Horse Race!

Yesterday, Michele, Whitney and me have been to a horse race at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington. That was soooo cool! We bet on horses and won something ever single time. I bet two times and after that I had won like 25 dollars hahaha. :D Whitney and Michele won like 50 dollars! Too awesome! This is the intuition of women!

Anyways, it was really cool. I had a lot of fun. The horses had really weird names though. The horses I bet on and won were: Praise Band, Colonial Flag and Forte Dei Marmi.






People at the Kentucky Derby

And then they selled those really cute hats which are for the Kentucky Derby which is the first weekend of May. For those who don't know: The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thorouhbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May in which only the best horses are allowed to compeet. The people dress up a lot like in the 50's when they go there. With hats and stuff. It must look soooo pretty! Next year I want to go there haha. We can't this year because you have to buy tickets about one year ahead... So Mom, Dad? We know when we can visit again! :D Anyways, I saw this one beautiful, huge hat. Price: Almost 800 Dollars!!!  But well.. Really pretty hahaha. Hope you all had a great weekend too! C ya!





Happy Eastern!

Happy Eastern to everybody! As it is a christian celebration of Jesus rise of course Americans celebrate it too. I got the movie “Puss in boots” and a nice neckless for Whitney and I got a huge bunch of sweets (especially chocolate), an iTunes card, a notebook, a pen and the cutest socks ever! They got bunnies on them!!
In the morning we went to church (our church expanded, so we went to a new church for the first time!), then there was a really, really good lunch and in the evening we watched a movie called “The passion of the Christ” which actually was a really, really good movie to understand the last 12 hours of Jesus life and his sacrifice. So anyways, here come some photos, I hope your Easter egg hunt was going good!

The best Eastern picture ever!
I LOVE YOU ♥

Florida, The Sunshine State!

For spring break last week my host family and me went to see their family in Florida. It was pretty cool. And I can tell you one thing: IT WAS HOOOOOT!

The first days we spent at a friend's house. Her name is Stephanie. And the last two days we spent at Michele's mothers house. And I realized I LOVE her mother. She's really awesome. We went to Disney, the beach, shopping, the cinema, I saw a snake and alligators and that kind of stuff. At disney I actually saw the two little boys Aiden and Conor and his parents (I knew his dad before) again. But there's one thing about the floridian people (I know that's not a word) I really have with you.

The Horror Bug.

It was night and I always have a can next to my bed in case I wake up during the night and I want to drink something. This always worked out well but this night was different. This night I was in Florida. So I got up and tried to drink some of the Fanta next to my bed. And suddenly I realized I had something in my mouth. Something big. And it was probably nasty. So I just spit out the Fanta and tried to calm down and just go to bed... So I did. When I woke up the next morning I saw what that creepy thing in my mouth has been: It was a huge bug, a roach. And it still lived (more or less, it moved) the next morning... I could've puked. Seriously. Wanna know what the floridian woman said? “Calm down, it's just a bug”. Yeah... If you ever go to Florida, be prepared for that kind of thing!

After the waterslide... Uh yeah haha

The American East Coast

From the 19^th to the 25^th of March I visited the three most popular cities of the East Coast: Boston, New York and Washington DC. I went there with an EF group of 40 students (mostly Asians haha but there have also been five Germans). I've shared a room with three Asians. A girl from Japan and two from Taiwan. One of them didn't talk at all but whatever. I spent most of my time with the Japanese girl called Nimani and the Taiwanese girl (who talked) Doreen. I won't post that much about this trip because I guess you know how those cities are like from all the movies: Loud, crazy and just exciting!
So first of all I thought I'd make you a few “What-is-the-best” lists.

Most exciting: New York

Most historical: Washington DC

Most traffic: New York

Best for living: Boston

Best for working: New York

Best attractions over all:

• Times Square
• Broadway Musical “How to succeed in business without really trying”
• Harvard University
• Empire State Building
• Statue of Liberty
• House of Congress, Washington
  
  
  My first chinese conversation:

Me: 你好 Him: 你好 Me: 好 Him: 好 Me: 不 Him: 不 Me: 你愛我 Him: 好 Me: 不
*cracking up*
Translation:
... Me: Hello. Him: Hello. Me: Yes. Him: Yes? Me: No. Him: No? Me: You love me. Him: Yes. Me: No.
*cracking up*
Probably the best conversation ever :DD