Here we are again, gearing up for yet another summer of singing across Europe. We have been practicing and performing in Birmingham and have finally gotten all our preparations in order. Some of us are leaving today, some tomorrow and some a few days from now.
Our group has grown, both in size and in musicality. We have an extensive rep list and look forward to performing in a variety of settings. Most of all, we are thrilled to see our host families again. I am so proud of all this group has accomplished and look forward to beginning yet another European adventure!! Prost!!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Good services this morning...
This morning we sang at Martin's home church here in Wolbeck, which is outside of Munster. We made some money!! We put out donation baskets and got close to 700 euros for just this morning!!! We have another concert tonight at Martin's parents' home that was by invitation only and hopefully we will make some more money there.
In case you were wondering, 700 euros equals about $1,120 American dollars...not that I'm counting....
We sounded awesome in the second service....the first left something to be desired, but we had a lot of unforeseen things crop up...sickness, tiredness, lateness, not to mention is was very early....but we overcame it and performed wonderfully later on. I'm sure tonight will be wonderful too. We are getting it all on video so we can show all the "home viewers" later.
Yesterday we went to Cologne. It was pretty cool, but we had less than desirable weather. We went to one of the largest cathedrals in the world and to a chocolate factory, which happened to be closed by the time we got there. We did get to check out the giftstore though...good times. There was also a wine festival going on so we got to do some wine tastings al fresco. We also went to the Lego store, which I'm pretty sure was the highlight of the day for everyone. Then we had dinner at this really good authentic German place. The building was really old and we got to eat in what looked like a dungeon. Then we took a late train home.
Tomorrow 9 of us are going to Amsterdam for the day (myself included) and then on Tuesday we are spending one last day with our host families before coming home to our real ones! I like my host family a lot, but nothing compares to the original. :-) I'm looking forward to Southern cooking, ice in my Coke and central air and heat (all of which you cannot get in Germany). Oh and FREE REFILLS! They don't do those here.
We'll be home by 4:30 on Wednesday! See you all then!
In case you were wondering, 700 euros equals about $1,120 American dollars...not that I'm counting....
We sounded awesome in the second service....the first left something to be desired, but we had a lot of unforeseen things crop up...sickness, tiredness, lateness, not to mention is was very early....but we overcame it and performed wonderfully later on. I'm sure tonight will be wonderful too. We are getting it all on video so we can show all the "home viewers" later.
Yesterday we went to Cologne. It was pretty cool, but we had less than desirable weather. We went to one of the largest cathedrals in the world and to a chocolate factory, which happened to be closed by the time we got there. We did get to check out the giftstore though...good times. There was also a wine festival going on so we got to do some wine tastings al fresco. We also went to the Lego store, which I'm pretty sure was the highlight of the day for everyone. Then we had dinner at this really good authentic German place. The building was really old and we got to eat in what looked like a dungeon. Then we took a late train home.
Tomorrow 9 of us are going to Amsterdam for the day (myself included) and then on Tuesday we are spending one last day with our host families before coming home to our real ones! I like my host family a lot, but nothing compares to the original. :-) I'm looking forward to Southern cooking, ice in my Coke and central air and heat (all of which you cannot get in Germany). Oh and FREE REFILLS! They don't do those here.
We'll be home by 4:30 on Wednesday! See you all then!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Thank you, Dr. Copeland
I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Copeland for his words about my Dachau post. I am grateful to have a professor who is so in touch and interested in the opinions and thoughts of his students, and what's more than that, respects them. He has had a great impact on my life during the past several years, probably even more than he realizes.
Here is a link to what he wrote.
A Note in Our Honor
I appreciate your kind words, Dr. Copeland. Thanks for reading my blog. See you soon.
Here is a link to what he wrote.
A Note in Our Honor
I appreciate your kind words, Dr. Copeland. Thanks for reading my blog. See you soon.
Flight times....
In case any parents want to know, we fly out of Dusseldorf on May 28 at 9:40 AM.
We arrive in Atlanta at 1:30 PM and have a 3 hour layover.
We leave Atlanta at 4:14 PM and get to Birmingham at 4:12 PM our time because of the time change.
Prepare to be greeted by some very tired people!!
I'm pretty ready to come home. I've had the most amazing trip and it's not over yet, but I don't know if I could live this far away from the people I love....and definitely not without my puppies. I hate that I can't call my family and friends whenever I feel like it. I'll be so glad to come home and tell you all about the trip. We've all have had a wonderful time and have been very well taken care of on this trip. Luckily no one has gotten seriously injured, robbed or anything else so we're doing good (knock on wood). On behalf of the group I would like to extend a huge thank you to Martin for allowing us to have this wonderful experience and also to Dr. Copeland --without him and the music we make none of us would be on this trip. We're having a great time singing together and we actually sound great! I'm taking videos of all our performances. More to come.
Mom, Dad, Richard, Ty, Charlie, Oscar, all my grandparents and Lindsey, Maggie, Andrew, Charles, Meredith, and Andy I miss you all sooooo much! Love you guys!
We arrive in Atlanta at 1:30 PM and have a 3 hour layover.
We leave Atlanta at 4:14 PM and get to Birmingham at 4:12 PM our time because of the time change.
Prepare to be greeted by some very tired people!!
I'm pretty ready to come home. I've had the most amazing trip and it's not over yet, but I don't know if I could live this far away from the people I love....and definitely not without my puppies. I hate that I can't call my family and friends whenever I feel like it. I'll be so glad to come home and tell you all about the trip. We've all have had a wonderful time and have been very well taken care of on this trip. Luckily no one has gotten seriously injured, robbed or anything else so we're doing good (knock on wood). On behalf of the group I would like to extend a huge thank you to Martin for allowing us to have this wonderful experience and also to Dr. Copeland --without him and the music we make none of us would be on this trip. We're having a great time singing together and we actually sound great! I'm taking videos of all our performances. More to come.
Mom, Dad, Richard, Ty, Charlie, Oscar, all my grandparents and Lindsey, Maggie, Andrew, Charles, Meredith, and Andy I miss you all sooooo much! Love you guys!
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