Orientation in Michigan

This past weekend (May 17-20) was really amazing. I'm even more excited for August to come now!

I got to miss school on Friday to travel to Chicago. Once we got to Chicago O'Hare we waited a bit and met up with the rest of the FLAG kids. Then, we took a bus to Bridgman, MI to Bethel Retreat Center. It was really cute!

The first night we really didn't do much. We signed in and ate some pizza. Then we got to our rooms and knocked out. Just kidding. I didn't sleep at all that first night. It was so cold! Right after that, we figured out how to turn off the AC.

Saturday was the day I got to talk to everyone and get to know them. I got into the habit of calling people by where they're from which I think I should get rid of.. We did some activities that would show how it would feel like to be lost and misunderstood and activities to show what German people think of us and vice versa. A lot of information was thrown at us so I'm probably forgetting a lot of what happened. Then we had free time. 

Sunday was basically the same thing except we did some improv activities with two professional improv performers. This was probably my favorite part of the orientation. It was really funny! We ended Sunday with a bonfire. (With no sand, ocean, fire pit..culture shock? haha just kidding) Monday was pretty uneventful because I was in the group that left early except that I made the bus turn around because I forgot my wallet at Bethel. Woops.

The food gets its own paragraph because it was that good. It felt like we were constantly eating but I wasn't going to complain because Miss Kay was such a great cook. I was very pleased.

I skipped a whole bunch of stuff but there was honestly so much this post would be waay too long if I list them all. I'm not a very descriptive writer either. + I don't think I even remember everything!