12.6.09 Brooklyn

12.06.2009
Brooklyn

Today school started at 8:30, thats earlier than the other days. We had some more grammar, and then made a game, which our group won, so we got some really good strawberry muffins, Shana (our teacher) made herself. After that we learned more from Malcolm Gladwells book "The Tipping Point". After school, we had lunch and then went to the Brooklyn Aquarium, which was an activity organized by the school. On friday afternoon you just have to pay one Dollar for that. It was interesting, but not very special. We could see different kinds of fish, otters, penguins, sharks, seals, jelly fish (and other alien stingers) and some other animals and we learned something about their lives and their environment. 
After that, David (from Madrid, Spain) and Harald (from Austria) and I went to the Brighton Beach, which was next to the Aquarium. It is a very wide and long beach, which was almost empty, but you could only imagine, how crowded it would become in the summer! 
After that we went to the Brooklyn Bridge, which is very famous and one of the oldest suspension bridges in the USA. It was very good, because we could see the skyline of New York and the Empire State Building, that I had just seen when I was very close. On the way back we saw the Woolworth Buidling, the Supreme Court, the City Hall and other interesting buildings. 
The way home was very complicated because my train is not running this weekend. From different people I got different instructions, where to go. But I finally did it and was home at 9 p.m.
There is another boy living at Sonelius' for rent (I really can't spell his Name) and he asked me if I wanted to come to the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) that night. There would be a free concert, so I said yes.
It was very interesting, because it was a musican from Marocco (this week they have the motto "muslim voices) and he played an instrument that looked a little bit like a guitar, but with more strings. There was also a trumpet (which sounded very very good), a keyboard and a percussiun-player. I have never heard that kind of music before, but it was great. 
When I came home at 12:30 p.m. I just made this note and now I will go to bed, because tomorrow will be a long day, too.