For Sunday morning breakfast I ate a roll with half Nutella and half homemade strawberry jam. Then to the school, where we met for our first day trip....to the Alps!
It was a LONG bus ride, but so worth it! The Alps are so beautiful....one of many parts of God's creation that is just breathtaking! We passed brown and white cows. The hike started out fine, but it was literally all entirely uphill, with no breaks like we have in PA hiking trails! And, their mountains are a lot taller! Finally, though, we made it to the top - and what a gorgeous view!! We Americans took so many pictures of the view. Then we played on the little playground, where some of us jumped on a trampoline, we took pictures of each other, etc. We hung out at and ate at the restaurant that was there at the top. The cool breeze felt amazing since we were all pretty hot from the long hike up.
To go down, some rode the ski lift thing, and the rest of us (most of us) walked down. It was fun walk down, where most of the time I talked with Jake, Kenny, Cassandra, and Elli. It was really nice because throughout the day I got to know both some of the Americans and some of the Germans better.
We then drove further to the toboggan-track-type-thing, called the Sommerrodelbahn. You sit on a little flat thing and control your own speed as you go down, and as you're flying down the track, with the wind in your face, you can look out to another fantastic view! I was slower than most of them, but that's ok...after all, three or four of them flew/fell off the track because they were going too fast, and Eric did it twice, so they wouldn't let him go again.
Then we headed back. I loved seeing the stream while we were out in the mountains, because it was SO clear, and blue, as if it was fake but it was so real! It was beautiful. The bus ride back was fun, with lots of talking and laughter. Jake and Kenny made up the saying, "Was passiert in die Alpen bleibt in die Alpen." (What happens in the Alps stays in the Alps.) :)
The evening was more relaxing. I wrote and emailed and such until supper, which was really yummy: tomatoes with mozzarella cheese, stir fried veggies (mushrooms, carrots, peppers, zucchini), salad with tasty dressing, bread, a yummy potato and onion mix, and her dad grilled steak and pork. It was so delicious! Elli's sister Julia's boyfriend Maxi was there for supper. He is very nice. He is studying at a university in Münchin (Munich) to be a teacher.
Then a shower and bedtime.....and school the next day.....
It was a LONG bus ride, but so worth it! The Alps are so beautiful....one of many parts of God's creation that is just breathtaking! We passed brown and white cows. The hike started out fine, but it was literally all entirely uphill, with no breaks like we have in PA hiking trails! And, their mountains are a lot taller! Finally, though, we made it to the top - and what a gorgeous view!! We Americans took so many pictures of the view. Then we played on the little playground, where some of us jumped on a trampoline, we took pictures of each other, etc. We hung out at and ate at the restaurant that was there at the top. The cool breeze felt amazing since we were all pretty hot from the long hike up.
To go down, some rode the ski lift thing, and the rest of us (most of us) walked down. It was fun walk down, where most of the time I talked with Jake, Kenny, Cassandra, and Elli. It was really nice because throughout the day I got to know both some of the Americans and some of the Germans better.
We then drove further to the toboggan-track-type-thing, called the Sommerrodelbahn. You sit on a little flat thing and control your own speed as you go down, and as you're flying down the track, with the wind in your face, you can look out to another fantastic view! I was slower than most of them, but that's ok...after all, three or four of them flew/fell off the track because they were going too fast, and Eric did it twice, so they wouldn't let him go again.
Then we headed back. I loved seeing the stream while we were out in the mountains, because it was SO clear, and blue, as if it was fake but it was so real! It was beautiful. The bus ride back was fun, with lots of talking and laughter. Jake and Kenny made up the saying, "Was passiert in die Alpen bleibt in die Alpen." (What happens in the Alps stays in the Alps.) :)
The evening was more relaxing. I wrote and emailed and such until supper, which was really yummy: tomatoes with mozzarella cheese, stir fried veggies (mushrooms, carrots, peppers, zucchini), salad with tasty dressing, bread, a yummy potato and onion mix, and her dad grilled steak and pork. It was so delicious! Elli's sister Julia's boyfriend Maxi was there for supper. He is very nice. He is studying at a university in Münchin (Munich) to be a teacher.
Then a shower and bedtime.....and school the next day.....
As we began our hike up the mountain!
Elli and I in the Alps!
Our group photo (with some missing, because they took the lift up because they couldn't handle the hike)
One of my many pictures of the view!
The amazingly clear stream!
The view from the Sommerrodelbahn
Comments
Post a Comment