Hello once again from Ratisbon (Regensburg)
Today marks the day where I have exactly two months remaining of my time in Germany. Before I came here, I was convinced that there would never be a point in the trip where I would find myself not really wanting to be here. Whenever students getting ready to go abroad think about what their lives will be like when they are in a foreign place, it's almost impossible to imagine that every second of the experience won't just be the most amazing thing ever. However, this last week definitely proved my pre-Germany mindset wrong. Now that I've been here over three months, a lot of the novelty of European life has worn off and a lot of the disadvantages have started to weigh in. Constantly being at the mercy of public transportation, overpaying for EVERYTHING, language difficulties, and struggling to work with the terribly too-complicated German bureaucracy has started to get to me. Even more than all of this issues, I really miss a lot of my friends, family, and Rudy. It's kind of been frustrating this month to know that all of my other friends have returned home from their wonderful semesters abroad and now get to be at home for the summer. I've been trying to take it on a day by day basis, which has been working. I think it is just a fact of the experience that some days will be better than others.
This past week has not been particularly interesting. I had class Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. My Landeskunde class is easily the worst one, for boringness purposes. I also really have no idea what the professor is saying because she is so Bayerisch. I really like my Sprachkurs because we mostly just converse the entire class, which is both fun and beneficial. In the Sprechen class, we watch a lot of presentations that our classmates give. I will be giving mine in July on the Amanda Knox trial. There are students from a lot of different countries in each of the classes (In Sprechen there are students from Poland, Romania, South Korea, Czech Republic, Finland...) so it's really cool to watch all of the different things people come up with as topics. In June, there are a lot of various Catholic holidays which translates to a lot of days off school for us. We do not have classes this Thursday and also four days the rest of the month. I am also using the week Rudy is here in June as my class-missing occasion for our trip to Scotland so therefore June will not be particularly educational. Dult ends today so I will also not have that to enjoy on my free days and nights.
Tonight Liz and I are meeting once again with our host families for dinner. My family is going to be leaving for the US this week so they will be gone for the month of June. Hopefully I will see them a lot throughout July. Then I am ready for a short week of class (only one class each on Monday and Tuesday) and then a 5-day weekend of who knows what! I am really excited for Rudy to come for a week and to be able to travel.
I don't have anything else to say, so here is a cute cat video someone posted on my Facebook recently:
Love Ashley
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Mai Dult, Westbad, and the end of the world
Happy May 21! It's 4:24pm here, and with impending rapture I can only hope to make it another hour and a half before I get sucked up into heaven. But in the off-chance that doesn't happen, I guess I should update you all on my life in Germany as of late.
Spring semester is pretty much the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. Not only am I only in class around 6 hours a week, but my instructors don't want to strain me further by placing the burden of homework on me. It's quite a change from the 7 hours of torture a day from March and April (better known as the Intensive Language Course). I have lots of time to sleep in, take pleasant strolls around the city, and participate in other German-related activities. It's really nice. However, the abundant free time does make life around here a little less interesting and a lot more boring. Sometimes I find myself thinking longingly about what my friends are doing back in the states, but I am still glad to be here and ready to enjoy two more months! To take up some of that boring free time, I have decided to work a little bit on filling it with useful things such as actually working on my thesis paper for next fall and studying for the LSAT. I ordered a Logic Games book the other day and hopefully it will get here soon so I can get to work... again.
I have been lucky enough to get a great host family here in Regensburg. Our program decided it would be nice for us to link up with a Regensburg family who (even though we aren't living with them) could show us around town and spend time with us. It's been really nice to spend time with them. My host parents are Monika and Helmut and they have one son who is studying abroad right now in the U.S. (Texas). They have a cat, too! I first met them at a program dinner and then they invited Liz and I to have dinner with them at Liz's host parent's house. We went there last last Wednesday and had a great shrimp meal! Then this past Monday they took us to the Mai Dult festival. The Mai Dult is a giant festival (think Oktoberfest, only scaled down for a smaller city) that is held here in Regensburg for two weeks and three weekends in May. I first went there two Fridays ago with Morgan and Liz and we wore dirndl, drank beer, and danced all night with some of their rugby friends. It was quite an evening. There are giant beer tents all over, carnival rides, a flea market, and lots of delicious German food options. Unfortunately, the beer runs at about 8 euros a liter and even though it only take one or two to be enjoying the night, that's still a pretty high fare. Anyways, we have gone several times to the festival just to enjoy the scene. It's really cool to have something so exciting going on here in our little town. Also, Anna and I visited Westbad the other day, which is like a giant pool complex with tons of little and big pools (indoor and out) and they even have saunas and some slides! It only costs 3 euros for students, so I plan on going a lot more often as it gets warmer.
