Hi everybody, it’s Nicole again.
As Sophia promised I will tell you about Halloween in
Detroit. First of all, Americans are crazy about everything like skulls,
monsters and pumpkins. In every backyard was at least one skeleton and we have
seen a big monster hanging around in our neighbors’ garden. And not to forget
all those lights!
To keep this tradition going, my roommates and me decorated
our house as well and bought a lot of snacks, since we wanted to invite our
friends for a Halloween party. Of course a costume was required, but Sophia and
I were pretty late for costumes, so we tried one day before Halloween to get in
a store and buy some. Well yeah, this surprisingly did not work out;
there were just too many people!
So we tried to order online and kept our
fingers crossed. :)
Lucky us, they came just in time for the party. Just in case you don’t know:
You do not have to look scary at all. In my opinion, if there wasn’t any scary
decoration, it could have been carnival too. Furthermore I wanted to make a pumpkin soup,
since my two roommates never tried one. They were so impressed by this simple
pumpkin soup that we will make the soup again in the next days.
Since in Germany trick or treating is not that famous, I was
quite surprised how many little princesses and gorgeous little ghosts live in
my neighborhood and stopped by for some chocolate and lollipops. Of course we
were well prepared and had a huge amount of candy in a bowl right beside the
door. Even now after the party we have
so much left, that all the little trick or treaters could come for a second
round.
The party itself was really fun. I met so many nice people
and the costumes were simply amazing. Somebody came as a taco and even brought
some!
We had a lot of games going on and really nice music, so nobody got bored. On
the next day Sophia came over to help clean up, which was so nice of her! With
her help we were finished quite early and so we did some shopping. We spent the
whole day at the Great Lakes Crossing Outlet, which happens to be just 30
minutes away from us.
Sophia and I are going to the gym four times a week. We even
have a workout plan and we are still strictly working on it. So the day after
our shopping trip we got up at 5 am to do our workout before work. This was
really hard, but we are more used to it now, so it works out pretty good.
I have to tell you about my first time at a basketball game.
It was Detroit Pistons against Utah Jazz and especially at the end it was
really exciting, but I can proudly tell you that we won! Afterwards, we were allowed
to go on the court and shoot some hoops ourselves but neither one of us made
it. Well, nice experience anyways.
I can’t wait for the next weekend. Sophia, some friends and I
want to go to a football game and most importantly: it’s Sophia birthday! :) Of course we will do
our best to make this day unforgettable for her, but it is up to her to tell
you about that in our next blog post.
So don’t miss it and we’ll see you soon :)
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