Quick news

Thursday was a public holiday. I took Friday off and used the weekend to go to Uelzen, the city in Lower Saxony where the sister school of Friends' School is, and where I went to as part of an exchange in 2007.

I stayed all three nights with Thilo, the guy who hosted Aaron when we were there. Great guy, great big house!

I...
...went to Vatertag celebrations, and got drunk and met lots of new people,
...went to Thilo's late birthday party, and got more drunk and met lots of new people,
...played beach volleyball, foosball and eight ball,
...caught up with the current Friends' School trip, seeing my old German teacher and some of my friends who are now in year 11 or 12 and just beginning their own school exchange!
...had a great time.

It was such a spontaneous decision on Thursday morning - at 11am I decided to go, and at 12pm I was on the train!
Also on that Thursday morning, Jack and Steve sadly left Dresden. Ollie and Anna went up to Berlin and so I spent the weekend away from them, until I made it to Berlin on Sunday and Anna and I hitch-hiked back to Dresden together.

Also!
On CouchSurfing.org, the greatest website ever, I've been improving my profile and starting to become a real part of the community - not just someone saying "help, I'm new in Dresden" but a willing host, surfer and friend - I'm now stoked that someone I know vouched for me (and you can only get vouches from people who've got at least three themselves) and I also got two requests from people who want to stay with me next month!
my new and improved homepage:
www.couchsurfing.org/people/pn57/
Just thought I'd let you know...

Coming up next: Berlin Beach Camp!