Göttingen

Hello Everyone,

I know you've all spent the last week waiting anxiously by your computers for my next post, so I'm sorry it took me a while to get around to writing it.

So, in case you didn't know, camp is over! It was a good six weeks with the kids and the girls, but I'm glad to have some freedom again. Last Friday night at around 1am we got picked up in Hohne by a van/ mini bus, which took myself and the 5 girls I was working with to the airport in Dusseldorf. We had to leave early because Hohne is roughly a 3-4 hour drive from Dusseldorf and some people had a flight at 7:15am.

Now I had already changed my return flight to September 11th, but I went to the airport with them to say goodbye to everyone, and a friend of mine was taking my extra bag home with her to Davis. Once I said my goodbyes to everyone, I hopped on a train at around 6:30 am to Cologne to check out the city for a few hours. The main reason I wanted to see Cologne was because of the Cathedral. It is the largest Gothic cathedral in all of Northern Europe, and it was absolutely amazing. The sheer size of it is indescribable.

After a nice Skype session with my mom and climbing the tower of the cathedral, I hopped back on the train to Göttingen, where my friend Wolfgang Paik lives. I met Wolfgang in Davis because he was studying there for a year. We met playing intramural basketball and became friends. His family was nice enough to allow me to stay with them for a week before I go to Switzerland.

I have really enjoyed my stay in Göttingen. It has been a nice change of pace from the previous six weeks. I have been able to catch up on a lot of sleep and have had a lot of time to relax. I leave Göttingen on Friday morning, the 3rd of September, for Switzerland and I'm really excited. But before I leave I am joining Wolfgang and his 18 year old brother on Thursday afternoon for their basketball practice. Their coach is allowing me to practice with them, which should be fun.

I'll let you all know how Switzerland is treating me :)

Tschüss!