Hello, everyone! It's Frau Steiner. We have been in Blieskastel and the surrounding area for about 5 days now. I feel like every time I am in Germany, the days speed by more quickly than normal. Mrs. Laufenberg and I spent Monday (no school!) exploring a bit of Saarland's capitol city, Saarbrücken and I belatedly remembered everything (museums, etc) are closed on Mondays. We will try again later in the trip. The two of us have also been eating our way through Germany, with Dönerteller for lunch yesterday and a delicious Tapas meal last night in Homburg with our partner teachers. Ask your student how many times they have been to the Orient Grill so far and how many Döner they have eaten...
Yesterday (Tuesday) was our first day of school with a greeting by the principal, Herr Koch, a tour and a VIP meeting with the Bürgermeisterin with yours truly as translator. I will allow yesterday's bloggers to tell you the whole story...😉
The weather has not been very cooperative here and you never know when the clouds are going to open up and drench you but I will take it over the unseasonbly warm weather back home (sorry, Iowa). Despite the cool temperatures and what seems like never-ending drizzle, we have been in generally good spirits and it seems as if all of the partners are really forging strong friendships and the whole group (38!) gets along like they have known each other forever. That is what GAPP is all about, after all!
Today (Wednesday) we will begin preparing for our Abschiedsabend (goodbye celebration) during homeroom. Next week we have several field trips on tap and before we know it, our time in Blieskastel will be coming to an end. I know we have barely arrived, but being "the Frau" , I get to be the wet blanket (Spielverderber, auf Deutsch).
Stay tuned for more posts from our GAPPies. Guess what else we will be doing homeroom today?
Bis bald!
Frau S
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