Bremerhaven Klimahaus!

Today was an awesome day! I was informed on the 17th (which was yesterday) from Juliane about a trip the following day (today) to Bremerhaven, which is situated on the North Sea, to check out a museum called the Klimahaus! Basically the Klimahaus is a museum that's dedicated to the lives of people living on the coordinates 8 degrees East (Acht Grad Ost). Now that may seem kind of confusing, but it's a brilliant concept! Following 8 Degrees East, you find yourself following a man named Axel on his year long trip, with nothing but a suitcase. You start out the tour in Bremerhaven and then follow train tracks to Zurich, Switzerland. There, you learn how the Swiss mountain people live and get to know a family and their culture. Basically this guy is going on Exchange, but to many places instead of one like we are. The whole place was just a sweet building, with a wonderful message to send to people, that "Everyone is different, you just have to take the time to learn about them". We went with Julia's host mom Ulrike, host sister Ruth, Ethan from Taiwan, and Julia from Brazil. We packed Ulrike's car at 8 o clock and drove three hours (150 km :O) through heavy rain, traffic, and sleeping spells. When we finally got there, through the pouring rain, you could make out the beautiful skyline of Bremerhaven and it's surrounding seashore. I hope to one day go back to that city, because it just seems so different from here down South. We bought a family ticket, and started out the tour at about 11 o clock and passed through Sardinia, Niger, Cameroon, Antartica, and my favorite, Alaska. ;) They even had a little house with American light switches. Needless to say, I was pumped when I saw that. Overall, just a wonderful day, much better than staying at home on the computer, and I got to know a little bit of my third host family. A good day. :)