8.8.15

This morning we traveled to Lucerne to play Paintball (it was Florian's Birthday wish). Just as a warning I am not good at paintball so don't ask me to play on your team. I am glad that I went, but I am not going to play paintball again I don't think. We had on shorts and t shirts, a vest, and 'overalls' which was a think piece of clothing that protect your body from paint. We also had masks, hats, turtlenecks, and gloves. Despite all of the clothing we were not protected from the paintballs. During the games we play in teams of three, one game was a basic what team can last longer, if you got shot you were out. Another was capture the flag, if you get hit you go back to base, it is over when one flag is popped. At the end we had white and red welts where we had been hit and all of our clothes were soaked through with sweat because the room was about 110 degrees. Later we visited Lea's uncle's house so she you'll say goodbye before she departes to NY. Her Uncle lives in a community, it is like a town, except in one big building, each 'room' had outdoor space. There are laundry rooms to share,a river not far away, a big community garden, and lots of kittens. A pretty cool set up that you don't see in America. At night I looked through let's school web site with her and showed her all the random holidays we have... She didn't quite understand why we had a whole week off for Presidents' Day. We also discovered the different sports and clubs at her school.