Today was Germany's National Story-Telling Day. My Englisch teacher at Palmnicken thought it would be nice for Rebekah, Andrea, and I to read at the Library. There were maybe 30 students there who came from an Oberschule in Fürstenwalde. We read from a book, Noughts and Crosses, which is apparently all the rage in England right now. Most of the students were between 14 and 16 years old and I think they had a little bit of a hard time understanding our English. But it was good (:
I was a little worried there would be that usually awkward silence when we do the usual "okay does anybody have any questions?" but that wasn't the case! In America it always seems as if someone, or atleast a couple people always ask a question or two at the end because it seems rude if you don't but here in Germany it's an awkward silence almost every time.
After the we finished reading at the bibliothek we went back to my house and had leftovers from the night before, which is called "Baack" or "Wek" or something like that. My host family tries to eat at least one veggie meal a week. This meal reminded me a bit of what we call Stir-Fry back home. It was peppers, broccoli, maybe onions or something, and some green leafy things. At the end we added coconut milk and rice. And I ate it all with chop sticks! I was very proud of myself!
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