GAPP 2012

Yesterday was kind of a busy day. We went to a town called Waverly to watch the homecoming parade of the Wartburg College, which is located in this town. To all of you who do not know, homecoming means lots of people who studied at this college came back und watch the actual students showing their support for the college.

The parade that we saw was short but nice to see. It reminded me a bit of a parade at the “Erntefest” in Germany, because there were lots of people driving around in cars, screaming, playing music, throwing candy and just having a celebration with the people around them, watching from the Sidewalk like we did.

After that, we had the chance to visit the University and it reminded us a lot of school, but there was a music part with rooms with just a piano and two chairs in it.

Then we went on in the bus, to a Mall where we all bought T-Shirts of the UNI, the University of Northern Iowa. It is just incredible how much stuff you can buy to show your support for a University and I am very happy to have this kind of shirt now.

And it was very helpful, too, because after the mall, we went to a Football game.

UNI against a team from South Dakota. That’s another interesting thing, University teams playing against each other and everybody is interested in it.

I understood the game a little bit, but the best thing was definitely the marching band in the break.

Finally, we came back to Charles City and were even to tiered to have a game night, so we were just happy to sit together, eat and talk. What a nice day !