Other than the Dult, which has provided lots to do, I have been laying low for the most part. I am still trying hard to save money, especially now that I have a few trips planned for June. Rudy will be arriving on June 25 and we will spend a few days here and then we are flying to Edinburgh, Scotland for the 27-29, then coming back to visit Salzburg in Austria. I am really excited to get out of Germany for a bit and see some new places! It's crazy that all of my friends are already coming home from their trips abroad, but I will still be here until July 29 when I fly home. I am definitely not ready to go, but I find myself getting frustrated with the experience a lot lately. It's difficult to live in a place where you haven't quite figured out the language entirely, but yet are surrounded by extremely rude people who have no appreciation that you are really applying yourself to learning it all! A lot of people I have met have been so nice and welcoming, but on the whole, Germans could use a little work on their hospitality and manners. Being wary of obnoxious foreigners who scream drunkenly on the bus and in the bars is one thing, but acting like a total jerk to someone who is just trying to have a polite conversation and happens to be an American is another. However, I have made some really fantastic friends here and I know that once it comes time to leave, I won't want to go. It's such a simple and relaxing lifestyle here, and while I don't think I could get used to this as a long term lifestyle, it certainly has been a good experience for me.
Love Ashley
Spring semester is pretty much the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. Not only am I only in class around 6 hours a week, but my instructors don't want to strain me further by placing the burden of homework on me. It's quite a change from the 7 hours of torture a day from March and April (better known as the Intensive Language Course). I have lots of time to sleep in, take pleasant strolls around the city, and participate in other German-related activities. It's really nice. However, the abundant free time does make life around here a little less interesting and a lot more boring. Sometimes I find myself thinking longingly about what my friends are doing back in the states, but I am still glad to be here and ready to enjoy two more months! To take up some of that boring free time, I have decided to work a little bit on filling it with useful things such as actually working on my thesis paper for next fall and studying for the LSAT. I ordered a Logic Games book the other day and hopefully it will get here soon so I can get to work... again.
I have been lucky enough to get a great host family here in Regensburg. Our program decided it would be nice for us to link up with a Regensburg family who (even though we aren't living with them) could show us around town and spend time with us. It's been really nice to spend time with them. My host parents are Monika and Helmut and they have one son who is studying abroad right now in the U.S. (Texas). They have a cat, too! I first met them at a program dinner and then they invited Liz and I to have dinner with them at Liz's host parent's house. We went there last last Wednesday and had a great shrimp meal! Then this past Monday they took us to the Mai Dult festival. The Mai Dult is a giant festival (think Oktoberfest, only scaled down for a smaller city) that is held here in Regensburg for two weeks and three weekends in May. I first went there two Fridays ago with Morgan and Liz and we wore dirndl, drank beer, and danced all night with some of their rugby friends. It was quite an evening. There are giant beer tents all over, carnival rides, a flea market, and lots of delicious German food options. Unfortunately, the beer runs at about 8 euros a liter and even though it only take one or two to be enjoying the night, that's still a pretty high fare. Anyways, we have gone several times to the festival just to enjoy the scene. It's really cool to have something so exciting going on here in our little town. Also, Anna and I visited Westbad the other day, which is like a giant pool complex with tons of little and big pools (indoor and out) and they even have saunas and some slides! It only costs 3 euros for students, so I plan on going a lot more often as it gets warmer.
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| Crazy beer tent |
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| My host mom, Monika, and me at the Dult |
Other than the Dult, which has provided lots to do, I have been laying low for the most part. I am still trying hard to save money, especially now that I have a few trips planned for June. Rudy will be arriving on June 25 and we will spend a few days here and then we are flying to Edinburgh, Scotland for the 27-29, then coming back to visit Salzburg in Austria. I am really excited to get out of Germany for a bit and see some new places! It's crazy that all of my friends are already coming home from their trips abroad, but I will still be here until July 29 when I fly home. I am definitely not ready to go, but I find myself getting frustrated with the experience a lot lately. It's difficult to live in a place where you haven't quite figured out the language entirely, but yet are surrounded by extremely rude people who have no appreciation that you are really applying yourself to learning it all! A lot of people I have met have been so nice and welcoming, but on the whole, Germans could use a little work on their hospitality and manners. Being wary of obnoxious foreigners who scream drunkenly on the bus and in the bars is one thing, but acting like a total jerk to someone who is just trying to have a polite conversation and happens to be an American is another. However, I have made some really fantastic friends here and I know that once it comes time to leave, I won't want to go. It's such a simple and relaxing lifestyle here, and while I don't think I could get used to this as a long term lifestyle, it certainly has been a good experience for me.
