"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

To the future- well it is in the IUSP peoples hands now- which stufe I will be placed in for this next semester.  Surprisingly well not really surprisingly, but I knew a lot more of the german placement test... some parts were if it were in English - I was like wow.. I do know this - others well I had an idea of what I wanted to say/do who knows if I did it completely correct, but hey it's all a learning process.  We also had a speaking test- I didn't do horrible I knew what she asked me and I knew what I wanted to say but I may have made a few mistakes on conveying my message, but I take that as a step - I understood!! GO me.. my German is way better than I think it is... haha mb I should start believing people or better yet in my self. What a concept!

I also went to Hugo's for breakfast with a friend, her name is Eva.  She had studied in Millersville, but is German and I haven't seen her in a while so it was nice to catch up.  & the food was not that bad either.. my Hot Chocolate was yummmmyy!! Huge but yummy - lol hot coco for bfast -haha livin' the life! :)

Anyways lol Tomorrow our adventure begins literally.  We are off to Berlin - where I will hopefully meet up with Sam and his roommate for dinner :) Which excites me so... I haven't seen Sam in a while so It shall be a good thing.  Oh and it will provide for bonding time with the new IUSPer's lol the long busride.. I got my preztels and and I cant decided if I'm gonna bring the nutella or not yet.. haha we shall see... yes.. :)  and my book and my ipod.. i should prolly bring the cards and mb a journal to jot down some thoughts - that is always good.  I have been doing a really great job with my blog - but my other journal well.. major fail.  

I will see how that works.. well off to pack and relax after one heck of a nights lack of sleep and a test!  

Loves and TTFN

<3 Ris

The new beginning

Well hello all of you readers!!
Today is my last day with nothing to do for a long time - and I mean I still have stuff to do today, but its my last day without a time schedule.  That is right folks, the semester is finally begining!! Actually tomorrow we have our language test - a have a little bit of fear, but I know it does not count as a grade, so it will only help me learn more - so I should just give it a shot - after all I am still in Europe -hahaha

anyways after my trip with Steph to Portugal I returned home and happened to get sick, good thing it was not this up and coming weekend - that would not have been much fun! Anyways so my days were consisted of sleeping and watching TV, and the occasional get up to eat.  
Also on the days of my recovering Sarina and I decided to make dinner together - I made the chicken and she prepared the sauce and the noodles - it was soooo good we ate it all!! yumm yumm yummm!  I was rather proud of my chicken making abilities =]

It was really good and tasty- but anyways other things that have happened I have moved my room around new semester new room - haha well not exactly but it works for me, I think I like the change. 

 

Oh and since the packers one the Superbowl my mom sent me a news paper clipping and that has found its home in the kitchen!!

So that is exciting!! Last night was the Welcome dinner for the new people - I had the chance to meet a few last night, they seem cool - no crazies yet haha like last semester but last semester was a great one!! I know I know I should not be comparing but it is hard when you are in a situation like this, I will try my best to not compare, becuase I know it can only lead to bad things- and sometimes disappointment.

  

My plan for the rest of my free day is well go shopping for some food - study mb some german well more like look it over so I remember what I all know- haha that sounds funny.  Work out and then well who knows, mb work on my Journal that I wrote yesterday but it needs major help - this entry was really hard to write about none of the questions were a simple answer, and none of them were questions I would want to answer or even know how to answer.  But nonetheless I tired, haha now I need to try again.

Tomorrow like I said is our language test, then Saturday we leave for BERLIN - haha I need to pack for that too - it should be good :) 

I do not think I will be bringing my laptop this time so I will be disconnected directly for a bit but, whats 4 days - I have gone wayyyyyyy longer!

Well Love you all - Hope all is going well!!

Ris <3

Chido and the Rest of Lisbon!

so here are the pictures I attempted to post on the last one .. stupid internet :P

 

 well as continued after our tour we ate a bag of chips because we were hungry and then we waited for the hostel dinner.- Bean soup.  Sounds good right?? Well it was interesting to say the least - The Dinner was 8 euros and consisted of soup, the main meal, dessert and 3 free drinks - of course we had to try Sangria one of the famous drinks to drink in western Europe and commonly loved by all - it was not to bad.

After dinner we had the free shot on the house at 11:30 and then later after that someone was going to do a tequila shot... and im like umm no.. never had one... note to self don't say that if you really don't want one.. people will offer to buy you one - well in this case I got one on the house - it was interesting.. ekk lol not the most horrible thing I have ever tasted tho.  From there the night just got more fun, lol not just becuase of the alcohol influence but because of the people we met.  We ended up meeting quite a few, one from Switzerland, one from Indonesia, one from conneticut, two from Australia, one form England, 2 form Italy, 2 From canada.  4 from spain, 2 from Brazil - it was just a great night.  We ended up hitting Barlitta (no idea how to spell it) with some friends.  Eventurally we stumbled upon a bar that was not closed and we went in - house special for 1 euros (shots) so of course we did them - I think we had about 4 shots there and the last one was on the bar tender... it was awesome and the first 3 shots were smooth and tasted good - they were all random mixes of things - his secret he knows what tastes good - yes we did ask him lol :)
then back to the hostel to call it a night after adding everyone as fb friends at around 3:00 am.. lol or later - no clue time flies when you are having fun :P

 as we continue it is our last full and final day in Portugal and so far this trip has one to remember :)  We decide to end our stay by going to one more city called Belem - as I had mentioned  this is where the pastries come from and are made the famous ones anyways.  Well we woke up had breakfast talked with Adam our British friend and then the 3 of us decided to be on our way - off to Belem.  First stop the monastery we walked around the free part and then moved on to the next part - the Tropical Gardens it had a weird way of reminding me of a combination of places but mainly Mexico and Florida, so it was nice, then we went to one of the monuments near the water and took some pictures tried not to fall in because of the wind it was really really really windy but we managed.  We were hungry so we grabbed a bite to eat and then we were off to find the tower but we were exhausted so we made one last stop at the famous cafe to have the pastry of Belem and then back to the hostel we went mainly to take a nap.  And we did, until we realized we had new roommates who were awesome - so we hung out with them then made some pasta for dinner and then were chillin around waiting for it to turn 12:00 because then it was STEPH'S 20th bday!!!
Where again we had the free 11:30 shot and then steph was off to the races everyone wanted to buy her a drink, seeing as I wasn't feeling the awesomeist lol i know thats not really a word but it works, I stuck to drinking 1,5 L of Peach Ice tea - I felt pretty cool, we had people teaching us all kinds of dances and just random dancing to bring in her birthday it was awesome, eventually tho I was tired and called it a night.

This trip was epic to say the least because of the people we met and the experience we were able to have despite the weather and dramatic experiences between breaking umbrellas and ripping open scars I will have to say it was one of my favorite trips of this whole year - I would most deff go back :)
This trip could have been a fail but we kept and open mind and let this happen and I am so glad I did!!

“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves."

 

Our experience didn't end there then we caught the taxi and the train and we were on our way back to Marburg - which we eventually made it but then off to  Nichola's for Steph's Birthday cake it was nice.  Afterwards off to home to talk to the family and Alex then to bed... What a way to end a Vacation - to start another lol :)  

 

Love Life even if you are under the weather it makes it all the better!!

Love you and Miss you all

Ris <3