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Hallo alle zusammen,

wie versprochen teile ich euch nun mit, wann ich genau in Dresden auf dem Flughafen ankommen werde...also ich werde hier am 25. Juni gegen 13:20Uhr mit dem Flieger in Richtung Deutschland nach Frankfurt fliegen, wo ich gegen 8:35Uhr ankommen werde, dort habe ich dann noch etwas Zeit. Ich werde dann in Frankfurt gegen 12:15Uhr wieder losfliegen und werde dann am 26. Juni gegen 13:15uhr in Dresden ankommen *freu* Also wer Lust hat und mich überraschen will, ihr wisst nun bescheid *smile*

Ja, was ist denn in den letzten Wochen so passiert, also ich hatte am 9. Juni mit Julia und Madeleine unsere Abschiedsfeier bei mir zu Hause, wo wir unsere Freunde eingeladen haben, zusammen gesessen haben und gequatscht, ein paar Spiele gepielt haben und anschließend "Stomp the Yard" geschaut haben.

Am 12. Juni hatten wir dann in der Schule Senior Awards night, wo ich mit Julia und Maddi und ihrer Hostmum hingegangen bin, Kacia und Wade konnten leider nicht kommen, da sie beide Arbeiten waren...war aber eigentlich ganz ok und ich habe sogar einen Award bekommen, für "Physical education", also von meinem Weight Lifting coach :-) Er meinte ich habe seine Klasse total verändert, da ich mich da richtig reingehangen habe und er gemerkt hat, das es mir wirklich Spaß macht, zudem haben ich den Schulrekord mit 140 Pound Bench Bress (bankdrücken) gebrochen *juhu* Also ich bin nun sozusagen "Senior of the Year"

Am 13. Juni hatten wir dann gegen 8:00Uhr Senior Breakfast, wo ich mit Julia, Maddi und Jessi hingefahren bin, dort haben wir uns dann mit den anderen getroffen und alle zusammen Frühstück gegessen. Diese Veranstaltung war nur für 12. Klässler. War ganz lustig, zum Schluß hatten sie dann auch noch ausgewertet wer was geworden ist, also wer bester Darsteller ist, wer der nächste American Idol gewinner ist und und und :-)

Am Donnerstag den 14. Juni war es dann soweit und ich hatte meine Graduation, man war ich aufgeregt aber am Ende war es ganz ok :-) Ich kam mir in dem cap and gown zwar ein bissi blöde vor, aber jeder hatte ja das zeug an, also ging es dann auch wieder *hihi* Also man hat halt mit den anderen 12. Klässlern zusammen gesessen und musste dann wenn es Zeit war, mit seiner Gruppe runter auf die Bühne gehen, wo dann mein Name aufgerufen wurde und ich mein Diploma und eine Blume bekommen habe, am Ende haben dann noch zwei Mädels gesungen und ein mann von der Army die Amerikanische National Hymne...nach der Graduation sind dann alle 12. Klässler mit dem Schulbus zu unserer Graduation Party gefahren, die dann bis ca. 6Uhr morgens ging!!!

Und ja, am Freitag Abend bin ich dann mit Wade und Kacia zu Maddeleines and Julias Good bye Party mit ihrer Familie gegangen, es war ganz cool, zudem haben wir erin Schwedisches Spiel gespielt, was voll Spaß gemacht hat...Abends habe ich dann den Leuchtstab mit den Deutschen Farben (den ich von Björn als Abschiedsgeschenk bekommen habe) angeleuchtet und ja :-)

Ja und dieses Wochenende war ich noch mit Kacia und Wade und Wade's Eltern, Bart und Diana in Lincoln am Beach, wo wir uns nochmal ein schönes Wochenende gemacht haben, waren shoppen, waren schön essen und haben es genossen am Strand rumzulaufen, ich Stand sogar mit meinen Füßen im Wasser, jetzt kann ich wenigstens sagen, ich habe mit meinen Füßen im Pazifischen Ozean gestanden - zum Baden war es leider zu kalt...war aber trotzdem ein schönes Wochenende und ja :-)

Ja, und nun geht auch mein Austauschjahr in den USA zu Ende, es war ein schönes Jahr und ich werde es niemals vergessen, ich freue mich schon ganz dolle euch in einer Woche zu sehen :-) Bis dahin, viel Spaß! Eure Franzi

P.s.: Ich hab euch alle ganz dolle lieb!!

What happend the last weeks?!

Hi guys,

I know it is a long time ago when I wrote the last time, but how you see and feel the time is going by so fast and I am very busy here, but now I finally have some time to write a little bit about what happend the last weeks.

