Sunday, October 25, 2009

afs second arrival camp

alright so i have a lot to fill you guys in on. so on thursday i went to go get my visa and everything went well and my visa will be ready to be picked up next thursady.
on friday i went to linz so i could meet everyone going to the second arrival camp. when the train came around 2 everyone got on and we ended up going on three trains a bus and a taxi to get to the place we were staying. thats how far away from everything we were. we went to a town called weyer that was actually very nice. the first couple days were cloudy and a little rainy but the last day was very warm and there was sun and blue sky. so once we got there we got our rooms and we had dinner. then we went downstairs to a big room where we did some group activities and then we broke up into small groups. i was in the snake group:) and we just talked about random stuff like where were from and we looked at this picture with a bunch of little people climbing and what not on a tree and had to choose which one would be us. after we were done with groups was more fun. we hung out in a room downstairs where we learned various dances! first of course we had to learn the waltz and im proud to say that because of vera i can waltz super fast! i like it:) but we also learned how to salsa! that was cool. so those were the main two dances we did but there were a couple others. but we sat in that room for a loooong time. and then vale and i went and hung out with the italians for a while. we stayed up verrryyy late. but it was so much fun! then the next morning we had to wake up and go to breakfast at 8:( i was so tired. but i got over it after we went outside and did some energizers and games. but for most of the day we did orientation stuff. but we also got to play around and we played ping pong and we played in the gym they had at the hostel. that night everyone gave a presentation about where they are from and just did something special from their country. im uploading all the videos onto my facebook so you all can see them there:) i got everyones except for the one emily andi did about america. but none of you want to see us say the pledge of allegiance and sing the national anthem. not that interesting. but the rest will be posted!
so after all the presentations we just hungout in the gym all night. then afterwards vale and i went to go hangout with all the latin americans and flavio from italy. it was very funny but i was really tired so i ended up just oging to bed. luckily for me we had the time change and we gained an hour. so i felt much better when i woke up this morning. today we did some more energizers and small group activities. then we had lunch and hungout until we had to walk down to the train station. when we got to the train station we had to wait 30 minutes until the train came. but it was very funny and we made lots of videos:) then the train came and we took that one then switched to another and i got off at st. valentin. so thankfully we didnt have to move around as much. that was really nice. and now i am back at home and it feels very good to be here. then at dinner i got to talk to my mom and greg. that was nice. i miss them!
but now im just hanging out andtraing to get everything uploaded but it takes like an hour for one video.. so it might take a while.
im so happy because there is no school tomorrow!!! woohoo:) so another short week at school and then next saturday there is another afs meeting in linz and i really look forward to seeing everyone again!

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