A Normal Week in Holland
Well, this week was pretty average. Northing too exciting happened, but I thought I would share it anyway. I started my week off with school on Monday. I did not have to arrive at school until 9:45, so it was nice to sleep in. (Especially at the beginning of the week ) School was pretty average also. This week I mainly concentrated on studying for my Engels test that was on Friday. All the answers must be in Dutch, so I was mainly studying the Dutch words not the English ones. I can not tell you how difficult it is to spell Dutch sometimes! Words can be like 15 letters compared to its English translation of five words (crazzzzzzzzy!) Also, one English word can be translated into like three Dutch words (Great!). However, we will see the results of my test next week (crossing fingers).
My host family says I will get a treat if it is above a 5. (The grading scale is on a one to ten basis here btw.) Besides all this studying, I continued to go to soccer and tennis training. Altogether it is about 4-5 hours of my week. I like it because it gives me a chance to socialize with friends that do not attend my school. Besides sports and school I decided to make an American/Mexican meal for my host family. I decided to make enchiladas. I think they were just as curious as I was at how they would turn out. I was surprised when I found almost all the ingredients at the Albert Heijn, except for the enchilada sauce(I improvised with taco sauce). All I can say is the dinner was a success. My host family said they really liked it and wanted me to cook it again!(SCOREEEEEE!!!!!!) My week was nice. Tomorrow I have school again at 9:45, can’t wait.
