Art & Architecture Trip - Day 21

It doesn't seem possible that we are nearly through with this program (and the summer, too). I will be sad when I have to leave the JGH - I want to come back here next year! Each night has been late, so it was nice that today was even more relaxed than the previous ones. We all got up late to work on our German - Trinna actually made an announcement on the PA for us to wake up (we finally did - at 0930). After German class, we ate lunch and then I rested, wrote post cards and organized my artwork. I rode into Koln and went to Dom/Hauptbahnhoff, where I was able to buy stamps as well as a USA Today newspaper. I missed finding out about the All-Star Game (missed it by a couple of days). It kind of annoyed me that the top story on the front page was the debate on the National Anthem. While I was reading, I let a man from Zambia borrow part of it. His name was Tamba-Tamba and he was visiting from law school in Moscow on an eight day vacation. After resting by the Rhein, I went back to the Jugendgastehaus for a cook-out. We ate sausages (Brotwurst) and chicken (Henshen), as well as potatoes. There was beer there - and I tried it. It was called Kolsch (a local brew). To be honest, I didn't like it at all... Elizabeth, Marcus and Joe came to eat dinner with us - Beth will go with us tomorrow to the Castle and Roccoco buildings. The experience of living in the JGH is drawing to a close. After dinner, we played games with Emily's trim-ball. We watched the laundry and worked on our masks. I went to bed after midnight again. Gute Nacht!