EU Spielpan and March Pictures

A few days ago, my class made a EU Parliament planspiel.  I would love to elaborate into what that entailed, but to be truthful, I had no clue what was going on half the time.  My lovely homeroom teacher made me 'an English Journalist', but I was home sick the entire week from school, and didn't get the info packet until about 4 hours before the gathering took place, so it was more of an 'observe, listen, and try to figure out what everyone is doing' event for me.  It was quite a long day, as I was in school from 8am to almost 1 in the morning, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

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First we had the 'Get to Know Everyone' with cake and drinks.  Of course everyone from our class knew each other, but we all had self dubbed names, along with new positions in the EU Parliament and comitees.

Being the Good Reporter I am, I started taking pictures with fellow committee members.  

Officially in session, the debate was on whether or not at least 35 percent of fat in Chocolate should be made up of completely cocoa butter, or could contain additives, and whether or not this should be made law for all members of the EU.

Then, the countries representatives got together to discuss it.  Groß Britatien and Deutschland had quite fierce stances on the matter.

In the end, the law was passed that chocolate had to contain at least 35% Cocoa butter in all members of the EU.  :)
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More Update:

Gymnasium Oedeme's Jazz Band Concert.  One of my besites was on Clarinet.

Out my window!

Baked a Pie (Don't worry Bettina, I cleaned up after myself!)

My new pet polar bear, that I have named Pig.  Gift from Host Mother (Dankkke)
Pig seems to be a fitting name for my Polar Bear.

It's like, a legit sombrero from Mexico!

I'll be leaving for Europa Tour on the 16th, so this may or may not be the last update before then.  I'll be gone until the 6th of April.  In the meantime, I'll be dropping by Brussels, Paris, Rome, Monaco, Vienna, Budapest, and Prague to name a few, with the Rotex Team!  There will definitely be an update sometime after April 10th (I'll need to sleep a couple days after the tour :))

Also, I would like to mention, a village where we stayed at in Switzerland, made the Top Ten Most Picturesque Villages (Link to the article) on a Yahoo list.  Wengen is very beautiful, and worth a visit if you ever are in the area.

And that's all for now!

-Sarah