This morning, we started off with a traditional German breakfast. Klaas’s mom had set up assorted breads, sliced meat, butter, cheese, croissants, etc. First, our plan for the day was to head to Pinta Beach; it started off as a really warm day. So, a great day for this beach. It was basically a small lake, with an inflatable water park on the water, boats, paddle boards, and it wasn’t crowded. Klaas and I got there first, and a few other exchange students showed up as well. We hung out, played around in the water, and later, when a few others were on a paddle boat, most of the American guys got tickets for the inflatable water park. It was really fun, there were lots of slides, things to balance on, and eventually we headed back to land. Not long after we got back and dried off, it began to thunder and rain. This was about when we left the beach. We were driving Hogan and his exchange student Malte home, but we stopped to get food from a Bangkok street food restaurant, and it was really good. Eventually we dropped them off and headed home, where we chilled for a bit. Originally after Pinta Beach we were going to go to Gibson Beach club and play a type of racquet ball, but we ended up not going because of the rain. Later, the storm cleared up, so we ended up going to a wine festival (Weinfest) in Bad Homburg. We had gone the night before and were going again, but not as late tonight. On the way there we picked up two of Klaas’s friends from his old school. When we got to the festival, I let them go find another friend while I hung out with the other exchange students. Later we headed to the park where we were the night before and met some random Germans from the Feldbergschule who we spoke with about cultural differences and such. We headed home soon after and went to bed after a quick snack.
~Max
Another perspective:
I woke up very late today and just ate a quick breakfast with bread and pate. Charat invited a friend to his house and the 3 of us went to enjoy some minigolf. I then went to watch Charat’s game which got canceled because of lightning. After the game Charat and I headed back to the house and met up with Rishi to watch the champions league final. While I enjoyed the company, the actual game was pretty boring. Charat showed off his grilling skills for dinner making great steak, chicken and wurst for everyone. Then Rishi had to leave and Charat and I played FIFA into the night until we went to bed. Overall a pretty relaxing day, especially after the huge trip to Europa-Park the day before.
~Seba