Hallo all! Wie geht's? Today has been a really interesting day (sound familiar?). Well, classes were okay. After Goethe, we had our Union class. It was fine, we learned a bit more about our travels next week, but we still don't know who our host families are! Andrea and I worked on our video project for Union this afternoon. She had the idea to do our project on gelato/ice cream shops in the area because they're very popular. So, we took pictures of some of the different restaurants to add into our video. But when got to the shop in which we were going to do the most filming, the situation was very surprising. I talked to the owner in German and explained that we are Goethe Institut students and that we were wondering if it would be fine to do just a few minutes of filming for our project. But he would not let us do it! Thinking back on it all, it's been interesting that I wasn't more taken aback by his response. I was actually pretty apathetic to the whole thing, and therefore, didn't get upset or embarrassed. I was just proud of myself for being able to communicate effectively in another language! So, we headed to another ice cream shop and did the filming on the sly. And even if they happen to notice, the other places didn't seem to care that much. It's really been interesting to see how some Europeans do not like cameras as much as some Americans do. Well, I hate to cut this short, but I may be headed out soon. Glad to hear that everyone is in good health and doing well! 'Til next time...Tschuess!