Love Ashley
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| Regensburg view. It really is gorgeous! |
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| Some friends enjoying the Dult! |
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Was neu ist
Our spring break is finally over and here I am back at school for classes. It was really nice to have two weeks off, but it does feel good to actually have something to do that is more worthwhile than sitting at home watching House (on that note, however, I just finished season 4 finally!) I only have class three days per week and it is really the most ridiculously easy schedule ever. Monday from 4-6:30 I have Landeskunde (kind of like a Civilization/Geography class), Tuesdays I have my Sprachkurs class from 2:15-3:45, and Thursdays I have Sprechen from 10:15-11:45 and the Sprachkurs again at the same time as Tuesdays. Add it all up and it amounts to less than six hours of class a week. How do the Germans get away with this kind of ease? Also, in June there are several University holidays that mean I will have 4 other days free of class. Ridiculous, but I'm not complaining.
This week the weather kind of dampened again and it was cold and rainy a few days, but its been really nice recently. I guess I should update what I did the past couple weeks... Last last Friday a few friends and I went to the Dachau Concentration camp just outside of Munich. You would think such a trip would be depressing and no fun, but it was really interesting and nice to visit. They had many interesting things to see on the site and also a great museum. We spent at least three hours in the camp and museum before we went back to Munich. In Munich we visited the famous Hofbrauehaus and the English Gardens.
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| The entrance gates to Dachau. "Work will make you free" |
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| The Crematorium at Dachau |
Friday night was the date that our program directors had set up for us to meet our host families. Although we are not living with our host families like I did while I was in Finland in high school, we have each been assigned a family that will include us in family activities the rest of the time we are here. Around 6 we met up at a traditional German biergarten in town and we all met our host families. My host family is really nice. They are a middle aged couple with one son, 16, who is studying for a year in San Antonio right now. They were so friendly and I can't wait to spend more time with them. This Wednesday my host family and Liz's host family are taking us both out to a restaurant in town and then we will make more plans.
Yesterday was one of my favorite days here in Regensburg. I woke up early and got ready for a long walk we had planned. Since I have gotten here I have really wanted to visit the Walhalla temple that is just outside of Regensburg. It is a temple that houses famous busts and plaques of people from history who were influential to Germany. It was built in the 1830s and 40s in the same style as ancient Greek temples. It is only about 12km from the city center, so some friends and I decided to walk. The walk took about 2 and a half hours, but it was really nice and sunny outside so I really enjoyed it. We even decided to stop and get some Eis (Ice cream) along the way at a random store on the highway. We got there around 5 and it was just beautiful. There was even a bride and groom there all dressed up for their wedding. We took pictures and looked at the inside of the temple and then started the trek back to find the bus.
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| Walhalla Temple |
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| Standing on the top of the temple stairs looking over Regensburg |
Happy Mothers Day!
Love Ashley
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Schoenen Fruehling
It's official: I love spring here. There's something so nice about being on the WKYT news site and hearing about the daily tornadoes and thunderstorms back home, turning my computer off, and going outside to enjoy the 70 degree, always sunny German springtime. It's really something!
As you might haven noticed if you read my last post, I am having some roommate issues again. Luckily I don't regularly spend a lot of time around here and it shouldn't be an issue for too much longer since I'll once again be busy with school and life. There's just a little too much tension for my liking at the moment.
Easter was absolutely fantastic. I woke up, made a cake, and then joined some of my friends in town for a little Easter get together. We had brown sugar crusted ham, green beans, rolls, Osterbrot, a turkish salad with tomatoes and onions, mashed potatoes, and lemon bars. It was so perfect and delicious. We all stuffed ourselves and then spent the rest of the day by the river playing Frisbee, skipping rocks, and hanging out. It was a great day. I even got to hang out with a cat; the first one in Germany that has allowed me to get closer than ten yards to it. It let me pet it and hung out with me for awhile, basically making my day even better.
