An Elephant Never Forgets

Another sign of my more left-leaning tendencies resulting from this trip:

I completely forgot about our expedition Tuesday night. Many of the class took a trip into Stuttgart to see Mamma Mia, the musical based on ABBA songs. It was quite interesting, in that both the words and the music were translated into German. However, since most Germans know English, and since the language is largely affected by technology or new words in English, as well as pop culture, some of the words stayed the same. The most notable of these was "Dancing Queen," which is ironic because it most likely became pop culture because of that very song. Other than that, it's not too notable, but it did deserve some recognition of existence on this blog.

Thursday: Pretty slow goings on. Math was cancelled today, so instead I got to sit in on Geli's English class, in which she gave a presentation on weapons in America. She did a very good job, better than many American students would do, and showed a clip from "Bowling For Columbine." The teacher had tears in her eyes, then proceeded to grill me about weapons in America. Maybe "grill" is a little too harsh, but she seemed to be on the offensive. Luckily, I was able to speak in English. The viewpoints on this issue certainly differ, such as every German's incredulity at the thought of purchasing guns through a catalogue. I skipped out of 6th hour to catch a train to Stuttgart, where I met Jenna. She's heading back to the states early Saturday morning, which is kind of hard to believe, but when I think about it, she was already over here before Prom, so I guess it has been quite a while for her. I also forgot a camera, so I didn't get any more pics of Stuttgart, as I'm sure I'd promised I would at some point...
This evening, Manfred and I went to watch the choir perform at a large church with a larger than life sized golden Jesus. The choir is not part of the school curriculum and is therefore done voluntarily on free time. They performed songs from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "Jesus Christ: Superstar," doing quite well considering that they were singing in English the enitre time.

That's about all I've got...