Art & Architecture Trip - Day 17

Today was a varied day. We began with German lessons and then went to Koln's East Asian Art Museum. The tour was quite boring because we had to stand for the whole time and the tour guide had to speak German while Frau Scheuch translated... We later went to a Chinese, Japanese, Korean restaurant for lunch (Han el Restaurant). I had fried rice with chicken. When we returned home, I found that I had received an urgent letter from home - Dad was writing to tell me that Mom had gone into the hospital again. I hope she is OK, but I can't ever tell... We later went to a presentation on masks by Frau Watrin. She showed us the technique of making a mask and told us we would make one too! I chose the color blue for a theme and then made a clay model (cast) and put paper mache over it. I hope it turns out like I planned. I'm not feeling happy right now, so I am sure the final design will reflect my sad mood. We worked on our masks again at JGH after dinner. I went down to the Rhine with Georg and one of his friends later. We had a good walk and talk until 2300. I actually will get to go to bed early tonight!