I came home late and watched a movie waiting for Morgan to get back. She had gone to Neuschwanstein, which is the castle that Disney used in creating the images for the Sleeping Beauty castle. Apparently it was really beautiful and she enjoyed it. Hopefully I get a chance to go at some point!
The rest of the week has just been relaxation, trying to get into shape, and going on long walks. Morgan and I are determined to walk everywhere so we have been avoiding the bus as much as is possible. There are really so many lovely places to walk to around here. Friday we are planning on going to the Dachau concentration camp, which should be very interesting. I have wanted to visit there ever since we have gotten here. Then we have one last weekend until classes start for the summer semester. It is really strange that everyone back home is finishing up the year and here I am just getting mine started! I also will soon be in contact with my new host family. Even though we are living in the dorms, we have all been assigned a host family that will show us around everywhere and occasionally invite us to participate in family activities. I am excited to meet mine and to get to speak even more German. Next month I am hopefully going to travel to Paris or Barcelona. I have been keeping my eye on the budget flights hoping to run into a good deal!
Love you all and hope that no one has been swept away to Kansas.
Ashley
As you might haven noticed if you read my last post, I am having some roommate issues again. Luckily I don't regularly spend a lot of time around here and it shouldn't be an issue for too much longer since I'll once again be busy with school and life. There's just a little too much tension for my liking at the moment.
Easter was absolutely fantastic. I woke up, made a cake, and then joined some of my friends in town for a little Easter get together. We had brown sugar crusted ham, green beans, rolls, Osterbrot, a turkish salad with tomatoes and onions, mashed potatoes, and lemon bars. It was so perfect and delicious. We all stuffed ourselves and then spent the rest of the day by the river playing Frisbee, skipping rocks, and hanging out. It was a great day. I even got to hang out with a cat; the first one in Germany that has allowed me to get closer than ten yards to it. It let me pet it and hung out with me for awhile, basically making my day even better.
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| Me and my feline Freund. |
The rest of the week has just been relaxation, trying to get into shape, and going on long walks. Morgan and I are determined to walk everywhere so we have been avoiding the bus as much as is possible. There are really so many lovely places to walk to around here. Friday we are planning on going to the Dachau concentration camp, which should be very interesting. I have wanted to visit there ever since we have gotten here. Then we have one last weekend until classes start for the summer semester. It is really strange that everyone back home is finishing up the year and here I am just getting mine started! I also will soon be in contact with my new host family. Even though we are living in the dorms, we have all been assigned a host family that will show us around everywhere and occasionally invite us to participate in family activities. I am excited to meet mine and to get to speak even more German. Next month I am hopefully going to travel to Paris or Barcelona. I have been keeping my eye on the budget flights hoping to run into a good deal!
Love you all and hope that no one has been swept away to Kansas.
Ashley
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| Morgan, Liz and I exchanged treats on Easter. Needless to say all have already been consumed. |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Just an angry little shout out...
To the most awful German roommates a girl could ever ask for. Here's to you, passive-aggressive Melania, who thinks that she deserves an entire fridge and cabinet when there are only two for all 5 roommates. And to you, Christian, for being the biggest creep on this side of the Atlantic.
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| Kitty is not a fan of you, evil roommates! |
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| Rude notes never got anyone anywhere!! Also unpolite is not real! Petty English police are on patrol after this note. |
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Oster!
Hi! I miss everyone a lot and I hope that everything is great at home. It's Oster time here in Germany (well... I guess in the US too) and that means that absolutely nothing will be open the next four days. Good thing I stocked up on food and chocolate alike for the weekend!
I finally have a computer charger, which directly correlates with having internet access, so hopefully now I will update more often. I wouldn't put money on it, however. Things here are going great. I am done with my Sprachkurs and am currently enjoying a two week vacation of doing nothing. It's really nice to be able to a) sleep in b) go out without worrying about how miserable I will be the next day c) actually see what Regensburg looks like between the hours of 8am-3pm. The weather was kind of awful the last week of class and into that first weekend, but now it is seventies and sunny everyday. I love it. A lot of people here spend their free time sitting on the banks beside the river and picnicking or hanging out and we have just started doing that. All of the little picturesque biergartens are opening up and it really is lovely around here. One day I will go into town and take a lot of pictures so everyone can see it.
We finished up finals last week and I managed to survive them. We hung out with friends and enjoyed going out at night the first weekend and spent the days cooking for hours and hanging out around town. The night that exams were over we had a program party where everyone brought international food and drinks. It was a pretty ridiculous evening... I will leave that open to interpretation! Morgan's friend, Jason, who is from KY but works nearby at the military base, came in for the weekend and brought us Jif peanut butter!
