Just some normal days

Basketball game Sanford -Tower Hill! WE WON! :D that was a fun weekend with my belgian friend nina and my hostfamily :)

we also made pancakes and went out to take pictures haha

yeah but then the battery was empty lol

my friend mackenzie

and her german

it s impressive!

like this cake emma made for her mom

that makes us happy

and so does this heart DELIAH sent me

see how happy we are now?!

AFS-Weekend in Smyrna

Saturday morning at 8 ( :/ ^^ ) we drove down to Smyrna, lower Delaware. There we met all the exchange students in the region. That is something which makes AFS so special. All the students are connected. And over the course of time we became great friends. After a delicious breakfast we went on in groups to talk about our experiences and problems. In the afternoon we went on a nature walk although it literally wasn't even 0 ° FAHRENHEIT! (32 °F = 0° C) yep!
We had a lot of fun! In the evening we crafted some dreamcatchers and Bob, one of the leaders and a Cherokee, showed us some Native American dances, it was fun!
At 3 am we creeped around the house in our sleepingbags until we fell over from laughing! it was a good weekend! :D
the house was so creepy though, everywhere deer heads and no phone service even over the toilet was a deer head hehe :P

well enjoy the pictures!

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TOGETHER IN LOWER SLOWER

Me, Paloma and Claudio, Switzerland, Spain, Italy

Neea (Finland) et moi

YEAH IT S NINA MY BELGIAN BANANA

Lucas el star photograph! (Belgium)

MY SWISSMISS STEPH

Bob, a cherokee

yea it s a turtle shell, it serves as bag

deerhoove or sth like that

hm nina! lets go

bird.wing

isn't it amazing! the thing which looks like a bone is a knife! :D

...der mond ist aufgegangen, die goldnen sternlein prangen...

we special

back: Erica (Italy, Taka (Japan), Mary (Volunteer), Chiara (Italy), Greg (German), Steph (Switzerland), Cladio (Italy), Steph (Switzerland), Bob (Native American)

front: Neea (Finland), Paloma (Spain), Nina (Belgium), May-Ann (Norway), Lucas (Belgium), Parima (Thailand)

and we re missing Francisco from Portugal and Eetu from Finland!

les belgians

:))

<3

I miss you already! Steph left the US yesterday due to health problems and is now back in switzerland! i m missing a great friend :( but i hope you're doing well!

german and the swissmisses

yeah :D

unionvillagers

um yea

hehe

chiara!!! :))

neea at the mall! :D #victoriasecret hehe

perfect match

Paloma and me

all of us :)

Goodbye my favourite Swissmiss!

MLK-Day

Jean-Carlos, Justin, me, Daniel, Cesar and Victor

To honor today's Martin Luther King Day, our school Sanford is participating in community service. Separated by our advisor-groups we were helping in all different kind of operations, as for example the food bank or the animal shelter. So our project was to work with Hispanic children. We were setting up a parcour with ten stations, which provided fun things to do for the kids, as in example soccer, basketball, puzzle corner and so on. I was a group leader and led my little group around.

After a rather short night, I remember in the morning saying to my hostmum "nah, all the other AFS'ers are sleeping in on their day of now". I wasn't all too excited. Until the little kids entered the building. They were full excitement. Of course I got assigned to five little boys. After three stations, Daniel came up to me, smiled at me and said: "I wish you were my sister." Also Victor was very impressed and had a great day, as he said: "I want to come everyday, and I want to be in your group again." 

It's incredible how fast we bonded with these kids. It took us six hours of our year, which we otherwise most likely would have spent in front of the TV, and four hours in their year, which they probably would have spended the same way. But this day will be in their memories for so much longer. It didn't need much. The smiles in their faces and the happiness in the gym, reminded me how important it is to take care of each other. Martin Luther King Day gives us the opportunity to give something back. Back to the community. It gives us the opprtunity to share our happiness and our joy, who others shared with us throughout the year.  

The fact that Sanford participates in Community Service makes me proud. There are more important things in the world than good grades, there is more than the aspect of studying. Sanford teaches us how to become a member of society.And how to be a part of a community. 

Thank you

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Hello guys, it's time to write more about my trip to the west coast! After we spent a couple of days in Santa Fe, NM we continued our voyage to the Grand Canyon, Arizona. After a nine hour car ride with Spiderman and the Devil wears Prada we finally arrived in dark at our lodge. The inside was beautifully decorated. The interior was made out of woods, the wall was decorated with fir branches and deer heads. The carpets were red and warm, a fire in the fireplace gave warmth and in the middle was a big, decorated Christmas tree.

Our room was very nice, it was a nice mountain lodge. We spent the evening with Disney Channel, movies, Doritos and Diet Coke. 

The next morning, after a delicious breakfast we took a bus which brought us to the museum. From there we took a walk in this wonderful magic winterworld

With the wonderful view on the canyon

sunset :)

Emma's new boyfriend!

Being all dramatic ;)

Indian Pottery

Painted Desert, lowest part of the Grand Canyon

Petrified wood, wood that got hollowed outover thousands of years by stone, and now is solid rock.

So the Asian guy behind me is my boyfriend NOT but the people to my left are  German and that's the evidence that I talked to them!