To Oberhof

This week was so beneficial for my German skills,  the amount of conversation practice I have had in the 4 weeks I have been in Deutschland is something which is next to impossible to mimic in a classroom. Little things you learnt in the classroom and thought you would never have to use, are actually useful.

The weekend was where the fun really kicked off! On Friday after school Jo Jo(Kathi and Franz's Dad) picked the three of us up and took us to his house in Oberhof. We went straight to the horses at his farm, they were some of the nicest horses I've ever seen.  We went for a walk into the woods at the bottom of Oberhof, it was everything I thought it would be and more. From what was going to be a quick 20 minute introduction to Oberhof, ended up being a 3 hour walk around the entire wood I just couldn't get enough.

Saturday was a Traditional Bavarian wedding, this was the true embrace of Bavarian culture which I was so eager to embrace. The wedding began at 10am at the church and this was very hard to understand the prayers and songs due to some of them being in Bavarian.

After the ceremony it was about 1pm and we went to the venue where everyone was seated to have lunch.  We ate traditional Bavarian wedding soup and it was really tasty.  2 hours of dancing soon followed and this was quite the occasion for everyone to show off their skills. We went underneath the wedding to the Wine room where everyone dances around on the tables and chairs singing and clapping, this was amazing and then everyone chanted AC-DC and the band played a few of their songs and everyone could sing along.

After that we had dinner which was a giant platter of meats and cheeses for every table. Then giving our best wishes we drove home. After being at a wedding for 13 hours it was time for a well deserved rest.

Sunday was quite a relaxing day sleeping in until 11 and having brunch was a good way to chill. At 4:00 Elise, Georg's mum took Georg, Matt, Kathi and myself to Therme Erding which is a huge indoor water park.
After having a shower we entered the Galaxy which is the part of Therme Erding where all the water-slides are.
We went on all the fun ones until we saw the fastest one there and we just had to go on. It was pitch black with a vertical spiral in it. It was thrilling.

This was amazing I can see my German skills developing greatly from here.
Josh Raymond