I also have forced myself to start running and working out again so that I am not miserable trying to get in shape in July. It's kind of nice to spend a little of the day running and walking outside, especially when you have the time to do it. This weekend I will be celebrating Easter with a few friends here. We plan on having an easter egg hunt and a feast. I guess if I can't have Easter at home, this will be a close second! Today was a pretty good day. I woke up, watched an episode of House (I am addicted again! Beware!), went running, and then met up with some friends to try the running sushi place in town. It was quite good considering it was all you can eat and I ate so much that I definitely have not been able to make an appetite recovery. My friend from Transy, Ted, was in town throughout the day and I met him around 8 to get a drink. He studied here two years ago and really enjoyed being back in Regensburg. It really is a nice place and it was great to see a familiar face from home.
I am entirely unsure of what else I will be doing this weekend. I plan on going on a really long walk tomorrow since I have nothing much else to do. I miss everyone and hope you all have a great holiday!
Love Ashley
I finally have a computer charger, which directly correlates with having internet access, so hopefully now I will update more often. I wouldn't put money on it, however. Things here are going great. I am done with my Sprachkurs and am currently enjoying a two week vacation of doing nothing. It's really nice to be able to a) sleep in b) go out without worrying about how miserable I will be the next day c) actually see what Regensburg looks like between the hours of 8am-3pm. The weather was kind of awful the last week of class and into that first weekend, but now it is seventies and sunny everyday. I love it. A lot of people here spend their free time sitting on the banks beside the river and picnicking or hanging out and we have just started doing that. All of the little picturesque biergartens are opening up and it really is lovely around here. One day I will go into town and take a lot of pictures so everyone can see it.
We finished up finals last week and I managed to survive them. We hung out with friends and enjoyed going out at night the first weekend and spent the days cooking for hours and hanging out around town. The night that exams were over we had a program party where everyone brought international food and drinks. It was a pretty ridiculous evening... I will leave that open to interpretation! Morgan's friend, Jason, who is from KY but works nearby at the military base, came in for the weekend and brought us Jif peanut butter!
I also have forced myself to start running and working out again so that I am not miserable trying to get in shape in July. It's kind of nice to spend a little of the day running and walking outside, especially when you have the time to do it. This weekend I will be celebrating Easter with a few friends here. We plan on having an easter egg hunt and a feast. I guess if I can't have Easter at home, this will be a close second! Today was a pretty good day. I woke up, watched an episode of House (I am addicted again! Beware!), went running, and then met up with some friends to try the running sushi place in town. It was quite good considering it was all you can eat and I ate so much that I definitely have not been able to make an appetite recovery. My friend from Transy, Ted, was in town throughout the day and I met him around 8 to get a drink. He studied here two years ago and really enjoyed being back in Regensburg. It really is a nice place and it was great to see a familiar face from home.
I am entirely unsure of what else I will be doing this weekend. I plan on going on a really long walk tomorrow since I have nothing much else to do. I miss everyone and hope you all have a great holiday!
Love Ashley
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| View from our hike in nearby Adlersberg village |
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| Liz and I enjoying it not being freezing |
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| Der Dom in Regensburg |
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Stark Bier Fest, Tiergarten, Exams
I know that I am the worst blog updater out there, but it has been a crazy few weeks and I am yet again short on internet connection. My mom sent me her laptop as soon as I arrived here since mine was not working out, but last Wednesday the charger completely stopped working and since then I have been unable to get online at home. Rudy is sending me another charger this week, so hopefully I will have it by the weekend. In the meantime I have been borrowing my friends computers and coming here (the University computer lab) to do work.
I don't even know where to begin with the last few weeks, but I believe a quick summary and then some fun details will do the trick. One thing to note about Germany is that a change in weather conditions can quickly make life go from decent to fantastic. Not only has the weather been sunny and in the 60s and 70s, but I finally don't have to drag a huge coat around everywhere.I have spent a lot of time outside walking, discovering cool new places in Regensburg, and getting to know the city better. It is the last week of my intensive language course and we have all of our tests this Thursday and Friday. I am so ready for this dreadful course to be over. It really has put a damper on the trip since it takes up so much time! Once it is over, we have two weeks off and then we begin our summer courses. I have set up my schedule so that I only have class on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday so I will definitely have a lot more free time.
