my birthday

yesterday was my birthday! in the morning freia and i went running. when we got home i had a shower and was then asked to stay in my room as this is the tradition in the house. when i came out there was a table laid out with presents from the family and a parcel from home. the parcel from home had a cat lovers magnetic poetry kit, a gorgeous little knitted cat, angel inspirations (my inspiration for the day was fun) and a music winder that plays happy birthday. from freia i got the TRAVIS cd. from the family lots of sweets, a top, hand knitted socks and earrings. fredirecke made me delicious chocolates. for breakfast we had pancakes with ice cream and maple syrup which lukas really liked. then freia, sonja and i went to dortmond. we had planned to go rock climbing but then the train was late and when we got there we couldn´t find the centre so we shopped instead. when we got home we had tea which was cake and blackberry juice. that was yummy. in the evening we went to the cinema and saw summersturm which was really good. it was an awesome day. on monday i leave for greece which is really exciting.

firstly in australia we got a new dog which we ultimately be called NUGGET. the weather here is wet. when it rains it really rains. if i ride the 5 minutes to school in the rain my jeans will get soaking wet and stay wet for half the day and by the time they are dry i have to ride home in the rain again. mum just rang to wish me a happy birthday . in australia it is the time and day i wwas born but here that is not for 8 hours. so am i or am i not 16? something funny to end in germany i am failing english anyway tschüs

i´m going to rovers again tommorrow night should be fun. for my birthday i might get to go to a big kids playground which will be really cool. then i am hoping to go to the movies with some friends. sorry about the hard to read colour last time. yesterday when i went runnig i got lost for an hour which was a problem cos when i came home i had twenty minutes to have a shower, eat breakfast and get to school inevitably i was late and spent my break eating breakfast but otherwise it was a good day. yesterday i also went in to the city to get my visa which i won´t end up getting for 2 more months. the lady was really nice and spoke a bit of english the cost of my visa also went down from 40 euros to 20 and finally to 12,50 euros which is quite cool. any way luv all

this is according to philipp the colour of hope. today was so cool i went to the rovers. we have a practical in 11 days and it is in greece. yes you read right i am going to greece. in greece we will have apartments and a swimming pool. Ich finde es in deutschland sehr lustig. it is my birthday in ten days. happy birthday to amie if you are reading. we finished school early again today. did i mention i am going to greece. tschüs

As part of a women's empowerment campaign, men in India's Bihar state could face up to three years in jail if they are caught drinking without written permission from their wives. this is from the age the other day a cool idea i thought. school was let out early again today. the french teacher told me to re write my (almost mistake free german) essay on paul verlaine again in blue pen! it was originally in pink which i am aware is a completly terrible colour. i rode 3-4 metres (in one go) on the unicycle today. a bit later in my practice i fell off and tore a hole in my pants. now let us all take a moment to sympathise with me.............1..2..3..awwwwwwww. when i came inside lukas was sitting on the couch with his leg in plaster so for the next five months lukas will be a cripple. all together now awwwwwwwwwwww.

hello!

blue the colour of my mood. today i spent the day at school from 8 till 1:20. i then came home and attrempted to do my homework (all in german) now i can safely say if you think maths is hard try doing it in german. heres a concept for you at school i learn french in french if sometimes explained in german and i learn english in german. in english we read the ocean by byron and have to write the whole page of poem out for the next lesson where i can look forward to reciving anothger poem twice as long to write out. this afternoon i spent half my time sneezing and the other half apologising and trying to learn german. yesterday stubbed my toe on the stone steps outside, dropped a bike on my unshoed foot and feel off the unicycle 20 times before i gave up and attempted to go to bed.

started school yesterday it lasted for an hour thenwe went home today it lasted two hours then we went home. one of the guys in the class invited me to go to die pfadfinder (scouts) with him. which is cool. the lessons are all german butb i almost understand some of the stuff which is cool luv ann

just a quick up date today we road 20 or 25 km to swim for 10 minutes eat lunch and riode the 20 to 25 km back. i also rode the uni cycl a whole 2 m without falling off or holding on to anything
luv & hugs Ann*

hallo all!
i am in germany at siebenplaneten. i have just got back from holland where i indulged in eating, buying and sunning too much. i discovered this cool liquorice that tastes really good. we went into amsterdam on the way home where the street performers got annoyed at me because i tried to take a photo with out any money. on monday i start at school.