Happy Pi Day!

Today is the ultimate Pi Day, because it is 3.14.15! Plus it's Albert Einstein's birthday. He would be 136 if he was alive today. 

Tonight we had dinner at our neighbor's house. The little old lady was so sweet. They were amazed at what I told them about the American school system... It's very different from the Swiss one. 

Relatives I didn't know I had

Today we went over to Dominic & Lara's for dinner. I met my uncle Ralph's parents for (what I think is) the first time. I guess we're related. It's weird.

But hopefully I get to go to school tomorrow!!!!

Sweet Sweet Sixteen

So today was the best day ever. Seriously. I woke up and went to school, where my awesome classmates had put up balloons, a banner that said "Happy Birthday", and a type of cookie called "Zimtsterne" that is never had before. Then two girls from my class and I went to Starbucks for lunch just cause.

When I came home I unwrapped my presents from my friends/family back home and was super surprised. Thank you Katie, Miranda, and Grammy Susan!

I went to dinner with my grandparents and aunt and uncle and cousins, whence was super nice. Lara and I danced around outside to loud music afterwards. (I look like I'm in pain but I'm actually very passionately singing to Taylor Swift. I promise.)

Then I came home and unwrapped my presents from my Mom & Dad & Gage. Thank you all so much!

Pretty much the best birthday in the history of ever. <3

Fancy dinner

Today I basically helped my grandma prepare a fancy dinner (fondue!) for some guests all day. It was a nice way to spend a Saturday.

(P.S. Mom, you lost your napkin-folding house-elf for the year, Oma was excited about my napkin skillzzzz)

New York day 4

Today we went to Ellen's Stardust Diner for breakfast. The diner is special because all of the waiters and waitresses can sing and dance to lots of songs, and you can request songs to be sung. It was super cool. It was probably my favorite part of the trip so far, tied only with the dinner that we had later that night.

After breakfast we went to the Museum of Natural History. It was crazy huge, and really interesting. 

Then we went to Central Park and rode bikes all the way around it. That was really fun, and I found it funny that it was basically a little island of carefully controlled "nature" in the midst of all the pollution and skyscrapers and noise.

For dinner we met up with Oma and Opa (grandma and grandpa) in a restaurant called The View, which is a two-story rotating restaurant. It was the coolest thing, tied for my favorite part of this trip with Ellen's Stardust Diner. Basically there was a skyscraper that was a hotel and this restaurant bought the top two floors and somehow made it so the outer ring, where the tables and such are, rotates. It was really neat. The lighting wasn't very good because of atmosphere and all that, but I tried to take pictures of all the weird fancy food they served us.

There was also a chocolate fountain. It was awesome. 

Sadly, aunt Claudia and uncle Ralph and Dominic and Lara and I leave tomorrow night so we get home in time to go back to school.

New York day 2

Today we went to breakfast, then got on a bus tour thing around Manhattan. 

We then went over the Brooklyn bridge to Brooklyn, walked back across the bridge, and visited the 9/11 memorial. 

Then we went on a ferry over to Staten Island and passed by the Statue of Liberty. This is my favorite picture from today.

We visited the U.N. building and drove past Radio City, which was cool. There was a traffic jam at one point during the day because there was an accident in front of us.

We went to dinner:

And then to the top of Rockefeller center:

Abandoned baby bottle

I got to get up late(r) today and I only had a few classes! Yay! I also got to leave school an hour early because I didn't see the point in staying for English class. Thankfully, neither did my teacher and she let me leave.

I found a wonderfully relevant comic that perfectly describes my most common everyday #firstworldproblem :

My grandparents went to a dinner where they discussed the cruise they are going to take, so I got to go to Dominic and Lara's house for dinner, which was fun. On the way home, almost literally right outside the apartment buildings, was a random baby bottle, just sitting on the side of the sidewalk. I don't know why, but I thought it was hilarious. 

It looks so lonely...

I wonder if it'll still be there tomorrow?