Art & Architecture Trip - Day 9

Today, instead of starting with breakfast and German lessons, we rode the subway to Dom Hauptbanhauf and went to the cathedral while Christa took some of the group to cash traveler's cheques. While at the Cathedral, I drew gargoyles and areas near some of the windows. When I went back outside, it started to pour. I got soaked walking to the Romisch-Germanisches museum. When I finally did arrive, Herr Hesse did not know where anyone else was. I went back out to look for the others and got even more wet! Finally, I returned and got to work on my runner soapstone statue. At 1200, we went back to the youth hostel and ate lunch. From 1400 to 1500, we studied German and then Georg arrived. He began to work with us on architectural drawing and perspective. We went outside and down to the bridge nearby and began to sketch it. We weren't there for more than five minutes when it started to pour again - this time much harder. A bolt of lightning hit a pole right next to me - scared me! I ducked - like that would help - and then ran back to the JGH. Since we couldn't work outside, it turned out we got more than an hour of "free time." I worked on a drawing that I had started earlier in the trip - of a medieval wall. At dinner, we had baloney, ham, swiss cheese and potato salad sandwich! I also had some more tea (I like it more and more). After the meal I wrote post cards to Bryan, Mom, Kristin and Kathy - wrote a couple of "witty" sayings on them... By 2100, I was bored, so I went upstairs to visit the girls and then we all went down to the cafe. We all talked for three hours. Sometimes I don't know how to deal with them, but other times it is easy. In some ways, the trip has been more about meeting new people and getting along with them than it is about art and architecture... Kein problem!