So now on to the actually fun things that I have been up to....
In Germany, the Germans have learned how to best take advantage of the weather turning lovely: A massive beer festival. Two weekends ago we made plans to go to the Stark Bier Festival in Munich after hearing that it is "Like Oktoberfest, only better." We spent all week preparing, which included buying dirndls.
I don't even know where to begin with the last few weeks, but I believe a quick summary and then some fun details will do the trick. One thing to note about Germany is that a change in weather conditions can quickly make life go from decent to fantastic. Not only has the weather been sunny and in the 60s and 70s, but I finally don't have to drag a huge coat around everywhere.I have spent a lot of time outside walking, discovering cool new places in Regensburg, and getting to know the city better. It is the last week of my intensive language course and we have all of our tests this Thursday and Friday. I am so ready for this dreadful course to be over. It really has put a damper on the trip since it takes up so much time! Once it is over, we have two weeks off and then we begin our summer courses. I have set up my schedule so that I only have class on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday so I will definitely have a lot more free time.
So now on to the actually fun things that I have been up to....
In Germany, the Germans have learned how to best take advantage of the weather turning lovely: A massive beer festival. Two weekends ago we made plans to go to the Stark Bier Festival in Munich after hearing that it is "Like Oktoberfest, only better." We spent all week preparing, which included buying dirndls.
On the Thursday before the festival Morgan and I decided to venture into the Lederhosen and Tracht store in town to buy our own. We got there and hilarity instantly ensued. It was really funny to look through all of the dresses and to try them on, especially with the store lady following us around like she did. We ended up getting a really good deal and it was definitely worth it.
Saturday we woke up around 8:45 to catch the bus into town so we could ride the train to Munich. On the train, we sat with our Colorado friends who always provide a lot of entertainment. They were helped out by the train's beverage seller, who caught us up on the latest celebrity news and even a few live performances of Britney Spears. We got to Munich around 12:15, got lunch, and walked to the brewery that was hosting the festival for the weekend. It was absolutely packed. There were millions of long tables in the outside area and the same number inside the beer hall.
We spent the entire day eating Wurst and Brezel, sitting and enjoying the sun.... and of course enjoying the delicious beer. I really don't find most beers delicious, so you will have to take my word for it that this beer was the king of all beers. The day was long and amazing and by the time we got home I was definitely ready to sleep by midnight.
Last weekend we went on yet another adventure in Munich. We went to the zoo to celebrate one of the Coloradans birthdays and it was a great time. We even got to see some giraffes. On the way back we stopped at our friend Charlene's birthday party at Galerie. I ended up going home pretty early but Liz and Morgan (especially Morgan) had a pretty eventful evening... Sunday I woke up early and went on a hike in nearby Adlersberg with the rest of the DaF group and it was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately I forgot that the sun also exists in Germany (who knew!) and I got sunburned from spending five hours walking outside and eating lunch at the beergarden. Once I got back, even though I was exhausted, I ended up going on a long walk with Morgan and Liz to a bridge over the Donau that was nearby. I must have walked about thirteen miles the entire day, but I am in great need of a workout anyways thanks to all of the beer and wurst, so I am sure it didn't hurt me.
So the rest of this week will be pretty boring as I get ready to take all of my exams, but I am really looking forward to the end of this boring dreadful class and the beginning of summer! I cannot believe I have already been here almost two months, but I am really glad that I still have more than three to enjoy!
I promise I will update this more often and in better detail once I have a working laptop!
Love Ashley
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| Inside the Beer hall.... crazy! |
Last weekend we went on yet another adventure in Munich. We went to the zoo to celebrate one of the Coloradans birthdays and it was a great time. We even got to see some giraffes. On the way back we stopped at our friend Charlene's birthday party at Galerie. I ended up going home pretty early but Liz and Morgan (especially Morgan) had a pretty eventful evening... Sunday I woke up early and went on a hike in nearby Adlersberg with the rest of the DaF group and it was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately I forgot that the sun also exists in Germany (who knew!) and I got sunburned from spending five hours walking outside and eating lunch at the beergarden. Once I got back, even though I was exhausted, I ended up going on a long walk with Morgan and Liz to a bridge over the Donau that was nearby. I must have walked about thirteen miles the entire day, but I am in great need of a workout anyways thanks to all of the beer and wurst, so I am sure it didn't hurt me.
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| Donau |
I promise I will update this more often and in better detail once I have a working laptop!
Love Ashley
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