Art & Architecture Trip - Day 43

This program will end tomorrow. I will not be the same person when I return as I was on the day that I left home - and Mom. This was my last day with my host family - it was mostly uneventful. I went to Koln for the last time, I met Jeanne and Emily there and I played my last games of Skat and backgammon. I got up at 0930 and skipped breakfast. At 1100, we left (late) for the Koln Stadium. We arrived at 1230 - but Emily arrived at the same time (we were supposed to all be there at 1200). We got to swim until 1400. I did several racing dives (that I had learned last year at lifeguard training) and the girls laughed a lot at that. At 1400, we went over to Ute's (where Jeanne lives) and ate lunch. The girls started to fight a bunch at this point (not sure why) and it seemed wise to stay out of the way. They still found time to laugh at me about my choices of music when we went to the Saturn music store with Ute. They have some funny ideas about how I should act. I was disappointed about how the day went - it was supposed to be a fun get-together. Stephan and I went home at 1900 - after I took one last look around at the Romanesque churches of Koln. From 2000, I finished packing, played cards and talked with Stephan and Christof. Goodbye, Germany!