My senior year of high school I had the opportunity to do a German student exchange through my German class. That spring we had group of German students come and stay at our homes. My exchange student’s name was Nicole. She was a super sweet girl. We all had a great time the month they stayed here. Right after graduation our group left for Germany. We spent some time traveling through Italy, Switzerland and Austria. It was so much fun. We had a great time… Young silly Americans traveling across Europe. I look back and wish I could do that trip again knowing the things I know now. Funny story from the trip. Remember my saying in a previous post that I had a thick Texas accent at this time? Well, I was walking back to the hostel from a pub one night and these Russians guys were asking for directions to the pub we just left. They spoke broken German, as did I. They spoke no English and I spoke no Russian. So I am trying tell them where it is… Well, they all started laughing and then they asked if I was from Texas. I had no idea how bad my accent was… But apparently even when speaking in broken German my Texas accent shined through.
I have such nice memories from that trip, watching the sun rise over the Adriatic Sea, going to an all night rave (maybe that wasn’t such a fun memory, I wasn’t much of a techno girl), traveling with my best friends. I had a blast staying with Nicole and her family. She had a little brother that told me inappropriate things to say in German when I would ask how you say something appropriate. I definitely made the grandmother blush several times.
(AGAIN… STILL SICK, NO PICTURES TODAY. I’LL POST THEM WHEN I FEEL BETTER!) 
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Remember her parting words when she left to go back to Germany?
“Too bad I couldn’t find an American boy to have sex with while I was here.”
That sure felt good since I was living at the house then…