Week 15: BUFFALO aka Rotary Weekend #3

Week 15:

All week i looked forward to the next Rotary weekend, where I can meet the best friends anyone could have. These weekends are always the highlight of a month. On Friday I stayed home because a Rotarian picked me up around noon. There would have been the Holiday House Tour with all the fancy houses decorated in Christmas stuff, but I was away all weekend so I couldn't see them.

At noon me and Rayane were picked up from our houses and were driven across the border to Buffalo. First stop was the "Ralph Wilson Stadium" in Buffalo. All the exchange students and some Rotarians met there and we got a tour through the stadium. We saw the field, the seats, the fitnesscenter, the indoor training field and the gym for the football players. We even went to the lockers, where all the famous football players had all of their stuff in. Ther was a football player coming to get some of his stuff but I was too shy to ask him for a pictue. :(

Fitnesscenter

the lockers

After that we had dinner in a restaurant and finally went home to our hostfamilys. I was very lucky and stayed with some of my best friends Carole and Ana in Carole's hostfamily. They were very welcoming and so nice! Later in the evening, Carole showed us her school and we visited some friends of hers. 

On Saturday, we all went in the Buffalo City Hall. We went to the very top and could see whole Buffalo. To be honest Buffalo is not one of the most beautiful cities in North America ;)

In the afternoon we went Ice skating in the Rotary rink! It was so much fun, even though some of the exchange students had never done that before. They played Christmas songs, we met some noce new people and it was snowing. Perfect!

Carole, Marcos and me iceskating

We had a little party in the evening at a Rotarian's house. All the exchange sutdent were there and we said goodbye to the tree of us who will be leaving in a couple of weeks.

On Sunday it was time to say goodbye to some of the exchange students for more than 3 months. The whole day was very emotional and it made me sad to be seperated from my "second family" for such a long time. I can't even express how much I love these guys and I reallly can't wait to see them again. They mean the world to me.