this past weekend!!!

This past weekend was lovely. Thursday night I just hung out with people in the Wohnheim and helped a girl with her English presentation... she did a really good job, I just had to correct a few words. Then Friday morning my host mom (Heide) from last year texted me at 8:50am to say they were about to eat breakfast and I should start heading over to their house. (They invited me to go the zoo with them.) I got to their house and ate breakfast with them. Then I played with the kids and we got ready to head over to Stuttgart to the zoo. Heide's brother was there with his wife and their 4 kids. So there were 6 kids all together! The weather was finally nice so they picked a nice day to go the zoo.
In the car Felix asked his mum when I leaving again... and she told him in about a month. He said: "Ohhhh nein!!!!" (I love those kids!) Then Judith kept asking "Warum?" (Why??) to everything.. and it reminded me of when I was a child!!
We had a good time there... it was nice seeing the kids get so excited about seeing all the animals. Felix, my host brother, kept asking me what the animals ate so I had to read the signs for him. It was good practice for me. (Mum--I think you would love to have Felix in your class at school.. he is a really good observer, quite serious at times and loves learning new things!)
I took a load of pictures of the kids and in general it was a good day! The sun was verrrry hot so we had to sit in the shade at times, especially since the kids were running around a lot. It was a very nice zoo and not too busy. They had a lovely garden that I think both Nannies and Aunty Pat would love!
OK.. just about to go into Schwaebisch Gmuend and get some food..... will write more later!


At the zoo the elephants had the German flag painted on their tails...