Riley's Adventures

Today we are going to meet 2 kids at a fountain that only speak German. One is going into 3nd Grade and the other is going into Kindergarten at Malta Avenue School. They are both boys. The mom and dad speak some English. I am ready to use my German skills!

I am waiting for breakfast to be done, on this morning, which is a Friday morning, here in Germany. After school, Maggie will be going on a sleepover with her best friend a grade above of her, "Mali". That's the German name, but the English/American name is "Molly". The sleepover is lasting just for one night. It will "Maggie-Free", in the house tonight, (That's how I like to call it!) so Mom and Me are going to this old Dresden tram restaurant. We going to try to get there early, so we can sit in the old "6 Nidersedlitz" tram! Dad is still in US, in NY doing stuff. For example he is doing more interview stuff, getting stuff in NY/USA that you can't but in Germany/Dresden.

Will, we started a class blog, which I am very happy about. Also, we are going to get doners without Maggie tonight. She is with her friend Moli, right now. Mom is being lazy, sleeping. Toga, our dog, always does the samething as my mom, so he sleeping and snoring to. Dad is driving home from work. Our next vacations we are going to are Vien, (Vien is the German Way of saying Vianna, Austria) and Paris, France. I can't wait to go all the way to the top of the Eiffel tower, which will be great. If you're wondering about my school, then click here . Also, this is a daily schdule of what my class does at school: 1.We get our blue bag, snack box, and water bottle. We put our coats in our locker, and also our backpacks, or like some people like to call them book bags. 2.We come in and look on the white board, we usally do Buddy Spelling, is where another friends in the class test us with the spelling words that the level we are at Spelling. Sometimes, we do Mug Shot sentences after ...

So Today, I woke up. In then I just started writing on this blog. I think we might be going to Mei ßen-a good city North West of Dresden. I changed the design of my blog, don't you like it? Comment! I like it with all of the stars and green background, the red dates, also.   Today is a weekend, so we're just hangin' out. Yesterday, me and mom went out to go by ourselves, some alone time. We took the Standseilbahn up the hill, walked to the #11 tram. On the way to the #11 tram, I was walking with mom and the dog  on the other side of the gate, jumped to us and started barking. Mom could have had the loudest scream in world. I could see 2 people look out there window staring at us. We got on the 11 tram to Hauptbahnhof(Main Train Station), and went to an Travel Agency(reiseburo in german), and booked our 3 day trip to Vien, Vianna, Austria in english. Travel Agencys in America are so expensive, and every one books them online. Here we got a train ticket for 52 Eur...

Today(1/16/2011), we went for s long bike ride. We rode all the way to Laubgast, to the nearest gas station and put air in Dad's tires. We also blew all of the dust off of our bikes, because they have been just sitting in our storage room in the basement for months now. After the gas station, we went down a side street and looked at the horrible flood. I was halfway down the side street and it was touching my feet! It was crazy! I think I read somewhere this was the worst flood Dresden ever had! After that we just rode all the way back home. Dad went jogging and Mom took Toga for a walk. Me and Maggs were just in our room, doing our normal weekend stuff...

Hannah, I'm sure you all know that she lives in Ballston Spa, and is seven years old. Late in November, she found out she had leukemia (a type of cancer). She is going to get a bone marrow transplant in February, 2011. If you live and Germany, and you children go to DIS(Dresden International School), you can bring you big bags full of plastic recyclable bottles, to get some room in your kitchen. If you live in NY, USA, you can go to a special fundraiser for Hannah on January 29th, 2011 to Peabody's Sports and Grille/Bailey's Cafe from 1:00pm to 10:00pm. There will be a $10.00 admission fee, which will be given to Hannah and her family, in need. Here is the events invitation: Hannah's Special Fundraiser in United States: When: January 29th, 2011 from 1:00pm to 10:00pm What: This will be a nice fundraiser, including Beer Tasting, Kid's room, and a lot more! Why: To help Hannah, who is in need right now! ...

Fro m 10/22/10 to 10/20/10 we where in Italy. From Dresden, Germany to Innsbruck, Austria was the 1st trip. Innsbruck was awesome becasue the hotel was great, the alps were beatiful, you could see them from our hotel room window and the trams were neat. When we got there, we dropped Mom off at the hotel entrance and then Dad, Maggie, and Me drove to the parking lot, a few ways away. The parking lot had an elevator, for the cars, it was so small in there. It took us 15 minutes to take the elevator and park the car. We walked back to the hotel and meet Mom in the doorway, we all checked in together, and then took the person elevator with all our suitcases to floor 2, where our room was. We put the card in the door and opened the door. We were all pressing light switches, but the lights did not turn on. After 2 minutes, Dad figured out that you had to put the hotel card in a little holder thing, and all the lights turned on. When I saw the room with light, it looked very nice. Me and Magg...

Dear Malta Ave Students, I am glad to be Skyping you soon! It is a crazy time difference here, but it will still work. I hope you are having a good week of school. I will be back in July 2010. (Hopefully not on my birthday) I will show you pictures of our adventures here in Germany. Here, I will show you two of my favorites up at the top...

1. Get my book I created from Grandma. 2. Get the shoes you ordered (and tell grandpa"did you see it said jimmy"? 3. get toga's treats I will edit this post if I think of anymore, Dad!

Dad is leaving to do some interviews next week back in NY, where I came from. I am going to have to make a list of things he can do for me there. He will be there for 1 week. Mom is getting all crazy about this, asking question and things he can do for her. I will miss him really much!:(

Yesterday and today I am/was out of school. I have streap thouat.

On August 14th, 2010, Ballston Spa Resident, Maggie Walz, who moved to Dresden, Germany, because of her father’s GlobalFoundries job, participated in the Dresden International School’s Zuckertuten Festival. The Zuckertuten Festival is where Parents and Siblings go and find toys, Barbies, sugar goods, etc. and put it in a large designed cardboard cone. The parents bring the cone on the day of the festival to the school. The child receives it from their teacher. When the child gets home they open the cone and see what they have & play with it. The principal gave a short speech about going in to first grade and how much fun they will have. Then the 2 classes/40 kids received their own cone. Then the Primary School teacher asked some of the kids what they were looking forward to in First Grade. After the festival, the whole school was invited to see their new teacher and their teacher’s classroom. They let everyone play on the playground and had a school fundraiser BBQ. They served w...

Today Maggie's is turning 6 to I'd like to show you a Smilebox I made. I hope you like it.