Hans and Paul are back in Stendal

The last day in the USA...

The site of the 194 Summer olympics Opening day Ceremony Outside of the CBS studios after an audition A pre season Angels Baseball game vs the San Diego Padres Outside the stadium after the game In Front of "The Big A" that lights up after the team wins a game.

Getting ready to head home. Both of Our host families in California had chickens as pets. I hope you dont mind we are bringing one home with us.

All tucked in for our journey. See you soon!

Another days in Orang County

We had hope to go to Little League Baseball opening ceremonies but, due to rain they were cancelled. Instead we hung out inside with some friends. We loved hanging out with them on their farm.
When the rain passed, we finally got to head outside. This family has the same pets as our previous family.
We also, learned this family likes to read. We went with mom to her book club meeting.
The next day while the younger kids were at their book club meeting we hung out in the park on the nice green grass (thanks Rain!)
We also attended baseball practice and got front row seats.
Another day, the family announced it was tax time, and we took a trip to the accountants office.
Yesterday, we went to the airport and saw some planes. However, the family's camera died and they were unable to get pictures.

We arrived in safely in Orange County California

We arrived in safely in Orange County, California on Saturday afternoon, just in time for pizza.That evening, we got to attend a band practice. It was very loud for us.On Monday, we were treated to a movie. The movie was called Megamind in 3 d. We also sampled a bit of popcorn.Today, we got to accompany the family's children to various activities. Including Girl Scouts and Lego club. We felt very at home at Lego club. They even let us play with some.We have heard a rumor that this house has many friends for us. And we hope to get to play with them soon.

Our las Day in Yucca Valley CA,

It was wonderful visiting in Yucca Valley, California. The desert is a very interesting place and we had lots of fun. Our next destination sounds like it will have many more adventures waiting for us and we are excited to be on our way!

We visit in Joshua Tree, California

We went to Joshua Tree National Park to do some rock climbing! We stopped at Hemmingway Buttress.
There were plenty of rocks.
This is us in front of the Hemmingway Buttress. Lots of rock climbers come here from all over the world because of the deep cracks and projecting rocks. It makes for some great climbing.
We saw more of those crazy Joshua Trees! There were lots of other plants growing right out of the cracks in the rocks.
There was a man climbing right up the face of these rocks! It was fun to sit and watch.
We had a nice picnic lunch up on the rocks. It was a beautiful sunny day and not too cold or too hot.
There was a sign that showed how these rocks were formed and why there are so many of them here.

Some day with my frindly hosting family

We went to a Cub Scout meeting with one of the children of our hosts! We played marbles with them and then all the boys wanted to have their picture taken with us.
One of the boys is taking lessons on how to play the Electric Bass Guitar so we tagged along for the tunes.
Baseball season is just getting started here, so we spent a Saturday morning at the ball park watching Try-Outs.
After practice, we all went to Denny's for pancakes and eggs!
The Pacific Ocean is only 100 miles away, so the family took us along for a day at the beach. We went to Laguna Beach, lots of movies are filmed here and I bet you can guess why! It was quite a different scene from the desert where our host live.