I know it has been a long time since I have written last, but I have been very busy.  The past week has been pretty normal, waking up every morning for school, then coming home and doing whatever.  Thursday through Saturday, on the other hand, were very fun.  On Thursday, I went to school, came home, and then met up with the Todters.  Once I was at their house, Hendrik, Simon and I went to a friends Birthday party a few villages away.  I had fun, but it would have been a lot more fun if I would have been able to communicate with the people.  I guess it was just another way to motivate me to learn Deutsch.  After the party, I went to Hendrik's house, and we sat around with the family drinking German beer and talking about how Hendrik was leaving for Argentina for a year the following morning.  It was fun, but at the same time, somewhat sad.  The next day, was again, just a normal school day, but after school, Laurenz (my second host brother) and I went took a train to Hannover for dancing lessons! We met up with all the kids in the class, all of which were dressed to impress with their designer bags and double popped collared Polos.  It was quite the site to see.  At the dancing school, we learned some dances.  I'm not really sure which dances we learned because the class was taught in German, but it was a dance none the less.  After an hour of dancing with multiple partners, we went back to Hildesheim, and went to our respected domiciles.  The next day, Saturday, was EXTREMELY fun.  I woke up at 1045 to an empty house, and got ready for the day.  I ate a breakfast/lunch, then walked down to the bus station and caught the bus just in time.  The bus picked me up at 1216, and I had to be at the train station at 1.  Therefore, I had to wait alone in front of the train station until my friends showed up.  45 minutes later, Michelle and Maria showed up, and we hopped on a train to Hannover.  Once in Hannover, we went site seeing all around the city.  The first stop was the old opera house, which was built in 1845.  It was very big and beautiful.  We couldn't go in, but from the outside, it was very regal and nice.  After the opera house, we went to the city hall, where we went to the very top of the dome.  The dome was very nice, but the ride up there was a different story.  We rode up on an elevator that was on a slant and you had to hold on so that you wouldn't fall over.  It was quite an experience.  But once at the top, the view was magnificant.  You could see all of Hannover and even some of Hildesheim.  Although it is only 98 meters high, it was still pretty impressive.  We stayed up there for about 30 minutes, then went back down.  Once we were down, we went to a lake and rented a paddle boat for 30 minutes.  It was extremely fun, and tiring at the same time.  We got to see the whole lake and take lots of pictures.  Once our 30 minutes were up, we went back to the city square and got ice cream at this world famous Eis shop.  Although I thought it was good, I wouldn't say that it was world famous.  After getting some eis, Jari and I said goodbye to Michelle and Maria, and went on our way to the main station to catch a train.  But, on the way to the station, there were a bunch of guys walking together, and they were selling shots and glasses of beer.  So, Jari and I both bought shots of Snaps for 1 Euro from a guy in a hot pink bunny suit.  It was really funny.  Once at the train station, we got on our respected trains, and went home.  Once home, I had a pizza with Inga and Arne, went on a run, then went to bed.