WOW! Time flies!! The last few weeks have been a fairly steady weekday routine of seminars for Todd and school, German classes, household chores, and taking advantage of good weather when we can for Karen, Bryce and Emily. On the weekends Team Thomas gets out to two or three different places to see or do something we haven’t yet seen or done.
It is definitely not lost on any of us that our time in Germany is rapidly coming to a close. The last couple of weeks have been especially reflective. We dart back and forth between reminiscing about all we have experienced here and the great anticipation of returning home to family and friends. We started making a list of those things we will miss and those things to which we are looking forward. They are in no particular order! See if you can figure out who contributed (could be more than one of us) each item to the respective lists!! We are sure we are forgetting some so check back every now and then to see if we have added to the list!
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THINGS WE ARE GOING TO MISS… |
THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO… |
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· The Berlin apartment · The public parks and playgrounds · The U-Bahn · The Italian Restaurant down the block · Walking everywhere · The grocery store across the street · Croissants (also across the street) · The Ampelmann · Schnitzel · Traveling to such great places · Our German teachers and others we have met on our journey like Massimo, Leonardo, and the Italian brothers · Little daytrips on the weekends · The Berlin Zoo · German lessons · Ice cream after German lessons * Hearing the church bells from our apartment * The unique sirens of the ambulance and police and fire trucks
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· Baking chocolate chip cookies · Bubba · Seeing family and friends · Hershey’s bar with almonds · Our house · Exercise class · Snowflake · Gold Fish, the snack cracker · Basketball hoop in the yard · Church · Being at home · Chocolate crème pie · Chinese food – American style! · Washer and dryer just downstairs · Monday night basketball · Calico critters · Big back yard · English!! · Our homeschool co-op · Exploring Michigan like we explored Berlin · Mrs. Richardson’s frosted chocolate chocolate chip cake · Cool Whip! · Working out and playing at BHC · Less expensive phone bills · Olga’s · Kit Kat bars
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Great list everyone. I am willing to help with some of the things on your list like eating the chocolate chip cookies you make, taking your mom to Olgas, talking on the phone cheaply with your mom, and eating kit kat bars and Mrs Richardsons cake with all of you. Have a safe trip home. Can’t wait to see you all again.
Kelley
Comment by Kelley — October 11, 2008 @ 9:11 am