close view, but also Essen!
The steelworks was absolutely amazing, but it was really all I did on the relaxing weekend day. I was just happy that it wasn't another 6 o clock wake up like school days!
~Troy
Friday 12 December 2014
Saturday, 29/11/14
Day 11, Düsseldorf
After a party the Germans threw me on Friday, I was sooooo tired in the morning! They drank lots of beer and had a great time … in German. Thankfully, I had some of my tour friends with me so I could at least keep my sanity. It was a fun time, but I was absoloutely wrecked in the morning!
Our family went to the Christmas markets in the aftenoon and we bought 'Kartoffelpuffers', which is a home-made hash brown, really, but you dip it in apple sauce. There were all kinds of beautiful shops: hats, wallets, souvenir shops and craft shops. But there was one shop that sold incredible hand-made wooden toys and gadgets, at a cheap price. The thing I like about Christmas Markets are the smell of them, and how they seem to radiate warmth with their bright, luminous lights. A common smell that I love are the smell of roasted almonds. Mmmmm …
Later, a few of our friends and their hosts went to a gig of one of the schools' bands. As we entered the café, there was blazing techno music and lots of young people. After my ears started to bleed, the band members took their places on the instruments and played all of the punk songs from the song-list. It was good, but after about seven songs two dudes from the audience began to … um … dance? They were very drunk and it was hilarious, but it was kind of alarming because they knocked a few people down in their jig-like circle dancing (including the lead guitarist!).
I couldn't even get out of bed the next day.
~Charlie
Day 11, Düsseldorf
After a party the Germans threw me on Friday, I was sooooo tired in the morning! They drank lots of beer and had a great time … in German. Thankfully, I had some of my tour friends with me so I could at least keep my sanity. It was a fun time, but I was absoloutely wrecked in the morning!
Our family went to the Christmas markets in the aftenoon and we bought 'Kartoffelpuffers', which is a home-made hash brown, really, but you dip it in apple sauce. There were all kinds of beautiful shops: hats, wallets, souvenir shops and craft shops. But there was one shop that sold incredible hand-made wooden toys and gadgets, at a cheap price. The thing I like about Christmas Markets are the smell of them, and how they seem to radiate warmth with their bright, luminous lights. A common smell that I love are the smell of roasted almonds. Mmmmm …
Later, a few of our friends and their hosts went to a gig of one of the schools' bands. As we entered the café, there was blazing techno music and lots of young people. After my ears started to bleed, the band members took their places on the instruments and played all of the punk songs from the song-list. It was good, but after about seven songs two dudes from the audience began to … um … dance? They were very drunk and it was hilarious, but it was kind of alarming because they knocked a few people down in their jig-like circle dancing (including the lead guitarist!).
I couldn't even get out of bed the next day.
~Charlie
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