Yeah on May 5th we had Senior Prom from our High School and so I went there with a bunch of friends. At first it all went kind of crazy because my hair didn't want to stay how I want to have it, so I went back with Kacia and Julia to the hair dresser and they fixed my hair for me, then we came back home to get ready and totally forget the time, so the girls and I came about 30min to late. We met at a friends house to take pictures as a group and with the family, because this is tradition in the USA before you go to the actual Prom, then we drove to school to take professional pictures there and afterwards we went out for dinner. I can't remember what the name of the restaurant was, but it was a very nice one! I shared a two person meal with my date Julia *smile* It was very jummy :-) After we were done with out dinner we drove to Portland and took the max to the Tiffany Center where the Prom was happening. It was just a big room, with some tables on the sides and in the middle you could dance. The music is the same then it is in German dance clubs, but without the unappropriate songs *hihi* It was fun, and nice to see what the big last dance at High Schools looks like :-) After the dance was over at 11pm we went to Peter's house and watch a movie. But everyone was kind of tired so we left there at about 2 o' clock. Yeah, that was Prom :-)

Then on the 16th of May we had Early Release day, that means everyone gets out 3 hours earlier from school which is pretty cool. So we decided to go all together to the water front in Portland and have a picnic together which we did. It was a lot of fun, we ate pizza, enjoyed the sunny weather and took a lot of pictures. On the way back we met a homeless man who picked roses for womans and he gave all of us one, it was pretty nice of him and fun to talk to him. He seemed very happy and I think this is very cool :-)

The weekend may 19th and 20th we had our last YFU Orientation in Oregon. We spend our time in a very nice camp, with nice cambins to sleep in. We played some games, typical YFU-style and talked about going home and what we should expect and what might be different. The Orientation was again a lot of fun, but this time we just were about 3 German exchange students, but usually we are about 10... so this time there weren't a lot of people but it still was a lot of fun. It was very sad to say good bye, because we knew that it might be the last time we see each other. But a good thing were, that we made T-shirt and everyone signed them, so we have something to take home, which can always remind us of this wonderful orientation :-)

On may 23rd, my friends and I we went to a Karaoke night at the Döner Haus and had a lot of fun. We ate Döner and sang some nice songs. It was very funny, I wish I could show you a movie but it doesn't work to put it on this page but it was a lot of fun. We really wanted to do it again, but the man who did it at the Döner Haus got fired, we don't know why, we just know it is very sad. But we had a wonderful night and it will always be in my memory!! Then the day after on May 24th, I went hiking with Ellie and her boyfriend at the Hamilton Mountain, man was this hard, I thought it will be easy because I love hiking and I did it a lot in Germany, but I could feel it, that I haven't done it in a while, it was very hard and I was out of breath!! *hihi* But it was a lot of fun and on top of the Mountain I had a wonderful view of the river and yeah, I enjoyed it a lot! Thanks Ellie and Taylor for taking me with you!
Then the weekend after May 25 thru May 28 I went camping with Kacia, Wade and Michael, + Wades Parents, + Wades Cousin and his family and some friends of Kacia and Wade. We camped at a very beautiful see and took the boat a couple of times, also Kacia and I we went to Mount St. Helens and visit the museum and watched the famous movie about how the volcano errupted! It was very interesting and I am very glad that Kacia took me and that I was able to see the valley. The weekend was a lot of fun, we played a lot of games, we sat around the fire, we took the boat out and we enjoyed the sun or run away from the rain *smile* It was a very nice memorial weekend!

And yeah, thats all I think what happend here the last weeks, tomorrow is my last school day, and this weekend on Saturday Julia, Madeleine and I we will have our Good Bye Party at my house, hopefully the weather will be nice, because their will be a lot of people :-) On Sunday I will have my Good Bye Party with my family and yeah... next week I also have a lot of stuff going on, on Tuesday (June 12) we have Senior Awards night in school, on Wednesday (June 13) we have seniorbreakfast somewhere in Portland and on Thursday (June 14) I have my graduation, man I am excited, it will be a lot of fun I think and afterwards we have our Senior Party, sponsored by the Senior Class parents :-) But noone know yet where it will be, it is a secret *hihi* And on Friday (June 15) I am invited to Kelsey's Graduation Party :-) I am ver excited to go there *juhu* It will be fun!!!

Alright, thats all for the moment, I hope you can forgive me that I didn't write in a while. But i promise you guys as soon as I get to know when I will come home I let you know, and maybe I see some familiar faces at the airport *smile*

In Love, Frances - I miss you guys a lot!!!