There is o much going on....

The back of my dress

Brittany and me

My last entry was about prom and I can tell you guys that it is fun, but not like a movie. It is a lot of fun to get hair, makeup, nails and everything else done, but it is over after one night! Minnesota is a bit wired, so we had to take our pictures in the snow. Everybody would be like whatever and its not so bad, BUT as a girl in high heels and with a thin dress it is a big problem and not a lot of fun. 

Our dance was at a nice place, but we didn’t have a lot of decoration. The dance was fun, but its not the normal regular type of dancing so it was a bit awkward.

Overall Prom is fun, but in America and in a movie way overrated.

“Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you

Let's hear it for New York, New York,

New York”

rockefeller center

Central Park

The song empire state of mind is so true cause this street makes you feel like a completely new person and all the lights everywhere inspire you! I had a lot of fun in New York and we saw so much stuff. My friend Brittany and Sam both traveled with me and there were around 50 other exchange students from mostly Germany but also Japan, Finland, Argentina and Estonia. The 1^st and and the 5^th day  were only traveling days, so we only had 3 days actually in New York to do stuff and I can say we used our time. The first day we started at the New York Library where they filmed “the day after tomorrow” and other famous movies. We walked over to the Rockefeller Plaza, where they put up the huge Christmas tree over Christmas and we saw the NBC Studios and other famous buiding like Trump Tower on the way to central park. Central Park is giant, but it is only New York Cities 5^th biggest park. While we visit the decided to study at the columbia university in New York (if i win a million dollar).

The Hard Rock Cafe Times Square

Every young girl knows gossip girl and the scenes where they sit in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and we tried to get a picture like this and it doesn´t work, because the steps of the MET are just to crowded. The Met is a nice museum and they have a lot of stuff in 19 different curatorial departments, but honestly it is kind of like every other museum just in way, way, way bigger.  In the evening we went to Times Square and oh boy Times Square shines bright like a diamond. They already had a countdown for the next super bowl in 281 days with seconds. The food at the Hard Rock Café was amazing and we didn´t had to wait like other people, who waited around 2 h, because we were V.I.P.s. 

The next day was rainy and cloudy and that really sucked, because we went up to the top of the empire state building. You take 2 elevators to get up until the 86^th floor amd you can also upgrade your ticket to go to the 102^nd floor. It was high enough for me and in didn´t want to go higher, because my ears already popped during the 80 sec. elevator ride. It was hard to take pictures, because the hair where all over your face and didn´t stay how they were suppose to be, because it was so windy and rainy. 

After the Empire state building we went to Grand Central Station, where they have the flash mob at the end of “Friends with benefits”.  It is a really nice and old train station, but we wanted to walk around on 5^th avenue so we left after we took some pictures. Our problem was we went into the wrong direction for about 25 min until we asked somebody. So there was no real shopping time on 5^th avenue and we probably couldn´t afford anything in a Chanel, Dior or Gucci store. We had a 3h walking tour through the finance district and over the Brooklyn Bridge and it was actually not so bad, because it stopped raining after 1 h. We saw the new world trade center, but not the 9/11 memorial. We stopped at Wall Street and saw the original bill of rights and the bible Washington used, when he got sworn in. Shopping in SoHo is fun, but china town at night is creepy that’s why we only ate there and then we left.

Grand Central Station

We weren´t able to go onto Ellis island , because hurricane Sandy destroyed everything and they reopen the statue of liberty on 4^th of july again. Instead we took a boat tour and it was fun. We got some pretty cool pictures, although the had to fight Chinese tourists for a spot on the boat. 

Statue of Liberty

After that we went to my absolute favorite part of the trip and I was looking forewatrd for that the whole time. THE UNITED NATIONS! We got to walk around in the UN building and it was fun to actually be in a building where everybody is foreign but at the same time a domestic, because technically the UN is a soil of 193 states and they also have their own post stamp. (Which I think it pretty cool, so I send out a few post cards with an unique post stamp!) 

In front of the Finance District

After that we went back to Times Square to buy touristic stuff like the famous I <3 NY shirt (we all wear it the first day back in school). 

After dinner we went to see “The Phantom of the Opera” which was an amazing Broadway musical.

Last Friday I had my first lacrosse game as a goalie and I would say we didn´t do that bad, because we tied 4-4. This week I will have 3 more games and it is actually fun, when people throw balls at you all the time and when you get bruises all over (a little bit of sarcasm). 

No I need to catch a with my homework, because I missed 3 days of school, but it is defiantly worth it!

peace keeper Alex

Love you guys!

Alex

And for all the BVB Fans: Times Square told me that BVB is in the Champions League final! Isn´t that cool ?!?!?