Christmas Markets

Although we decided that we didn't want to go anywhere for all of the Christmas holidays, we did go to Dusseldorf for two nights to visit the Christmas Markets. Unlucky for us, the weather was way to warm for snow, although there had been some snow earlier on in the week. Ashlynn and I sat in the front car of the ICE train on the way in and then, after dropping our stuff off at our hotel, we took a tram into the center to see the Christmas markets. 

Dancing...

After Secret Santa we started dancing and singing along with the playlist that Nathalie had made on her iPod. Some people (like Adelina) liked slow dancing, while others liked moving around as fast as they could....and others just weren't bothered to dance at all *cough* Nora *cough* :)

Not sure if this counts as dancing, but it's funny anyway.... 

Adelina & Emilie

Fiona and Ellie

Adelina and Ziyoda

Secret Santa

The whole party began when some of us came up with the idea that we wanted to do Secret Santa, where we each had to get a present for someone else (we picked names from a bag), and they wouldn't know who was their 'Santa.' I had Zoe and I themed her present on 'Safari'

We put all of the presents in the middle of our sitting room and Ashlynn handed them out. Below are some photos of the different presents...

 

 

Christmas Party

From L-R: Mayu, Michelle, Ellie, Amelia, Ziyoda, Hannah and Ashlynn

From L-R....Top row: Adelina, Ellie, Lizzy, Michelle, Nathalie, Zoe
Middle Row: Hannah, Amelia, Ziyoda
Bottom row: Mayu, Emilie, Fiona

On the day before the last day of school, I had a Christmas party at my house. There were fourteen girls in our house that day, which is a pretty big party. There was lots of dancing and eating and more eating and a bit more eating. In other words, we ate and we danced and we did Secret Santa, but there will be another post about that. We decided that it would be a dressy party, so no jeans and t-shirts.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Journey back....

Our train on the way home got canceled, so we had to wait for the next one that came an hour later. Luckily we found an area that we could sit in without freezing our butts off (it was pretty cold). So, we got on the train and managed to sit next to each other. Mrs. Jackson led us in some fun games that we played. 

The last one was the best, we stuck post-it notes with names on our knees (usually you stick them on your forehead, but then we would have been able to see what was written on them in the reflection). Then, we had to ask questions to find out who our person was. I was King Kong. Mrs. Jackson was Santa Claus. And with that, I wish you a very Merry Christmas Eve and a Happy Hanukkah! :)

The NESDA team

We all waited in tense anticipation, and even though all of the BSNers thought that Maaike and I should have won, we didn't, which was kind of a shame because all of the other four teams got some kind of prize except for us. (Bronze, Silver, tie for Gold and Audience's Favourite) Sarah got a second place award for her speech. *clap, clap, clap!* 

Here is the NESDA team, a great group of people who all made the experience unforgettable:

From L-R: Top row - Mr. Le Heux, Amelia, Tari, Fergus
Middle row - Abbi, Sarah, Becky, Veronica
Bottom row - Maaike, Ines, Emily, Ms. Jackson