So the reason I haven’t updated in a while- I really haven’t
had much time between school, learning German and trying to integrate with my
host family. But I have done some fun things I would like to mention. My host
family and I and another family went to Holiday Park last Saturday, it wasn’t
much different from the last time I went, but I did try a couple new rides
(water rides) and it was relaxing and fun. Then, I went with my neighbor and
her friends to a nearby laser tagging range to play some laser tagging! I’ve
never played laser tagging before so it was really exciting for me to try.
After we drove to the address provided on the website (for
the laser tagging place), we actually had to search around to find the right
building. We were actually the only ones at the time that wanted to play, so
instead of playing in teams, we all played against each other (there were 4 of
us total). We got our vest and gun and were told that we have 99 lives total,
and there’s only three places that you can hit and “kill” someone (two in the
front, close to the shoulder blades and one in the back (dead center)) and that
after you lost a life, you have 5 seconds of immunity that gives you the chance
to run and hide.
We ended up playing two sessions (one session is 20 minutes)
and it was a lot of fun. But a little too much for me, I think I would do it
again, but would have to call it quits after 1 session next time. By the end of
the 2nd session I was ready for it to end (I was sweating and
nervous that someone’s going to pop out of nowhere and kill me (which actually
happened several times already)) It was a great relief for me when I notice
that my gun stopped working (only happens when the session ends) and I walked
to the entrance of the range to meet my friends. It was really no surprise for
me that I was the lowest scoring one out of the four of us, although I did
improve significantly after the first round.
Then… (dramatic music) we decided to go to McDonald’s first
to eat (which was actually the first time I had McDonald’s since coming to
Germany) because the Enchilada place/bar/Mexican restaurant is pretty expensive
and I think they wanted to spend money on cocktails instead of food, which is
understandable. So I got my first Big Mac in Germany, and it was sooo delicious
(although it was a little dry). I was actually kinda glad to eat a McDonald’s
too because a couple days ago I was thinking that I really miss American food,
and American food was what I got at McDonald’s (well, sort of…) So after
dinner, we all drove to the Enchilada place to actually meet two other people
and I got my first non-alcoholic cocktail! I have no idea why I waited so long
to get one, it was really delicious (basically awfully good mixed juice that
you can’t really get anywhere else). I was really surprised that most of the
people I was with actually got a non-alcoholic beverage too (I think Germans
are much more responsible when they’re the designated driver, probably because
driver license actually costs a small fortune).
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All in all, I had a very good time, even though I got home
pretty late and had to wake up at 7 to go to church… lol
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